Did the dr tell you why you mc at your follow up?

desperate23 · 11-18-2005, 03:51 AM

Im not sure if i will need a D&C or not but I am bleeding and passing lots of stuff and im wondering if i dont need the D&C will the bleeding stop soon? How long did you bleed if you had a natural?
Did the dr have any clue as to what was wrong with the baby?
Tammy

Juana Baby · 11-18-2005, 04:34 AM

Tammy - I never was told why I m/c'd. The last one was considered a chemical pregnancy. I did have recurrent pregnancy loss testing and found that I have a blood clotting factor called APA. The bleeding was like a horrible period one of the m/c's and the other wasn't as bad. So I guess it would vary on each person.

My prayers will be with you right now. I am so sorry you are going through this.

laural

social1234 · 11-18-2005, 04:35 AM

With my first miscarriage I miscarried naturally and I bled for 2 weeks. But really heavily for several days. The second baby was born and I was induced and bled for about 10 days after. They have not come up with any answers for me. We have had every single test completed and no answers. It is frustrating not knowing why. They did find I have MTHFR mutation but it is not serious and basically if I were to get pregnant again then I would just take extra folic acid and baby aspirin. I wish I had answers.

Sneez · 11-18-2005, 05:21 AM

All of mine were natural miscarriages and each was different. Without a D&C you will stop bleeding as long as everything has come out on its own. They may not even mention doing one since it sounds like you are already passing everything quite well on your own. If you begin to bleed so heavily that you are flooding a pad an hour, then you need to get to a hospital because they may need to do one to stop it. We had all early losses and they did recurrent pregnancy loss testing a bit before, but never knew what to tell me. This RE I last saw was thorough and found a clotting problem and a couple of other possibilities, but we will never know what exact causes were for each.

I am so sorry you are having to go through this. (((hugs)))

Pretty~in~Pink · 11-18-2005, 05:44 AM

My last miscarriage I passed it myself. The Dr. said we still should do a D&C & after he did it, he said there was still alot of stuff in there. Who knows?? Just have to trust them. They assumed my progesterone was low & that's why I miscarried because he said women with PCOS usually have that problem during pregnancy. I'd like to know why they didn't think of that to start with & waited till I lost the baby. They said they would check it the next time I got pregnant. Well, my desire died after that. Sorry to be such a downer. I'm having a hard time right now. I'm getting close to 2 yrs. since that miscarriage & my SIL just had her 5th child & the family is going ga-ga over it.

SweetPea76 · 11-18-2005, 11:53 AM

**WARNING: MAY BE TOO GRAPHIC FOR SOME**

I had a natural m/c at 11 weeks. The first day of the m/c, I had heavy bleeding during which I passed the sac and placenta. I then filled a pad an hour for the next few hours, at which point it slowed down to heavy AF type bleeding. That lasted a few days before changing to light bleeding. After about 8 days it tapered off all together.

My doc did an u/s 2 days after I passed the sac to determine whether all of the fetal material has passed. It did so I didn't need a D&C- he said the remainder would be just like a period as all I had to do was shed the lining. I would maybe ask your doc for an u/s too- just to make sure everything hs passed.

My doc offered to do testing, but b/c I decided to miscarry naturally, I had to be the one to save the remains. I had no idea what to expect and when the contractions started I was miserable. Never having had a child/been in labor, I didn't realize what muscles did what. I had an overwhelming urge to go to the bathroom and when I sat on the toilet, that's when I passed the sac. I couldn't bring myself to reach in and take it out, so the testing was never done. I passed the placenta in one take- it was pretty large and VERY painful. I didn't realize what it was at the time, so didn't save that either.

And to answer your other post about Met, I was on 1000mg a day when I concevied, but after seeing a heartbeat at 7 weeks my doc told me to stop. The baby stopped growing at 8 weeks and I m/c'd 3 weeks after that.

Mustard Seed · 11-18-2005, 10:21 PM

I'm so sorry you're going through this. (((hugs)))

A m/c is different for everybody, but for me I had some spotting for about a week before I m/c (but I had been told the baby had stopped developing, so I was taking herbs to help induce a natural m/c), and then one day I started bleeding a lot more. After 3 hours of bad pain, I passed the baby and the placenta, and the pain eased incredibly after that. I bled a lot (but never so much that I was soaking through a pad in an hour) for the next 3 days, but by 4 days past, it had slowed down so it was like a regular af for me (relatively light flow). I had just a little bit of spotting (enough to wear a pantyliner, but that's it) for about a week after that.

The dr's didn't have any idea about why I had a m/c. I had thought that after a heartbeat is seen, the chances of m/c decrease, but for me that wasn't the case. I didn't have any u/s after the m/c, but they took my blood and checked my hcg level to determine whether the m/c was finished or not. It was 8, and they wanted to see it under 5. They were pretty sure it would fall below 5, but I wanted to be sure and asked if they would do the blood test the following week, and by then my hcg level was 3.

MommyOAnna · 11-19-2005, 12:46 AM

I had to have a D&C, so I can't really answer the natural questions....but no, the Dr didn't tell me why.....he was new to me, and basically acted as though it was an everyday occurence (I had told him bunches of times about the PCOS, etc....but he didn't really take that into account). Glad I am not there anymore.

I am sorry you are going through this though,

I hope the physical pain is over soon w/no problems...Mentally I am sending you a great big