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heavy bleeding after D&C?

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I had my D&C last Thursday (over a week ago).  I had very light bleeding until Monday and then it came heavier.  I had my f/up yesterday where doc did u/s and said he saw clots and tissue which meant I would still bleed for another week. 

Well, Friday afternoon, I started having really serious cramping like nothing I've ever felt before and started passing huge clots (I had a feeling b/c when I was there in the morning, the poking around definitely did not feel good).  I freaked out and was a mess and called poor DH at work sobbing.  I kept saying I can't believe this is our baby.  He kept telling me it's not the baby, but the uterine lining shedding and going back to normal.

After that trauma, I am still bleeding really heavy (like 2 overnight pads within a 1/2 hour soaked) with such pain I've never experienced in my life. Doc said I could take Tylenol, which I did, but hasn't done anything.  I go back again in another 2 weeks. Anyone else go through this?  When will this torture end?

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Re: heavy bleeding after D&C?

  • stephsteph77stephsteph77 member
    My doctor said to call if I was filling up two pads within two hours. If you are doing two pares in less than an hour you should probably call and talk to your doctor.
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  • bumpuser204685bumpuser204685 member
    The instruction I got from the doctor were similar. I think you should call your doctor- that sounds like you are bleeding too much.. call just to make sure. Hope you are okay!
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  • shanna82shanna82 member

    Oh, I'm so sorry you are going through this after your D&C!  It looks like they didn't get everything :(  I didn't have much bleeding at all afterward.  But I started naturally m/c a couple days before the D&C and I had really bad cramping and passed a lot of tissue and lost a lot of blood.  It lasted for about 2 hours.  The next day it was waaay worse and I'm pretty sure I passed my baby.

    I'm thinking/hoping that you are all done *hugs*

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  • damabo80damabo80 member

    imagestephsteph77:
    My doctor said to call if I was filling up two pads within two hours. If you are doing two pares in less than an hour you should probably call and talk to your doctor.

    Yep. This.

    I did pass some "WTF" clots in the week afterwards....the dr said that was normal and it was the "decidual cast" shedding. It looked like large strips of raw steak. I did have heavish bleeding, but it was more of a "fill 1 pad in 2 hours" type of bleeding. It tapered off after a week, then I had light/spotting bleeding for another wee.


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  • leigh10784leigh10784
    I'm so sorry you are still having to deal with this physically.  I was told if I was going through a pad an hour to call.  So if you are going through 2 pads in a half hour I would call the doctor or go to ER.  In the weeks after my D&C I was bleeding on and off.  Nothing too serious just seemed more annoying than anything.  Then almost two weeks after I had really bad bleeding and I went to the ER.  Turns out they didn't get everything and had to do an emergency second D&C in the middle of the night. This time after the second one I have had not bleeding, just a little spotting a few days after. Hopefully you will stop bleeding and won't have to have anything else done.  
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  • mommy411mommy411 member
    I was toldto go to ER if I soaked a pad in 15 min or large clots!
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