A bit of a personal problem

[Guest guest]

If you think you have

>had a miscarriage (when you didn't even know you were pregnant), should you

>see a doctor?

When I had a blighted ovum miscarriage, like Sue Holden, I avoided having a

D & C and just allowed things to happen naturally, which happened about 3-4

days after diagnosis. I called the dr when I realised I was miscarrying and

she said as long as I was comfortable and bleeding wasn't prolonged or

excessive I wouldn't need to be seen. I was already booked in for a scan

though at the early pregnancy assessment clinic at hospital following my

original scan, so they were able to confirm that all had come away and that

a D & C wasn't necessary.

Why not give your GP a call and ask for advice?

McVeigh

Newsletter Editor & Secretary, Leighton Buzzard & District

SAHM to (AKA Tiff Toff), DOB 19/9/97

& Caitlin (AKA Cake Tin), DOB 12/1/00

[Guest guest]

Sue H wrote

When I found out that my baby had died, I was keen not to have a D & C. I

discussed this with the

midwife who assured me that providing the bleeding didn't carry on too

excessively (i.e. for more

than 7 days), or wasn't concerning in amount or offensive, that I would be

safe just to allow my

body to miscarry on its own, without medical intervention. I also spoke to

the miscarriage

association and the counsellor there said more or less the same thing.

This is interesting, I bled for 8 weeks and finally went to the doctor for

tablets to stop the bleeding but nobody suggested that I had a D & C.

Thinking of you Sue.

Cerys

[Guest guest]

My understanding was that if you bled for a longish time then there was a

chance of retained fragments, which a D & C would sort out. The Miscarriage

Association felt that 1 to 7 days was a normal amount of time for bleeding. I

felt sorry for myself that it took a week - I can't imagine it taking 8 weeks!

But they are a bit keen on D & Cs here. I'm not - having had as much surgery as

I would ever want to have over the last 16 years! so would have procrastinated

about seeing the doctor again, if it had taken longer.

Sue

[Guest guest]

I have looked for a better place to find out the answer to this question, but

felt uncomfortable...when in doubt, return to NCT. If you think you have

had a miscarriage (when you didn't even know you were pregnant), should you

see a doctor?

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Hmmm well from personal experience having lost five babies over the years......

If you are still loosing blood 1.5 weeks after the event you should probably go

and see your GP so you can arrange a D & C.

You don't wish to risk an infection and end up loosing a tube etc.

That's my opion anyway having been there and done that. :-)

Tupman

Mum to Matt 13, 10, Jonty 15 months & Phil 35

NCT Houseswap Register Coordinator

[Guest guest]

This happened to my sil - she knew she was RH -ve and had two successful

pregnancies, with the Anti-D given each time. She then had a string of

miscarriages over several years. The thought was that she miscarried

without realising she was pg, and so had rhesus antibodies in her system.

All subsequent pregnancies were attacked in the early weeks. v. sad for

her.

Joyce

--- In nct-coffeeegroups, " Trisha " > I think you

should check with your midwife or GP in any case

> BUT if you are RH- then you definitely need to as you will need

> a Anti-D injection and there is a time limit on that. IIRC 5 days

but

> I maybe wrong.

>

> Trisha

> SAHM to 3 boys

Trisha

I am beginning to wonder if my RH Neg is causing my problem

as I think I had a few undiagnosed m/cs before having the boys -

they are both Rh-neg as well so I didn't have anti-D. It was only

with the first d and c that I had my first injection - I wasn't given

one with the 6 week bleeding m/c as they said that they didn't do

them before 10 weeks..all very confusing. Hopefully the clinic will

be able to answer these questions when I get an appointment.

Incidentally I chose to have a D and C this time as I didn't want

the unpredictability of waiting to bleed. the worst part is that I had

had no bleeding at all this time, so I was feeling so confident that

everything was okay

Caroline

(Angi - sending you hugs - I know what it feels like!)

[Guest guest]

>I am beginning to wonder if my RH Neg is causing my problem

Have you never been tested for antibodies? I thought I was at some

stage of pregnancy but could be wrong.

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Sue also Rh-ve