Hello Ladies!!!

3 months ago I had a D&C due to bligthed ovum. I was 8 weeks pregnant with a big empty sac. I was so devastated when i found out what was going on. I have never heard of the term blighted ovum. This was my first pregnancy, i hope everything will be ok in the future.

After my D&C my period changed. Normally my period lasts 7 days with heavy flow the 3 days and brown blood till day 7. Now I have heavy flow with small clots for 4 days and the 5th day i have some pink blood and stops. Its like someone is turning off the switch.

I went to the doctor and had an ultrasound. He didnt see anything strange. The endometrium looks normal.

Did any of you experience anything similar? Im really worried that D&C may have caused me some scarring.

Thank you all very much and good luck with your future pregnancies.
(Excuse my English, im from Europe)

Hi, I'm sorry for what you had to go through
I had a MC (but did not need a D&C) and my AF has changes to 3 days for two months now. They say that once you have been pregnant your hormones can change and alter things. Maybe it's just taking time to settle back down? I read posts on here and some women have had a D&C and it has helped with fertility. It's good that doc has checked but just keep note of all the changes and should it not settle down you'll have some evidence to go back with.

I see no problem with your English!

Hi hun,

I am sorry for your loss. I had the same happening to me.. and who knew what the hell what a blighted ovum? Not me!

Anyway, I was 6 weeks when i had my first ultrasound and the sac was empty measuring 4 weeks.. they told me to go back after 2 weeks and wow it was horrible.. I was supposed to be 8 weeks and the sac was still very empty measuring 5 weeks.

I told my doc i wanted to miscarry naturally bec I already had D&C once and dont want to do it so he stimulated my cervix and a couple of days later the sac was expelled only to find out later that I had some remenants in my uterus and had to go thru curetagge to avoid infections due to the remainings

Anyway I had it, and it was horrible, again. And yes, I found that my period got weird, but lets not forget that its normal to be messed up bec of pregnancy,miscarriage, and all that.. hormones become crazy.
So just wait a little and let ur body get back to normal, if u r really worried get urself checked up and monitored by a doctor.

I know a girl that had a blighted ovum, and went to have a healthy pregnancy later and is due in 1 month.

Good luck, hope u dont go thru that again

and welcome to the forum

Please PM me if u need any more answers

Hi sweetie,

sorry to hear what you went through

I had a missed mc and i found out at my 10 week scan, baby had died 2 weeks earlier. I asked for a d&c and had one a week later, thats now 5 weeks ago. i just finished my first period after the mc and yes, it was different, heavier than usual and with more (albeit very small) clots.

I think ive been lucky though as it was normal lenght, as the only thing ive garnered from the info is to expect the unexpected, with regards to periods after a mc or d&c.

I think its great your doc has given you an all clear and from what you're describing it all sounds normal. At least with a d&c you know there is nothing left behind to cause you further grief- and yes, after a mc you are more fertile.

Just try to take one thing at a time, hun and rest assured things will soon enough regulate back to normal.

Good luck, sweetie!!

ps, you're english is great, where are you from..im half Polish and Norwegian myself living in Scotland

Hey Aira and welcome.

At 10 weeks pregnant i started bleeding slightly so i was sent for a scan. Unfortunately, the nurse turned around and said "i'm sorry but there's no baby in the sack". Due to it being my first pregnancy i thought that was the normal thing that happened with a miscarriage, so no questions we're asked and we just went home devastated. It wasn't until another lady on this forum (Suzan) explained that i'd actually had a blighted ovum. I'd never heard of it before and i'm very angry that my hospital didn't explain this to me. I decided to expell naturally and believe me, i would have had a D&C if i'd have know the trouble i was going to have. I went through HELL to put it mildly!! I had infection after infection and just when things we're getting better 6 months later, i started throwing up violently and had the most horrendous stomach pains i've ever felt. I was rushed to hospital and told that i was have "mild contractions"!! I wasn't even pregnant but apparently there was a huge amount of scar tissue in my womb and basically it was contracting, like it would if you was giving birth, trying to expell this huge lump of scar tissue. A few days later it came out and i've been right ever since! Anyway, that whole ordeal lasted 6 months and during that time my periods we're very heavy indeed. I am now nearly 7 weeks gone with my 2nd pregnancy and i'm so scared that i'm going to have a blighted ovum again. My 12 week scan is in May and i wont be scanned any earlier unless anything goes wrong, which i'm really annoyed about!!

Your periods do even out eventually. Some women just take longer than others.

Ladies, did you have any symptoms with your blighted ovum, such as bleeding etc? Or did you only find out about it on a routine scan?

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