Medical management after missed miscarriage

I found at at my 12 week scan last week that my baby had died at 7 weeks. I've decided to have the medical management pill to help me pass as it's been 6 weeks now and all I have passed is a little brown blood and had no cramps.

Just wanted to know other women's experiences of this. Is it painful "giving birth" to a 7 week fetus and placenta?

My experience of medical management of missed miscarriage

we went for our 12 week scan to find out our baby had died at 8 week and the sac continued growing to 12 weeks we decided on medical management, i went to hospitial and took the tablet on tuesday night i had to go into hospitial on the thursday morning they inserted the pesseries about 10 o'clock i started havin contraction type pains about 11. the pains were really bad i had lots of pethadine injections and anti sickness injections. it took me 24 hours of contractions and the maximum doeses of the oral tablets to pass the fetus and placenta. the pain i couldnt cope with it really hurt. i hope this helps.

Experiences

Hello Tracy,

The exact same thing happened to me. 12 week scan and they had told me the baby had died between 5-7 weeks. Its a cruel way to find out.

Your symptons sound very different to mine. When I took the managment pill approx 7pm by 9pm I had full blown period cramps but really bad ones and had started to bleed. By approx 3am I was changing santitory towels the size of wembley every hour and went through all my pjamas. It is not a painful experience losing everything inside of you but it is really not very nice and I would not recommend it to anyone as it is upsetting.

I would call your hospital or Doctor for a check up to ensure that everything has gone. Did they not book you in for a scan so they can check all is empty and clean??

Not sure if people experience different things??

Worth checking out
Natalie x

To alie1973

So sorry for your loss. It's awful isn ...

I had the medical management pessaries and pills last Saturday. It was the pessaries that caused the most pain half an hour after they had been inserted and I need two Kapake as I couldn't handle the contractions.

About an hour after the pills to help me pass, I had lots of bleeding and needed the big sanitary pads you mentioned, one every hour.

I didn't pass everything at the hospital though. After passing the placenta and two large clots they said I could go home. I thought I had passed the sac but this didn't happen until Saturday night when I got home.

I haven't been offered any follow up scans to make sure no tissue is left but I might ring the EPU tomorrow and try to arrange one. I also want a check for infections as last time I had a m/c four and a half years ago, I was given antibiotics just in case as the cervix are open and prone to infection. I think the NHS are just trying to cut back on costs these days and only give the scans and antibiotics after a m/c if a woman gets an infection.

I wish you all the best with your emotional and physical recovery. x x x

Me too

i went for a scan today after a slight bleed. there was just a sac nothing else, had an oral tablet, have to back sunday on the ward for the pessaries. im so scared and upset. my bf left me two wks ago. i feel like i have nothing and no one. i dont know how to carry on.

Medical management finally over

Had tablets yesterday to induce the leftover tissue and it was awful, it lasted 4 hours of what felt like contractions and I wanted to climb the walls.I don't know how I got thru it. All I got given was cocodamol. Then all of a sudden I felt this massive rush of blood and liquids and it kind of was easier after that. Kept bleeding v heavily until 10pm last nit, but it seems to have subsided. My hubby was great, but I feel desperately empty, exhausted and very tearful now I am on my own... so unsure about trying again, but feel like I need to fill a gap, does this sound weird????? geordiegirl 5

Me too

2morrow I have the 2nd lot of tablets to open my cervix and get everything out. I had threatened m/c on 3rd July & was given chance to naturally miscarry at home, bleeding was so heavy 1 wk l8r, didnt go to hospital, but it was awful have sum1 with u definitely. I would rather go thru labour sorry to say, dont mean to scare you. Had 3rd scan Monday only sac remaining, wish it was at an end tho. The 1st tablet I had on Monday didnt make me sick tho so it mite not be as bad as u think. Mother nature can be really cruel. take care

My experiences after missed miscarriages

hi tracy,i am so sorry for your loss. i have have had 3 miscarriages this yr, the first being a blighted ovum which was discovered at my routine 12 week scan at the end of jan, for which i had a medical management. i went into hospital to take the first set of tablets 2 days after my scan and was required to return to the gynae ward 2 days after taking the first lot of tablets to finish the procedure. i had to have hormones placed vaginally to initiate what i suppose is labour, and took more tablets orally at 3 hourly intervals. a couple of hours later i started to bleed and passed large clots, i had to use a bed pan to pass urine to catch anything that passed. the whole procedure lasted about 8 hours, and i was able to leave once they'd checked the miscarriage was complete. there was pain and i was offered pain relief but declined. it was all so emotional that when like yourself i found out in may that i'd had a missed miscarriage and my baby had died at about 8 weeks that i decided to miscarry at home. it was all much calmer, the hospital staff were so unemotional that i was happy to be with my husband and children and i feel that made the experince an easier one. from what you have said i don't believe that you have yet miscarried, you will know when it happens.

Hiya

i had both my miscarraiges at 7weeks and 9weeks and both naturally at home, the nine weeks one was much more painful, quite a lot of cramps (just feels like your uterus contracting), I passed both the sacks and lots of solid tissue, you can take paracetamol which I found helpful and also I had a hot pack (wheat thing you heat in microwave) which was good. It doesnt last that long and the releif comes once you have passed it, im so sorry for your loss I know how awful it is, I hope you are ok through it, they say if you are bleeding heavily and continuously seek medical advice, take care hun thinking of you, rach xx