Miscarriage and D&C

I miscarried my first pregnancy at about 8 weeks and decided to let my body handle it naturally. After almost 3 months of on and off spotting/bleeding I finally did have a D&C. The procedure was icky, but I felt better afterwards when things got back to normal. During the time I waited I had ugly acne and really didn't feel good, at least some of the time I still felt "pregnant".

Then I miscarried my second pregnancy, again at about 8/9 weeks. This one happened completely by itself in about 3 days. I could tell the difference because of the amount of blood and clots and by the fact that I felt so much better right after.

My third pregancy is now 8 years old!

You don't need to decide to have a D&C immediately unless your doctor can explain why in your case that might be necessary. My doctor was very comfortable letting me decide when and if I wanted to have the procedure.

I am so sorry i too just found out i miscarried 3 days ago. I was 6 wks went in for my first ultra sound and i was spotting with blood clots off and on. They did an ultra sound and there was a baby but no heart beat. I also had them check my hormone levels and they had dropped from sunday was 2500 and wed it dropped to 1500. so i knew i was loosing the baby. I went ahead and took the abortion pill to go ahead and help my body get the baby out. I have just been bleeding and cramping and blood clots. I go back Wed. for an ultra sound to make sure everything is out so we dont have to get the D&C. Im just as nervous as you i def. dont want to do that. This was also my 2nd pregnancy and my first I had no complications and had a healthy baby girl. SO i was so upset when i found out i lost this baby:( Also my doc. said if you have to get the D&C its only about 1% chance of scaring and she said it wont effect you to get pregnant again. But if i miscarried the baby with the pill then she said in about 4 to 6 weeks i will get my period back and she said after my first period we can start trying again:) Its def. a horrible experience to go through and i never thought it would happen to me. expecially since im young and healthy but it does happen and its sad when it does:( Let us know what happens.

Dear M.,
I am so sorry for your miscarriage. I just had my first one on Thanksgiving. It is so hard. For me, everything passed normally on its own. I had bad cramping on one day, and the next day, the baby passed, and the cramping stopped. I guess it is kind of like labor, but not as intense. I bled for about a week, and then I was done. I hope you don't need a D&C, too. I would wait as long as possibly safe before going that route. I think it can cause scarring on your uterus, which can make it more difficult for implantation in the future. I pray everything goes well for you. Again, I am so sorry.

I'm so sorry about your miscarriage.
I had one, but I was pretty far along in my pregnancy and I just had them knock me out and take care of it. I just couldn't deal with it any other way.

My procedure itself wasn't that bad. Of course I slept through it.
Your doctor really is the best person to determine whether or not to have the D&C. For your health and the health of your uterus, it might be necessary. You don't want to risk infection.

Again, I'm so sorry and I really wish you the best.

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. It is difficult loosing a child no matter how far along you are. :( Hugs!
On my first miscarriage we tried it natural and thought my body passed it but a few wks later I had terrible back pain and felt like i needed to poop. Notice something weird down below went to the emergency room to find out that I was 10cm dilated and had to have a dnc done anyways. I wish you the best of luck in the future.

HI sorry to hear that, I totally know what your gong through. I went through the same thing I missed carried twice once after my 1st baby 2nd after my second baby. the 1st i was 10 wks that one I was given an internal at home as i was spotting and I lost quite a bit, so they took me in for a D&C :( which was awful
but my 2nd loss was more awful I was 16 wks & i started to spot, I was due for my 16wk scan the next day , we went for that & we could not see anything :(

they were rather quiet bout the whole thing I then we were ushered into a room where the midwife gave us the sad news....but what made things worse was there was no baby, but the sack was still intact!!!! which meant I needed to into full labor to deliver it!!!! I sent my then husband home I went into labour all by myself :( not a pleasant experience...... I then had to be taken down for a D&C to make sure I was all clean....

so M. Y I understand the sorrow & pain your going through but know this..after each miscarriage I got pregnant 3 months later :)) they turned out perfectly healthy :)

good luck I will be thinking of you

freckles

I'm so sorry.

I miscarried in 2005 at 11w. Determined through an ultrasound. They had been monitoring me for 4 weeks and had told me that the tests showed that it would probably happen but it still hurts the same.

For me my body seemed to hold on and so they decided it was best to do a D&C via outpatient at the hospital that evening. It was painless. They put my under and woke me up when it was over.

The best advice I can give is to give yourself time to grieve for this baby. Also be patient with your family and husband. My husband was ready to try again after the 4w mark and I wasn't. I wanted a baby but couldn't even bring myself to think of being intimate. I did end up pregnant again 4m later and was able to carry that pregnancy to term.

Sending many hugs.
M.

Well I don't know if this will help at all or answer anything for you but I had a miscarriage with pregnancy #3. When I went to the dr. She was very rude and told me I probably wasn't really pregnant because when they gave me a pregnancy test in the office it came back neg. Even though I got a positive test a week before that. So she never did an ultra sound or anything. And I never had a D&C and just figured it all came out on it's own. I became pregnant with this baby now (I am 20 weeks along) two weeks after my miscarriage. When I went to a new dr. at 12 weeks he did an ultra sound cause he thought it was so highly unlikely to get pregnant that fast. Sure enough i was 12 weeks and because the other dr. never did an ultra sound or anything they could see that the everything from the miscarriage did NOT come out. He said there was still a small mass of blood or tissue in my uterus. But it didn't seem to be bothering the new baby or anything so they are just going to leave it alone. So I guess I'm just saying that if it all comes out you won't need a d&c and if enough comes out but not all you can still get pregnant again. I'm so sorry for your loss. and I hope you find yourself pregnant again soon.

First of all, hugs to you. It is sooo hard to lose a baby at ANY point. We found out that our first pregnancy ended around 6-7 weeks, but I had not miscarried naturally at 11 weeks. My dr.scheduled a D&C for the following Monday, and on Sunday I started to miscarry on my own. In my case, there was MUCH bleeding, and passing of clots. I finally had to go to the hospital because I was becoming feint from all the blood loss. They ended up having to give me an emergency D&C after all. I was out for it, so I don't remember it. The loss of the baby (the emotional part) was much worse than the D&C. We went out to have our 2 boys, but I've always had issues with hemorrhaging with my births. The miscarriage was a bit of a "head's up" to that...

Good luck honey. I hope you have a safe and natural miscarriage, without issue...

T.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I had one miscarriage at 13 weeks and the Dr. didn't believe in a D&C so he made me miscarry naturally. I ended up hemorrhaging and ended up in the hospital. By the time I was there I did pass most of it so they chose to monitor me instead of doing the D&C. I had my follow up appt a few days later and the Dr. manually took out more tissue, but it wasn't a big deal. I had two miscarriages after that and they did a D&C for both of those.

Once again, I'm so sorry for the loss of your baby. Please take care of yourself.

Stephanie

I had you same situation and did not need D &C, but bleed for a very long time (6 weeks). I'm glad I didn't need the D &C but it would have got me ready to try again to get pregnant sooner. Maybe its strange, but I always felt with the natural miscarriage, I grieved as long as I bleed and when it stopped, I gave my self permission to get over it.