bleeding after miscarriage

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• carlapop

  Nov 7, 2009 12:58PM

  hi
  
  i had a missed miscarrage last september, found at the 12 week scan, had lost the baby at about 9 weeks they thought. we had the medically managed miscarrage because it was too much of a shock for the surgery and i felt it was a less horrific option. i continued to bleed for over 8 weeks, lots of bleeding too, so went back to doctors and was sent for ultra sound where it showed there was still some product left - about 1 cm squared in size. they left me for another 2 weeks thinking that it would sort itself out..... it didn't and i kept bleeding so i went back and asked for another ultra sound and then in the end i demanded the surgery because i wanted to get some closure on the whole thing and we wanted to try again. so had the surgery this time last year well over 2 months after we found out we had miscarried.
  
  i would suggest asking for an ultra sound, as you will not stop bleeding until all the product is gone, no matter how small.
  
  i hope this helps
  
  carla x

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• wingwong

  Nov 7, 2009 1:08PM

  Thanks Carla, did the surgery sort it out?

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• carlapop

  Nov 7, 2009 1:57PM

  yes, think i went about a week after with little bleeding but that is the norm after a d and c.
  
  because of the 2 months of bleeding i put up with, my iron levels were low so we were told to wait 3 months before TTC, so we waited til the new year and we now have a beautiful daughter, Isla, who is 3 weeks 5 days old.

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• gemgems13

  Nov 7, 2009 7:44PM

  i can't remember who it was, but someone in ttc after mc forum was mentioning bleeding for 3 months after mc today i think, if you look through the threads in there.
  g xx

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