Re: Miscarriage after Cytotec: What should I expect?

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At Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Julie wrote: >
>Hi, doctors -- I wonder if you can give me any insight on this.
>
>After my first IVF, my doctor determined that my pregnancy wasn't
>viable; the gestational sac was growing way too slowly (9mm gestational
>sac at 6w 4d with only the slightest suggestion of a yolk sac).
>
>I took 800mg of Cytotec to induce miscarriage, but the cramping wasn't
>very strong and I had NO bleeding (though I did pass some small amount
>of tissue). As an ultrasound revealed a couple of days later, there was
>still a significant amount of tissue left in my uterus, so I took
>another 800mg.
>
>That night, I did have some bleeding, but not enough to soak even a
>single pad. And in the couple of days since then, I've had some dark
>brown spotting, but no more fresh blood.
>
>Is this normal? Should I have expected to actually bleed more? Can I
>expect more bleeding down the line at some random time, or could this be
>all I'll have? I'm really not sure what should be happening. Thanks for
>any information you can give me.

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Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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