natural m/c / drug induced m/c question

isadora · 05-28-2006, 08:20 AM

For those who have had a natural or drug induced m/c...how long did it take for you to start passing clots and tissue. I have been having severe cramping/pain for 24 hours now, bleeding lightly for about 18 hours and no clots or tissue have passed. The pain is pretty severe and I've had to take a good bit of pain meds and even that doesn't entirely eliminate it. I plan on calling my Dr in the morning but wanted to see what others have experienced also.

jpang · 05-28-2006, 10:57 PM

When I miscarried it was complete within 4-5 hours. I started bleeding heavily after about 2 hours of severe cramping. The sac and other tissue passed shortly after. I had about a week of bleeding with light cramping for about a week. I don't know what kinds of pain meds you have, but my dr. prescribed vicoprofen and it worked great. It just sort of made me feel numb.

polly-pcos · 05-29-2006, 01:10 AM

Isadora, sorry to hear your news. I had bad cramping with my first but nothing with my second until after. Both of mine were natural but the first was in A & E with lots of painkillers so I was pretty out of it. I know this sounds really gross but both times I was advised to keep what I pass (maybe this is just what they say in UK so I apologise if it sounds wierd) but it's all really difficult. I found i sort of went into shock and did all that stuff without thinking and looking back can't believe i did.
Take care

isadora · 05-29-2006, 02:41 AM

Thanks ladies for your responses. Things are progressing along for me..finally. After about 36 hours of constant severe cramping(and very little relief with Darvocet), I finally started passing clots. My cramping is still pretty bad, but it's better than before. It's almost been 48 hours now since I started cramping(42 hours since I started bleeding lightly) and I haven't passed much, but I am at least passing some. Hopefully everything will pass and I won't end up having a D&C to remove the rest.