Comments on: Medical Management of Miscarriage (non-surgical means)

By: heather

heather — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:16:09 +0000

I had to insert 8 pills, (2doses of four each), i did that 2 days ago and am only now starting to feel a lot of pain. Yesterday i passed a few clots, pretty big ones, but i still am today. How long is the passing of the clots supposed to continue? When should i start toworry?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:22:03 +0000

I am in the beginning stages of my medical management miscarriage. Should there be this much blood? I feel like a waterfall. When do I know if I should go to the er?

By: Tammy

Tammy — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:57:45 +0000

I have just gone through this at home and have a few tips if anyone is interested. A few things are briefly mentioned in the post, but I found them so helpful I thought they deserved more emphasis.
First, walking helped me A LOT, all I wanted to do at the most painful point was lay down, but when I tried that it was much more painful.
Second, a friend who has been through this before recommended incontinence pads rather than sanitary napkins due to her severe bleeding. I was glad I had them (and never would have thought of this).
Third, definitely take the painkillers at least an hour before you take the meds to start the miscarriage. I think the miscarriage can start as quickly as 1/2 hour after inserting the meds (although mine took 5 1/2 hours to start) so you want to make sure you have the pain meds on board in advance.
Fourth, it seems simplistic, but deep breathing during the most painful times actually helped a lot too. I was quite tense due to fear and pain, and taking deep breaths lowered both my fear and pain – maybe just a notch, but it was enough to feel a little more in control and make things a little more bearable.
Anyway, I hope this information helps someone.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:20:16 +0000

This is a very informative blog post. I actually had to go through medical management for my miscarriage due to my hormone levels not decreasing appropriately. It was an early miscarriage and the doctors could not locate the pregnancy on ultrasound.
Part of me wishes I had the D&C so that I would have known if the pregnancy was ectopic or not. Plus, it took more than a month for my hCG level to go down to 5.