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amwallaceamwallace
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Hello everyone. Sorry we all have to post here. This is my second missed miscarriage, and I'm wondering how long I have to wait for it to happen naturally. I'm still breastfeeding Georgia, and don't really want to have a D&C like last time. I'll have to talk to the doctor about whether the medicine to help the process along is safe for breastfeeding, but from what I've read online, its not.

Did anyone just wait it out? From the ultrasound, the baby stopped growing around 6.5 weeks and I think I would be about 9.5 now, so its been already 2-3 weeks and there's no sign of anything happening. Is it safe to wait for a little bit longer? Any advice for me? Thanks in advance.

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  • Steph_NJSteph_NJ

    I'm sorry for your loss. At my first u/s my LO was measuring about 6 weeks and I thought I was 8 weeks. At the second u/s there was no change, and I should've been about 9.5 weeks at that point. So our situations were similar.

    I also am breastfeeding, but I decided on a D&C. I was worried about having anesthesia but the lactation consultants assured me that I could breastfeed my daughter a few hours afterward if I was feeling up to it and that pumping and dumping was not necessary.

    Not sure if the meds are what's influencing you against a D&C, and no advice on waiting it out, but I hope this helps.

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  • amwallaceamwallace
    I'm sorry for you loss. As far as the D&C, its more that we live in England (all our family is in America) and DH is traveling out of the country for the next two weeks. So, I don't want to have an operation while he's gone and no one is here to watch DD.
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  • Steph_NJSteph_NJ
    That makes total sense! That isn't something you could do on your own. It's a tough situation and I hope everything goes the best it can.
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  • orange blossom momorange blossom mom

    So sorry to hear about your loss. I also had a missed miscarriage. I went in for an ultrasound on September 15 and found that the baby had died on September 4, at 6w4d. I did get a prescription for the medication, but I never went and picked it up. I wanted my body to figure it out on its own, and I did not want to have a D&C if I could avoid it.

    This past Sunday I started bleeding like I had my period and then Tuesday night around 11:30 started to get some pretty bad cramps. I laid in bed with a heating pad on my tummy and that seemed to help. I was in the bathroom every 20 minutes or so...there was just blood and some clots. Around 1 in the morning I passed the baby. As soon as it came out, all of my cramping was gone and I felt so much better.

     Maybe it's weird, but I couldn't flush it. This may be TMI, but I cut it open so that I could see my baby. It was such a reminder of what a true miracle life is. I kept it in a little plastic bag and DH and I will probably bring it to our priest to get blessed. Haven't decided what to do next - maybe plant a tree in backyard and bury it underneath?

    It was exactly a month from when the baby stopped growing to when I actually miscarried. I also started running and biking in the past two weeks, as I heard exercise can help to speed the natural miscarriage process along.

    Lots of love, hugs, thoughts and prayers sent your way. I've found this board to be a great support system, even just reading through everyone's experiences.

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