Miscarriage/Pregnancy Loss
griffonmama
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Twin MC and Cytotec
griffonmama
member
So some weeks ago I had an us and was told there was only one. A couple weeks later I had another that showed the one had stopped growing. And a couple weeks later had another to confirm dates and such were not off and the baby had in fact stopped growing. I spent the day in the er yesterday with heavy bleeding and they did another us both pelvic and transvaginal that took an hour. They did see two and when the dr came he he said t”he babies are still in there but they are very low.” And I said “the what????” And he said “you did know this was a twin pregnancy right?” And I said “I had suspected all along but was told on 3 us it was only one.” Granted the us tech never spent more then 10 min with me and despite how early I was only did a transvaginal the first time. But I was told 3 separate times it was only one. And I came here once hoping for others experiences and was told by every person who commented “if the us shows one there’s only one!” How does this happen? I guess this previous part is more of a rant then anything but I’m also wondering about others experience with twin loss. Is there usually more bleeding and such due to the second baby or is it usually not that significant of a difference because the babies are so small it’s just another little piece and does necessarily create a ton of extra stuff to pass? Also I woke up yesterday bleeding and it was so bad I couldn’t even get it cleaned up and myself fast enough before more would come. My mom took me to the er and I spent the day with huge globs of stuff just gushing out every 20 min. But they sent me home last night because the bleeding was slowing and wanted me to follow up with my midwife/ ob. I’m glad they didn’t push for a d&c because I want to pass this pregnancy naturally if possible and that’s what my midwife suggested too but I also don’t want to spend days or weeks light headed and losing all kinds of blood and whatever else. The ob prescribed cytotec a week or so ago because if had some spotting but things were not picking up. I never took it and then things picked up yesterday but then since I came home last night I’ve hardly had anything aside from some spotting and even that’s been light again. But when they saw me in the er yesterday they advised me not to take the cytotec because I have had postpartum hemorrhage problems in the past and my body was already starting to pass the pregnancy they didn’t want to potentiate a pph situation so they just wanted me to follow up with my ob. But the bleeding has slowed to almost stopped and now they just want me to follow up with the ob in his office two days later and don’t want me to take the cytotec. My midwife told me I should take it too that it would help if things got too bad too that they give it for pph and when I spoke to the ob earlier in the week he told me the same thing. But then the er dr who spoke to another ob said not to take it for risk of Pph but both my ob and midwife know about my pph issues so now I’m just utterly confused. Is it normal for bleeding during a mc to go back and forth from heavy to light/nonexistent to have and so on. And should I take the cytotec or not? 🙄🤷♀️😩😢 this stinks.
Re: Twin MC and Cytotec
Additionally, with all the bleedings and shedding of the lining during MC, sometimes it's difficult to have a clear scan or get the exact picture of your situation. (This was true for my first PG/MC.)
October 2015 - 1st MC. 7-8 weeks along. Suspected molar PG, but luckily just a MMC.
June 2016 - 2nd MC: 4-5 weeks CP
September 2016 - 3rd MC: 4-5 weeks CP
RE 1: ALL the testing - 'unexplained' "Yinz can do IVF or try on your own"
Feb 2017 - 4th MC: 6 weeks
RE 2: More tests. Still 'unexplained.' Called fat for an entire hour-long appointment, cried a lot
Feb 2019 - 5th MC: 6-7 weeks
IUD - March 2019-March 2023
RE 3: Repeat all the tests. Hoping to try IVF.
The TTGP (Trying to Get Pregnant) forum usually has a monthly chart stalk. Looks like it hasn't been posted yet for April, but here is the one for March:
Chart Stalk/Questions -- March 2021 — The Bump
But definitely read the rules over that way, they frown upon one-off posts on that board (as it can get crazy busy, although has been less so during the pandemic), and there's a bit more structure to follow (we really want joiners and a support group, rather than one off "does this test look positive to you?" people who never return type stuff). But a lot of the ladies are super knowledgeable!!!
October 2015 - 1st MC. 7-8 weeks along. Suspected molar PG, but luckily just a MMC.
June 2016 - 2nd MC: 4-5 weeks CP
September 2016 - 3rd MC: 4-5 weeks CP
RE 1: ALL the testing - 'unexplained' "Yinz can do IVF or try on your own"
Feb 2017 - 4th MC: 6 weeks
RE 2: More tests. Still 'unexplained.' Called fat for an entire hour-long appointment, cried a lot
Feb 2019 - 5th MC: 6-7 weeks
IUD - March 2019-March 2023
RE 3: Repeat all the tests. Hoping to try IVF.
A one-off post is basically starting a "Discussion" for a personal reason/question. The TTGP board can get very large/busy, so they try to keep everything organized and funneled into regular weekly/daily discussion boards. So if you have a question such as "I noticed I got a weird temperature drop this morning. I'm new to this and unsure what that means? Any insight?" They'd prefer that to go into the Chart Stalk/Questions thread, rather than you creating your own "Discussion" about it. (if not, they tend to get a lot of "Does this stick look positive to you?" questions that are against the rules and get annoying very quickly)
October 2015 - 1st MC. 7-8 weeks along. Suspected molar PG, but luckily just a MMC.
June 2016 - 2nd MC: 4-5 weeks CP
September 2016 - 3rd MC: 4-5 weeks CP
RE 1: ALL the testing - 'unexplained' "Yinz can do IVF or try on your own"
Feb 2017 - 4th MC: 6 weeks
RE 2: More tests. Still 'unexplained.' Called fat for an entire hour-long appointment, cried a lot
Feb 2019 - 5th MC: 6-7 weeks
IUD - March 2019-March 2023
RE 3: Repeat all the tests. Hoping to try IVF.
October 2015 - 1st MC. 7-8 weeks along. Suspected molar PG, but luckily just a MMC.
June 2016 - 2nd MC: 4-5 weeks CP
September 2016 - 3rd MC: 4-5 weeks CP
RE 1: ALL the testing - 'unexplained' "Yinz can do IVF or try on your own"
Feb 2017 - 4th MC: 6 weeks
RE 2: More tests. Still 'unexplained.' Called fat for an entire hour-long appointment, cried a lot
Feb 2019 - 5th MC: 6-7 weeks
IUD - March 2019-March 2023
RE 3: Repeat all the tests. Hoping to try IVF.