D&c or the pills?
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Omi
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The pills usually soften your cervix allowing for your body to induce itself., i.e. it allows the cervix to open as it does during childbirth - its also given previous to a d&c.
Personally, id never go for a natural mc but then again ive gone through enough to know it was hellish with the contractions and whatnot. I also didnt wanna see whatever was left to go down the toilet. And my d&c meant that i was right as rain mentally nearly right away and physically within a week.
Its all a very individual thing. You yourself have to weigh up whats important to you. Anyone elses experience, mine included, might have no bearing on you.
So sorry for your loss, hun and all the best!!
Personally, id never go for a natural mc but then again ive gone through enough to know it was hellish with the contractions and whatnot. I also didnt wanna see whatever was left to go down the toilet. And my d&c meant that i was right as rain mentally nearly right away and physically within a week.
Its all a very individual thing. You yourself have to weigh up whats important to you. Anyone elses experience, mine included, might have no bearing on you.
So sorry for your loss, hun and all the best!!
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I opted to take the pills this past thursday. I found out that my babies didnt have heartbeats at 9weeks (identical twins).. and my body was NOT going to do it naturally. And d&c was my last option.
With the pill - I had to insert 2 vaginally.. every for hours.. for 4 doses. So I started at 10pm.. and took my last dose at 10 am.
I took the pills Thursday night at 10. Went straight to bed.. my dr. had given me 800mg motrin to take for pain (are you kidding me.. i took these for cramping in middle and high school!!!) - anyways because she gave me that I didnt think it was going to be as bad.
At 1am.. I woke up cramping and decided to take a motrin. Went to the restroom.. and the diarrhea (sorry tmi) had started. The cramping got worse.. and at 2am.. had to take my second dose. I then started vomiting (which said it was a side effect of the pill - so maybe you will be lucky!) and the pain got much worse. At 3am.. We phone the dr. because I hadnt started bleeding.. was vomiting (didnt know at the time it was a side effect).. and in pain. He said if I had any kind of pain killer to give it to me. I took a codine and finally had some ease and could lay down and rest!!
At 5:30am.. I got up because my water had broke.. and when I sat down the water came gushing out.. at 6am I took my third dose of medicine.. and laid back down. It was soo much easier with better pain meds.. I dont know what my dr was thinking. I started passing large clots but didnt ever check the toilet to check for the tissue.. i saw pieces of tissue on the toilet paper and didnt dare look down. By my last dose everything had calmed down.. so that makes me think that I passed it.
To be honest.. I would do this again.. with much better pain medicine than 800 mg motrin.
I hope this helps you. I am only 23 and surgery was not the best option for me.
With the pill - I had to insert 2 vaginally.. every for hours.. for 4 doses. So I started at 10pm.. and took my last dose at 10 am.
I took the pills Thursday night at 10. Went straight to bed.. my dr. had given me 800mg motrin to take for pain (are you kidding me.. i took these for cramping in middle and high school!!!) - anyways because she gave me that I didnt think it was going to be as bad.
At 1am.. I woke up cramping and decided to take a motrin. Went to the restroom.. and the diarrhea (sorry tmi) had started. The cramping got worse.. and at 2am.. had to take my second dose. I then started vomiting (which said it was a side effect of the pill - so maybe you will be lucky!) and the pain got much worse. At 3am.. We phone the dr. because I hadnt started bleeding.. was vomiting (didnt know at the time it was a side effect).. and in pain. He said if I had any kind of pain killer to give it to me. I took a codine and finally had some ease and could lay down and rest!!
At 5:30am.. I got up because my water had broke.. and when I sat down the water came gushing out.. at 6am I took my third dose of medicine.. and laid back down. It was soo much easier with better pain meds.. I dont know what my dr was thinking. I started passing large clots but didnt ever check the toilet to check for the tissue.. i saw pieces of tissue on the toilet paper and didnt dare look down. By my last dose everything had calmed down.. so that makes me think that I passed it.
To be honest.. I would do this again.. with much better pain medicine than 800 mg motrin.
I hope this helps you. I am only 23 and surgery was not the best option for me.
