Re: Lap, D and C, Miscarriage
From: Anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Nov 21 19:29:27 2004
Cyndi and Angela,
I am really sorry about your miscarriages. I miscarried last spring ~
what a tough experience.
You might be interested in hygeia - it's a forum for those who have
miscarried or had still births. I honestly don't know what I would have
done if not for that forum. http://hygeia.org (It just takes a minute
to register, and after you get in, you can save the forum page in
favorites and not have to enter your password everytime.)
I didn't have a D&C after my miscarriage, but I did have a lot of pain
following the miscarriage, for about a month and a half. A sharp,
stabbing pain mainly. My period pains have been different ever since,
too -- sharp and stabbing, sometimes aching, but not muscle cramping
pain like I used to get.
Try to do at least one thing for yourself each day. Buy yourself some
flowers, take a hot bath, whatever it is you enjoy. Hang in there.
Lots of love,
-Anna
At Sun, 21 Nov 2004, cyndi wrote:
>
>At Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Angela wrote:
>>
>>Hi everyone! I havent written in a while, so I hope all of you are doing
>>well. Last month I was told that I was 13 weeks pregnant. To make a
>>long story short, I needed to have a D and C because I had a
>>miscarriage. 1 week after the D and C I was still having pain, so my
>>Dr. did a Laporoscopy on me because he was afraid that I had an ectopic
>>pregancy. While I was under he also did another D and C. After sugery
>>I was told that there was nothing wrong and I was sent home. Well, it
>>is one month later and I am still having pain! The nurse told me that it
>>is "normal" and I dont know what to do. As some of you know, I live in
>>a small town where the dr.'s arent so nice. Does anyone know what I
>>should do?
>>
>>Any advice is appreciated!
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Angela
>
>Hi Angela,
>I had D and C about 10 days ago for a nonviable pregnancy. Five days
>ago I went to the ER after having excessive bleeding and pain. They
>gave me morphine for the pain and it did not really help. The ER doc
>mentioned the possibility of a ectopic preganancy, but said it would be
>very rare to have one at the same time as having a pregnancy in my
>uterus. My OB doc disagreed and sent me home (still in pain). That
>night I was sent home to the ER by ambulance. They gave me narcotics
>thru IV and gave me a perscription. The bleeding stop yesterday, so I
>went back to the mortrin 600. Then tonight the bleeding came back along
>w/ the pain. I am so frustrated.
>I suspect that I have PID. They know that I have been checked for this
>in the past. Therefore I should have been checked/treated early in my
>pregnancy, which could have caused the miscarriage. I am not a doc but
>I have done a lot of research and the following are some symtoms;
>fever/chills; pain/discomfort during sex; spotting or discharge (not
>during period). These were symtoms before pregnancy.
>Angela, I have spoke to many doctors in the last three weeks....Two of
>which were horrible. You need to see someone who will listen to you,
>even if you have to drive. I was told by several doctors that I could
>spot up to 2 weeks-so, a month! is not normal. You should ask you
>doc/nurse what your pregnancy hormone level is at. Mine showed that I
>was 614 last Tuesday. While my pain is unusual, the bleeding is not
>until this level is at a negative number.
>Another possibility: You could have been slightly punctured in the
>uterus. Your uterus is swollen, tender, and sensitive during pregnancy.
>A D and C involves scraping and 1% of the time there is damage caused by
>the procedure to the uterus. I had another hopsital check for this.
>They did a CAT scan and a ultra sound.
>I hope this helps. And please see another doctor. If you do see
>another doctor it will be helpful to the new doctor if you sign out your
>records, esp. your ultrasounds and hcg levels. It is far more
>difficult/time consuming for them.
>Cyndi
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