Miscarriage/Pregnancy Loss
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Update:Miscarriage but nothing expelled yet
jlcrutch1
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I need some help. How long is too long to not bleed and expel the tissue during a miscarriage? My baby stopped developing at six weeks. I would be 11 weeks now. I have some cramping and light bleeding but other than that, nothing. My insurance does not cover d&c. My doctor said to wait it out but I'm concerned its taking too long. Any advice would really be appreciated. . Thank you...........well after bleeding a little and nothing else, my doctor finally prescribed me something called cytotec. I believe one of you mentioned that might help....I took my first dose last Friday......nothing other than a little bleeding. Today at 2 pm I took a second dose....nothing. Took a third dose at 7pm..lots of cramping. No bleeding. Ill have to have the d&c if this doesn't work...weird question but since my ins won't cover that procedure, does anyone know if an abortion clinic could help me? Is it the same procedure?
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Re: Update:Miscarriage but nothing expelled yet
I had an empty sac, so the sac was growing, but there was no baby inside. I started bleeding around 9 weeks, about half a week after I found out. When did you find out that you were having the miscarriage? I have heard that knowing can help our bodies figure out what they are supposed to do.
If you are uncomfortable waiting, another option would be to call Planned Parenthood. I assume that they can help either with medication or a D&C, though you would have to call them to be sure, and to figure out how much they would charge.
BFP 3.8.16 EDD 11.20.16
You might check back with your insurance. My old insurance didn't cover d&c's until AFTER a certain point. So you couldn't opt to just get a d&c instead of waiting, but if you had waited X number of weeks and things weren't happening, and you tried the pills, and they didn't work, THEN they would cover it because it met their list of stupid requirements.
Just a thought, but you might try? Good luck.
ETA: And not to encourage insurance fraud, but do some research on the pills available/what insurance says you need to try. I've heard some crazy horror stories with how painful they are.