Loo
Mum of 2 and one on way
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Well here's my opinion, for what it's worth....
Firstly, I don't think an ultrasound can cause a mc (internal or external scan). There is actually evidence in recurrent mc (>3) that regular scans actaully reduces the mc rate (no one knows why ?maybe reducing stress).
Even when the cervix is open, its only big enough for your finger tip to enter it and even then you can't get your finger all the way inside it in to the inside of the uterus (and when its closed, nothing would get though except fluid (e.g. sperm, blood etc)) so there is no way the probe thing of an internal scan can go anywhere near the uterine cavity and cause problems. The cervix is a few centimetres deep/long, so the uterine cavity is well protected away from the outside world. If a scan does cause bleeding, its because the cervix itself has probably bled (not from inside the womb) or because the insertion/removal of the probe pulls out some of the blood that is sitting in the vagina.
Everyones periods are different heaviness and I am afraid, so are everyones mc. So you might not be able to judge based on others' experiences. However, having said that my bleeding was heavier than yours, although I had been given tablets and pessaries to bring it on. I found out at 12 weeks my LO had died, but was measuring 10 weeks. Aftre the pessaries kicked in, I bled like a heavy period and the pain was worse than a period but bearable.
Hopes that of some help.
Firstly, I don't think an ultrasound can cause a mc (internal or external scan). There is actually evidence in recurrent mc (>3) that regular scans actaully reduces the mc rate (no one knows why ?maybe reducing stress).
Even when the cervix is open, its only big enough for your finger tip to enter it and even then you can't get your finger all the way inside it in to the inside of the uterus (and when its closed, nothing would get though except fluid (e.g. sperm, blood etc)) so there is no way the probe thing of an internal scan can go anywhere near the uterine cavity and cause problems. The cervix is a few centimetres deep/long, so the uterine cavity is well protected away from the outside world. If a scan does cause bleeding, its because the cervix itself has probably bled (not from inside the womb) or because the insertion/removal of the probe pulls out some of the blood that is sitting in the vagina.
Everyones periods are different heaviness and I am afraid, so are everyones mc. So you might not be able to judge based on others' experiences. However, having said that my bleeding was heavier than yours, although I had been given tablets and pessaries to bring it on. I found out at 12 weeks my LO had died, but was measuring 10 weeks. Aftre the pessaries kicked in, I bled like a heavy period and the pain was worse than a period but bearable.
Hopes that of some help.
