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Re: help after miscarriage please?

From: Mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:10:59 -0500 (CDT)

Lisa, My situation was similar to what you're going through. I started spotting January 1. By the middle of January, my doctor said I would miscarry due to a blighted ovum, and she wanted me to miscarry naturally rather than do a D & C. She gave me two weeks, and I bled (prettly lightly) the whole time and finally passed tissue on February 1. I continued to bleed, and after about four weeks, I had an ultrasound and my doctor said I did not need a D & C because everything passed or was absorbed. My doctor also checked my hormone (HCG?) levels at various points to make sure they were going down and I would not need a D & C.

My experience concerned my mother and mother-in-law because they just expected I'd get a D & C right away. However, my doctor said D & Cs aren't done anymore like they used to be because of the possibility of scarring and "scraping too much". (Sorry to be graphic.) I trust my doctor very much, and I don't think what you're going through is uncommon.

Take care and keep you chin up. -Mary

At Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Lisa wrote: >
>I have read many posts concerning miscarriage and DnC. I have not read
>anything similiar to my situation. I began bleeding at 5 weeks and 3
>weeks later am still bleeding. It slowed down for a while then picked
>up over the weekend. It was never heavier than normal period but was
>often thicker and darker in color than a period. I passed material all
>weekend and it is slowing down. I have been seen by doctor and so far
>he is just testing to see if levels are going down to see if Dnc
>required. Is this normal to go three weeks bleeding and miscarring. Is
>it common to let it go for so long. I feel comfortable with my doctor
>but what I have heard of women having a spontanious miscarriage it is
>over and done with much sooner.
>
>--
>Lisa
>

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