Question: Cramps after D&C

[STARRYSKY]

so sorry for your loss sadwombat, I had a missed mc back in aug, had a d&c day after us showed no heartbeat, pain was pretty severe, worse than my worst af, I think I was taking panadeine forte, the hospital gave me some capadex, but only 2 before I left, apparantley they also shoved a voltaren pessary up my bum afterwards too, sorry if tmi!
hope the pain resolves itself soon, its so not fair to have the emotional pain ontop of the physical pain of losing a baby.
my heart goes out to you, big hugs.
xxx

[Shan]

Hi sabwomabt. sorry for your loss. :hugs:

After my m/c i had some light cramping and the dr sent me home with some panadine forte i think. The cramping was never as severe as what you are describing. If it doesnt settle down then go back and see them or give them a call.

As Starrysky said, it is bad enough having to deal with the emotional pain but to have the physical pain on top of that is just crap!!!

[tempus moriendi]

I'm so sorry you had to go through this. I'll send a cyberhug and keep you in my prayers.

I've never heard of painful urination or bm's as a symptom. I would call the ob.

[Brownbug]

Hi Sadwombat,

I'm so very sorry to hear of your loss.

When I had my missed miscarriage in May 2005, I also had a D & C. I was sent home with no pain relief at all. It was on a Tuesday and all was fine until the Thursday, when I started to have the most excruciating cramps ever. I have always had very painful periods, because I have severe endometriosis, so I am no wuss when it comes to pain, but I've never felt anything this bad. I ended up on the floor in a ball screaming with pain. My DH was scared and rushed to the chemist and beg for some strong pain relief and they gave me some Dolased, which helped a bit, but not much. After about 12 hours of it, I passed a huge clot (sorry if TMI) and everything eased. My OB said it was probably some "retained product" - lovely, isn't it? You'd think if you had to have a D&C they would at least finish the job properly.

I've never gone through labour because my daughter was born via caeserian, but I've often wondered if the cramps I had were similar to labour pains.

I really hope you start to feel better soon, you poor thing. Losing your bubba is bad enough without all the physical side effects. :hugs: