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Re: ? for women who have had early miscarriages

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 17:33:31 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 28 Mar 2002, ssmith wrote: >
>Hi, I posted earlier to get a doc's opinion on whether it is better to
>have a D&C or let a miscarriage happen "naturally." He was of the
>opinion that natural is better, as was my doctor. I try to avoid all
>elective surgery just on principle...but it has been a week since I had
>the first ultrasound showing the empty sac, and nothing much has
>happened. Had another ultrasound yesterday, and the sac is still there.
>My question is...for those of you who didn't have a D&C, how long did it
>take to pass all of the tissue? My worry is that it's going to linger on
>for weeks and weeks, and I'll never be 100% sure if it's complete. If
>that's the case, I'll just go ahead and have the D&C.
>
>Thanks for your information!

from a medical standpoint (less risks of infection, intrauterine scarring) "natural" is better. But sometimes we have to take into consideration other factors, like your emotional wishes. I've had 3 mc -- the first I had a D&C because I was on call a lot and didn't want to miscarry when I ws supposed to be taking care of other people. The second I did naturally -- and had to cancel office hours when I started miscarrying. I took 1 day off. The thrid I had a D&C because I was doing 4 surgeries the next day and then going out of town. It didn;'t matter how it happened, it all sucked equally.

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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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