PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for June, 2003: Re: My 1st Miscarriage.....Questions :( not found in Archives...

Re: My 1st Miscarriage.....Questions :( not found in Archives...

From: Karen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:32:34 -0500 (CDT)

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Sorry about your miscarriage. I was pregnant with my 2nd and miscarried on the 20th at 6 weeks. I went to the doctor and they did the bloodwork but no D&C. I went for a followup of bloodwork so they could have something to compare it to and it was down to 100 from 2000. I was told to come back in 2 weeks to do more bloodwork to see if the count was down to 0. If it isn't, then a D&C will be done. I "only" bled for about 5 days. They can do an ultrasound to see if anything is left but that may not be accurate if it's just a tiny bit left that's not showing on the US. I was told that if the bleeding has stopped, then it's more than likely everything has passed but the bleeding could take up to 2 weeks to stop. Sorry I don't have any other info. I'm just going by what my doctor told me. At Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Ashley wrote: >
>Hi there--
>
>I am 26 y.o., have 2 babies at home... this was my 3rd pg. I
>miscarried naturally at home at 7 weeks. What fell out of my body was a
>brownish/dark grayish sack that was about the size of a large gumball or
>a superball (sorry... just had to give the size comparison!)
>
>Anyway, I was told since this pregnancy was confirmed in the uterus, I
>would not need blood tests to make sure HCG was dropping. I've heard
>from friends that if you do not get the blood tests, you could be
>retaining tissue and could get an infection, and need a D&C anyway.
>
>My main question is, how do I know for sure I have passed all the
>tissue? I've only been bleeding steadily sice it happened... after the
>brown/gray sack fell out, no other similar matter came out-- just some
>clots before and after (but not huge, scary ones)
>
>Should I be passing more brown/gray matter (other than the sack thing
>that came out) and clots, or at this stage is just the bleeding ok? (I
>just don't want to have a D&C if possible!)
>
>Thanks for any advise!
>Ashley

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