Miscarriage at 7 weeks and question about Misoprostol

sumati

Hi,

I found out last Friday that I had another miscarriage.  This will be my third.  The baby measured on time the week prior at 6 weeks 2 days.  The u/s tech saw a heartbeat, but we could not hear the heartbeat.  Came in a week later to see 2 sacs... one was empty, the other one that we saw the week prior still measured about 6 wks 2 days... The sac measured at 6 weeks.  There was no heartbeat to be seen or heard.

The u/s tech brought in another u/s tech and my OB and all three confirmed a miscarriage since there was no growth and the heart stopped beating.

 

The doctor prescribed me misoprostol because I did not want to have a D&C.  I am just wondering if anyone else has experienced this b/c I'm feeling kind of like a freak now.  I took 3 pills vaginally (600 mcg dose) on Saturday.  I only experienced mild cramping.. no bleeding.  Per my OB's directions, I took 3 more pills 24 hours later on Sunday.  I got more cramping.. still no bleeding.  I called the doctor's office and they told me to see what happens and if no bleeding by Tuesday, to contact them....  Monday.. I had no cramping at all and still no bleeding.... Tuesday... no cramping or bleeding, so I call them.  My OB prescribes another 2 doses, but this time, taking them orally every 24 hrs.  I took three pills orally last night... today... I just have mild cramping.... still no bleeding.. I'm 90% sure tomorrow will be more of the same...

I just feel odd because every messageboard account I can find online, people had bleeding with the first dose within 12 hours.  I cannot find much information about it not working at all for people.  Then I start second guessing if the babies were actually alive in there... and there is no turning back once you take misoprostol b/c of what it can do to the fetus... I'm scared I will have to have another D&C... which I had one with my first miscarriage... #1 the cost is more than we can afford right now... #2 It took my body 3-4 months to get back on schedule so we could start trying again... When I had a natural m/c, I ovulated like normal the next month.

I go in for my follow-up this Friday and will talk to my OB about my options.  Hopefully she will let me wait a week to see if I naturally m/c before I have to have surgery. 

Has anyone taken misoprostol and had it not work at all? 

AshJam25

I'm sorry to hear about your mc...

I took misoprostal to induce mine. I took it orally though...3 of those terrible chalky pills every 3 hours for a total of 3 times. It worked into the start of the second dose with pretty bad cramping and the start of heavy bleeding. I'm not sure about intravaginal though. But I can tell you I ended up in the ER from being scared at how heavily I was bleeding (through maxi pads every 20-30 min). so in the long run, a D&C probably would have been cheaper than the ER visit.

Good luck. I hope it works for you and you start cycling again soon!

Laurakat81

I took it with my first 2 losses. The first time I took it and 20 minutes later I was bleeding. No cramps though. I thought for sure it was going to work. But the bleeding never got heavy and just tapered off throughout the day. Its been 2 years so I don't remember it all too clearly but whenever I took my second dose I expected it to do the rest of the work but nothing more happened.

I was rechecked by my OB the following morning. My cervix was closed. They did an ultrasound and determined that it hadn't worked at all.

I opted for a D&C that same morning.

I took it again after my 2nd miscarriage. I'm honestly not sure why but my OB recommended I take it even though we already had a D&C scheduled for the very next day. I'm pretty sure she only gave me half of the dose I took the first time and I only took it once and by mouth...but nothing happened.

I took it a third time about a month after my second miscarriage and D&C because my RE wasn't happy with the rate that my betas were dropping. Again...nothing happened. 

I was shocked that it didn't work for me. I remember doing research and it said that like 94% of the time it works! But I'm thinking that study was flawed because there are so many ladies on the bump who have also said it didn't work for them. 

I hope that your body cooperates and you don't have to go through surgery. (((hugs)))

JennyP0222

I took Cytotec (misoprostol) to "finish off" my miscarriage once it had started but did not complete. I had to take 4 doses before anything happened. That was with my body having done half of the work naturally prior to me even taking it. I think for some it does take some time and several dosages to work. I always took orally. Good luck to you, I really hope you are able to get through it without the D&C.

XV11Star

I took it vaginally.  I had cramping and bleeding after taking it, but I knew it wasn't enough, and in the end it wasn't.  (and neither was anything else so far... :-/).

I am so sorry you are going through this.