First of all, juleswa, I am very sorry for your loss ? and for all of the losses that we all have gone through. It is very sad.

I am in a somewhat similar situation as I just had my 2nd m/c. The first was a missed m/c at 8 weeks - I had a D&C the day after we learned we lost the pregnancy (the loss was almost a week old and I didn?t know). I was OK with that approach (for all the reasons that have been given for opting for a D&C) and recovered fine - meaning quickly got back my regular cycle and even got pregnant again...but....

This time I had a m/c at 5 weeks. I bleed a lot for 3 days, passed a lot of larger clots and blood and then it completely stopped - not tapering - just stopped completely for 3 days (very different from how my AF ends - I was kind of expecting it to be similar to AF - it wasn't at all). But now 4 days later, I have more spotting. My dr is monitoring my HCG levels weekly to make sure they are falling (she said no ultra sound is necessary unless they stop declining). This time, since I've already gone through the trauma of the m/c I am not eager to have another D&C - but I'm wondering - how do I know that my body has gotten rid of what it needs to expel? Are the HCG levels definitive (my dr has said she will track them weekly until they hit zero).

What are the signs of an infection - what should I look out for?