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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Aug 2008
    Cairns QLD
    138

    Question Advice anyone???

    I got my period on the 23rd very light (after my heavy bleeding approx 4 weeks before due to my m/c) my hcg levels were still too high for me to ovulate so that?s why I thought my period was only very light and no pain (like usual) anyway today is the 6th October and I?m still bleeding very lightly sometimes, brownish sometimes redish and sometimes blackish. My doc said that was ok as long as it didn?t smell funny then it could be an infection, but its been 2 weeks now of this and I?m sick of it, I?ve been charting this month and my levels should be back to normal by now as 2 weeks ago it was at 260. I?m hoping to ovulate this week on the 11th but not sure if I will with this damn bleeding causing all sorts of confusion. My temps are up and down, one day its 36.6 then the next day it drops and its 36.05 my chart looks like I?ve drawn zigzags all over it. I?ve got appt with doc again on Thursday she will probably think Im a hypochondriac! My 1st Ob/gyno appt is not til the 28th and I didn?t think I could hold out til then. Has anyone had a similar thing, advice?

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jul 2008
    Sydney, Australia
    14

    Hi mannie,
    after your m/c did you have a d&c?
    i i had a m/c in june this year and was not given a d&c was told i had a complete m/c and baby was gone my preg hormone was droping rapidly. i was bleeding for 38 days before repeat BT was done and showed that my preg hormone had almost tripled and u/s showed that there was stuff in my uterus they think that when i had the m/c i was actually preg with twins and that one was an ectopic and that bleeding for so long the embryo then fell in to my uterus but was not viable.
    dr then told me that i would need a D&C to remove the "products of conception" as they put it. once the d&c was done i only bleed for a few days and it was very light.
    i felt so much better after the d&c it gave me closure as before the d&c it was a constant reminder of the m/c and was emotionally very difficult.
    i feel that after m/c regardless of how far we are d&c should always be given.
    so the only advice i can offer you is to get a BT to check your pregnancy hormone to make sure your levels are going down.
    i hope i havnt scared you with my story.
    good luck with your journey and hope all goes well please keep me up to date with whats happening.

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Aug 2008
    Cairns QLD
    138

    HI Rachel,

    No I didn't have a D&C, I was supposed to have one but my levels had gone up so they thought I might have had an ectopic, to this day Im still not sure whether it was ectopic and just m/c naturally or if I had a chemical pregnancy and m/c occurred not long after conception...anyway I did miscarry naturally I bled heavily with some pain for about 2 weeks all up. then nothing for 4 weeks then my period came. My levels had dropped, they were 1600 just before I started bleeding heavily and then 2 weeks ago they were at 260 so they were dropping, doc wasn't worried. It sure is confusing hey when you don't know what your body is doing. I think I should've had the d&c maybe I should ask for one??. Will let you know how I go, regardless we are still going to try later on this week because I should ovulate, fingers crossed that I do...thanks for the advice and so sorry for your loss.

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Oct 2008
    9

    They never told me what exactly caused my mc either. I had a natural mc too and bled for almost 5 weeks then actually got my period about 2 weeks later. They don't really give you much of a choice, especially going through my first mc I didn't know what to do. If I could go back a d&c would have been best instead of being reminded of this everyday for 5 weeks.

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Jul 2008
    Sydney, Australia
    14

    Hi mannie and Mrs.B,

    Mannie: Good luck this week, i have my fingers and toes corossed for you that ovulate. praying you get a BFP soon.
    Hopefully your body will reurn to normal and stop being so confusing.

    Mrs.B: i know how you feel i was never told what caused my m/c and this was also my first. i was an emotional wreck at the time and didn't even think of asking for a d&c, my mother in law and fiance were with me and my mother inlaw asked for a d&c but the hospital refused stating they didnt feel i needed one and would be ok as i was only 6wks. in total i bleed for 45 days. i think its discusting that they can let us go through this it like rubbing salt into an open wound.
    Mrs.B are to ttc again now?

    Im going to start back on the clomid (2tablets 100mg) on thursday and im praying that this will work.

    well my 2 friends goodluck ttc and may we all be blessed with a beautiful healthy baby soon.

    talk tou both soon.

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Aug 2008
    Cairns QLD
    138

    Thanks Rachel B. Im still going to try this week you never know hey and DTD is fun anyway....goodluck to you too with the clomid tablets it should def work for you.

    I agree with you too Mrs B, a d&C would've been preferrable! I should've insisited well hopefully we don't have to go through it again to have to make that decision.

    lots of babydust to both of you!!