Joined: 29 September 2009 United Kingdom Posts: 8 Gender: Female
Posted: 18 November 2009 at 12:08pm | IP Logged
Hi, We had another miscarriage (my fourth) at the end of October and I had my D&C on the 2nd November (had two miscarriages then two successful pregnancies - now in a new relationship and we've had two miscarriages this year). Since the D&C I have not bled much at all apart from one afternoon this week, and even then it wasn't that bad. I doubt that it counts as a period but I was wondering if anyone else had had very very little bleeding and how long after that they had had a period? We are keen to try again and I don't like my body being topsy turvy like this. I'm finding it a bit tricky to stay level and know that my period returning will sort it all out as it always has before! I'd appreciate any input here. Fi :-)
Joined: 11 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 6438 Gender: Female
Posted: 19 November 2009 at 7:54pm | IP Logged
Hi sorry to hear of your loss. I have had 4 mc's also 2 of which I had D&C. After both of them I had very little bleeding, it depends how much uterine tissue they remove with the D&C. You can get spotting on and off for a while. With all of my miscarriages my cycle was just a little longer than normal, I am normally 26 days and my period returned 30 days. I have heard that some people can take a lot longer though. Good luck for the future.
Joined: 29 September 2009 United Kingdom Posts: 8 Gender: Female
Posted: 19 November 2009 at 9:40pm | IP Logged
Thank you. I had such a horrid time with the last miscarriage - they were convinced I'd miscarried naturally and then I had to have a D&C four months after - we'd thought we were pregnant again so it was particularly disheartening. The mental and emotional journey after a miscarriage is something that very few people really acknowledge - you have to really work on it in my humble experience (and I'm generally a pretty positive person!). Thanks again.
Joined: 11 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 6438 Gender: Female
Posted: 19 November 2009 at 10:07pm | IP Logged
It is hard to get back to "normal" after a miscarriage, you lose some of your naivety to life, that joy of finding out you are pregnant and the certainty of a baby and you can never get that back. My last miscarriage I found out 4 weeks before mc'ing that my baby had passed away and decided I wanted to be at home and left alone, I bleed very heavily all day and eventually was rushed to hospital in an ambulance with very low blood pressure then had to have a D&C as I knew I hadn't lost the baby. For us we decided not to try again after 3 years of heartbreak, I think you know inside if you can carry on or if it's time to quit and it feels right the decision you make. I hope things work out for you in the future.
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Topic: Post D&C recovery and trying again
