Re: MISCARRIAGE: Miscarriage complications
From: T. Lyons, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:15:42 -0500 (CDT)
Message posted on T. Lyons, MD behalf by: Hope Waltman, Fibroid and
Women’s Health Forum Moderator
This is not necessarily unusual for significant bleeding to occur
with miscarriage. In the old, old days before D&C this was a real
problem but rarely happens anymore. Shouldn't be an ongoing problem.
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T. Lyons, MD
ATLANTA, GA, Sightline of Atlanta
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At Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Mommy to 2 wrote:
>
>At 6 weeks pregnant, I had no heart beat on u/s. We decided to wait for
>a"natural" miscarriage vs. a d/c. At what would have been 9 weeks
>pregnant, I began to naturally miscarry but had excessive bleeding that
>required an emergency d/c and 4 units of blood to replace what I lost. I
>cannot find any information on the web that indicates what the cause of
>excessive bleeding during natural miscarriage is or any mention of this
>anywhere as a normal complication of natural miscarriage. I have had 2
>prior c-sections (successful) and a prior d/c for miscarriage
>(successful). Thanks for any advice.
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