I am losing all faith in the NHS system and worried if anyone else could shed any light on the events of the past couple of weeks...
Just over 2 weeks ago I went for my first scan and was told that I had had a missed miscarriage. I should have been 10 weeks pregnant at the scan in my first pregnancy, however they said that the baby had stopped growing at 8 weeks and that the sac was now empty. I was taken to the ward to discuss the next options and decided to let nature take its course in getting rid of the remaining sac as I had already started bleeding. I went back to the hospital in the middle of this week for a repeat ultrasound and was told that the sac was still inside and hadn't really done anything apart from change shape. The doctor said that the only real option was a D&C due to the time that had passed and risk of infection. This was the last option I wanted to take as I have been lucky so far in life and never had a filling let alone an operation (!) so on top of the stress of miscarriage, I was also stressing out now about the D&C. I returned to the hospital Friday for the procedure and after a 3 hour wait for a bed, was seen by two further doctors that then sent me home and didn't no why I had been referred for a D&C in the first place. They said that the scan notes showed that the sac/ remains were two insignificant to do a D&C and that it would be more risky to do it than not. So now I'm confused!!! I have no idea what is left inside me (if anything) and also about the risk of infection. The bleeding has reduced down to spot bleeding so if there is anything left inside I don't think it will come out naturally but as I said the hospital wouldn't do the D&C. Has anyone else had a similar experience or any words of advice to help a very confused woman!
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NK8804b33X12126a016dd · 09/05/2009 19:34
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