Miracle attempt finished....

Update:

Just got home last night.

Waited 16 hr for an us at the hospital (weekend only minimal staff & i kept getting bumped down bc of car wrecks!). I didn't mind waiting but worst of all they refused to let me eat anything until us results came back so I was starving with a throbbing low blood sugar headache all day. Dh brought me lollipops which helped a little.

At 5 pm the nurse said i could eat something so I assumed the resilts were ok. I was in a private room in the new trauma ward which was very nice....but obgyn is in another wing on the otherside of the hospital so it was hard to get info from the dr.

Finally at 6:30pm an obgyn resident comes over and says I still have stuff in my uterus but they don't know if it just clots or placenta. Bc my bleeding was minimal & i have v low hemoglobin (70....normal 120) i had 3 choices:

1) DNC with possible transfusion
2) Misopropol to induce cramping & bleeding (but if i bleed too much then back to #1)
3) expectant management & hope my body clears it on its own

I chose #3 bc my body obviously needed a break & i trusted it to release whatever when it needs to....plus i wanted to go home in my own bed (hadn't slept for 30 hrs).DH brought me dinner and i ate at the hospital waiting for discharge.

At 9 pm I Got dressed & he wheeled me over to ER. While i waited for him to bring the car around, i started getting horrible cramps! I felt a gush and another clot between my legs and DH helped me hobble over to the bathroom where I passed a clot the size of a kiwi. But the bleeding wasn't too bad.

I begged him to drive me home quick before i was forced to stay!

At home i went to bed and continued to have severe cramping. Passed another small clot maybe strawberry size and took a Tylenol 3. By 11:30 pm the cramps subsided a lot and i slept sitting up. I was nervous all nite that i'd have to go back but I guess I eventally fell dead asleep.

When i woke up this morning i felt 100x better but extremely weak. Everytime i stand up my head starts pounding! I went to the bathroom and passed two clots again....ONE WAS THE PLACENTA! Finally! Yay! Thank you Uterus! :)

Now my bleeding is slowed down a lot...like a normal period. Just resting in bed & letting everyone bring me drinks & food and taking 120ml of Floradix daily (1/4 bottle)

I have to follow up with my dr next few days and go for another us to make sure everything is passed later this week or after christmas.

Thank you all so very much for praying for me! :pray:

:heart: I am so very sorry.

(((Huge hugs)))! I'm sending more strength and healing your way...



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What's floradix hun? Something for iron? So glad you didn't need a D&C and transfusion. Eeeeeek! I was worried for you. Hope you recover quickly and are well enough to enjoy Christmas MrsG. All the best. Xxoo

Sending hugs and hoping this is over for you soon and you can have the strength to get through this and being to heal.

Update:

Yesterday was my first day out of the house as I had to follow up with my Dr. I was able to shower and walk up the steps on my own (albiet very slowly)

He said I appeared quite pale, my heart rate is elevated at 104-115 bpm, but my Blood pressure is normal 112/68 which suprised him (he was expecting much lower)

in addition, he took 3 vials of blood which annoyed me bc as if I have ANY to spare right now :mad:i know my numbers will be shit but he wants a baseline for bi-monthly monitoring...

Then he chastised me for not going tô the hospital sooner (like as soon as I started to bleed heavily) which was strange considering he was the one who advised me that my miscarriage seemed complete just a day prior and i spoke to him ON ThE PHONE while i was bleeding heavily and he didnt seem too concerned about it at the time. I spent 20 min on the phone with him.

Earlier I had driven to the church and then had to beg another mum to bring my kids home bc there was a huge clot between my legs and i needed to get home....NOW!

When I got home i changed myself and lay down for about an hr....which turned out to be a HUGE mistake! When you lie down while bleeding, the uterus can't drain so clots start building up....well i felt a clot after awhile and when I removed it.....WHOOSH! I filled up a whole strainer full of blood clots! I felt woozy after and was in so much pain i ened up pooping and peeing myself while changing my diaper...and crawled into the shower on all fours to wash up....so,gross!!!!!!

I had NO bleeding for another hr or so...i thought the worst had passed....then filled up another diaper an hr later. I started to get worried but the bleeding stopped ...again.

Then I called my midwife just in case and spoke to her for another 15 min. Neither my Dr or midwife were panicking over my symptoms and told me what to watch out for (dizziness, clamminess, severe nausea, vomitting etc).

Well not 2 min after i hung up the phone on the midwife, the room started spinning, sweat was dripping down my face and i told DH to call 911. He thought I was being melodramatic..."are you sure? You look ok to me....Maybe you should just chill out for awhile...."

Next thing I remember was DH SLAPPING ME ON THE FACE....i was covered in vomit and he was yelling into the phone to the 911 operator "i think she's waking up".

Apparently, my eyes rolled into the back of my head and I started projectile vomitting all over the place and DH had to roll me over so I wouldn't choke on it. :holysheep: i was entering second stage hypovolemic shock (there are 4 stages)

DH wanted me to lie in bed until the ambulance showed up but I insisted he take me to the shower bc I didnt want to be covered in vomit when they showed up. Ew Gross! I'd rather be naked & CLEAN. I just sat on the floor in the shower washing up and realized I had also POOPED myself so thank goodness i insisted on bathing! Why do bodies have to be so disgusting?!

The EMT's showed up and they were really nice eye candy! They were so sweet & kind and stayed by my side until one of them got me a private room in the ER! Amazing!

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Thank you for all of your support and heartfelt well wishes!

Oh my goodness you have been through the ringer!!! I so hope and pray that this is the end of the ordeal now. :heart:

Atomic,

My midwife said she thinks I might not O right away bc of all the bloodloss. She said having a transfusion would help my body rebound quicker...i'm ok waiting for awhile...

Do you think this mc would count as "low maternal condition" and have the same effect as LE diet? I'm on super hugh doeses of iron/b vit though...

I'll probably be weak for about 6-8 weeks.

I think you probably need a transfusion just for your health and wellbeing. I do not, to infinity and beyond, want you holding off on a needed blood transfusion for some benefit of swaying which we do not even know if it is a benefit or not.

Yes, everything you have been through would qualify as lower maternal condition but I do not want you not having needed medical care becuase of swaying. PLEASE take the supplements you need and have the transfusion!!!

Hi Atomic,

There are serious risks with transfusion. After reading 8% risk of hemolytic disease in NB, it was a risk I thought was too high.

https://emergencymedicinecases.com/i...gency-medicine


The WOMB Trial showed that young women can safely tolerate a hemoglobin as low as 50g/L

The WOMB trial was a multi-centered Dutch trial that enrolled 521 women with severe postpartum anemia (hemoglobin 48 to 79 g/L) who were randomized to transfusion or transfusion only if they developed severe symptoms. It found no differences in any important outcomes (recovery of hemoglobin, 6 week hemoglobin). There was, however, a non-clinically significant difference in fatigue scores at 7 days that was not persistent at later time point. 517 units were transfused to the “transfused group” vs. 88 for the group for only severe symptoms.



Allo-immunization is the most important and under-recognized risk associated with red cell transfusions

Perhaps the most important and under-recognized risk of red cell transfusions is allo-immunization among women of childbearing age.

Allo-imunization, which has a rate of 8% per transfusion in young women, involves the development of antibodies against red blood cells, which in future pregnancies can cross the placenta and precipitate hemolytic disease of the newborn in women who have received previous transfusion, can render the patient ineligible for an organ transplant if required and can make them unmatchable for future transfusions.

Think of a blood transfusion as a blood transplant: When you give someone a blood transfusion, you are changing their immune system for life. Red cell transfusions should not be thought of as a delivery system for iron!

Other risks of packed red blood cell transfusions include a 1/700 risk of TACO (Transfusion Associated Circulatory Overload) a 1/10,000 risk of TRALI (Transfusion Related Lung Injury) and a 1/40,000 risk of an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction.

Oh my goodness! I hope you have now been through it and will make a speedy recovery!! Xx

Update:

Beta HCG: 2 days before mc = 8593. Prog 15.4
Beta HCG: m/c +5 = 845

Hemoglobin rose from 70 to 80 in 2 days (dr thinks they were diluting my blood too much in hospital with all of the saline they were pumping....i don't care! I will take it! :)

Passed some more tissue last night. Hopefully that's the end of it.

Feeling so much better. I can go up& down stairs without my head pounding.

oh i'm so glad to hear it!!! great news!!!!!

Update: M/C +14

i had a week of heavy bleeding (2 excessively heavy), 1 medium, 2 light, some spotting and now light bleeding again on cd14. So i went for a follow-up u/s.

Good News: :)
* uterus & ovaries looks normal
* gestational sac is passed

Bad News: :(
* still have 14 mm retained tissue in the middle of my uterus (which explains the bleeding & why my HPT are still +)

Good News About the Bad News: :)
* 15 mm or less Dr is expecting this to resolve spontaneously
* blood is still fresh
* temp normal

So overall I am praying for my body to heal and take care of this soon. I continue with my 100 mL Floradix per day and also going to acupuncture a few times per week to move things along.

Note on the acupuncture: The bleeding was turning brown and was starting to have an "off" smell, but after a session of acupunture yesterday (and some disgusting herbs to 'flush the uterus') my bleeding picked up overnight. And is red and fresh again. So hopefully this treatment will help gently nudge things along.

OMG! You're miscarriage sounds terribly similar to mine from last year. Horrendous! And after reading your recount of events, I really don't think I have it in me to try again. I just feel too terrified of the same thing happening all over again or of having a baby stay put that has something wrong with it. I hope you are doing OK now and that your body gets rid of the retained products on its own. You poor thing having to endure all of this around the ChristmAs period (although no time is a good time for a MC). How do you think your DH will feel about trying again after all of this? Wishing you a speedy recovery and, if it's what you still really want, I hope the new year grants you your wish for a perfectly healthy baby girl. Xxoo

No matter what the future holds, wishing you the very best, lovely ladies.

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Originally Posted by 1moregirl

OMG! You're miscarriage sounds terribly similar to mine from last year. Horrendous! And after reading your recount of events, I really don't think I have it in me to try again. I just feel too terrified of the same thing happening all over again

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Yes, my miscarriage was terrible! Way worse than the one in Feb. Only losing the twins was more traumatic. I thought since the baby died 6w3d I'd have it over with quickly...boy was I wrong!

But I survived...and I am healing....and those few weeks of pregnancy I was so so happy. :) Those days were precious. Even though I won't be holding my baby in my arms this summer, I will see all of my angels again someday. I am not sorry I tried.

I value my children a lot more. Each one is a gift.

I don't know what tomorrow may bring, however I refuse to let FEAR rule over me

I choose HOPE...FAITH...LOVE....and LIFE

Take care MrsGoodies . Give yourself time to heal sending you a big hug xo:bighug:

Good on you MrsG. I really admire your strength, your courage and your positivity. I hope you are healing well, physically and emotionally. How did you go with the retained products? Hopefully your body will expel them on its own. I took iron tablets after my MC and also found eating some comfort foods that were good for iron helped as well...like almonds and dark chocolate. They just helped, as well as red meat and green veggies. And extra cuddles with the kids and extra time doing things with them. Xx