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I started to bleed at 7.5 weeks and an ultra sound showed up a blighted ovum.:gloomy:
I have recieved information about it and reommended a C and D, which i had done.:(
Im finding most people have m/c after the baby has started to devlop.
I wondering if anyone else has been through this as i have so many questions.
Helloo :hugs:
Firstly i just wanted to say im sorry about your loss :( I know how hard it is ! If you need to talk - Send me a pm im more then happy to offer comfort !
Most of the people in this section will be more then happy to answer any of your questions !!
I had a mc in april and everyone here is so supportive !!!
Take care <3 Kayte !
Hi there,
Very sorry for your loss.:hugs:
Apparently blighted ovum is the most common cause of m/c - about 80% I think I recall reading when my best friend had it. She didn't find out till her 13 week scan as no bleeding occured. There is a lot of info on the web about it if you want to read up.
whitsundaysmumma
13-07-2006, 18:43
I started to bleed at 7.5 weeks and an ultra sound showed up a blighted ovum.:gloomy:
I have recieved information about it and reommended a C and D, which i had done.:(
Im finding most people have m/c after the baby has started to devlop.
I wondering if anyone else has been through this as i have so many questions.
Mandy :hugs: to you. I'm so sorry for your loss. My miscarriage in 1997 was a blighted ovum. Still have the report. I was 9 weeks and needed a D&C, which I had and was out of hospital the next day. I conceived again 4 months on.
Take care
Thanks to everyone for your sorrows.
lissylou did you get a report back from pathology from the D and C?
Did anyone else? was it helpful?
~Emmylou~
13-07-2006, 19:02
Hi Adria
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I had a blighted ovum last year, in between my DD and this pregnancy. I began spotting brown at six weeks, demanded an ultrasound because I knew something wasn't right, and sure enough at 7 weeks it was discovered I had a blighted ovum. I also had a D&C straight after.
The pathology showed nothing abnormal - it was just a faulty egg from the getgo, as most times is the case with this type of miscarriage.
It was my second m/c (the first was before my daughter about 8 years ago). It's awfully difficult, I know how you feel. If you want to talk/ask questions feel free to PM me....I know quite a bit about the subject now unfortunately :(
Take care.
faulty egg... drats, hoping to blame it on hubby...lol..(no just joking):)
are the able to tell sex... or am i digging too much?
Did anyone do anything to remember it by? ie cermony, garden feature ect?
I don't think DH wants to. Think it would be too painful for him. Im undiecided, mainly cause i feel there is no devloped baby anyway. If it had devloped more, i think i would want to.
IAdoreYou
13-07-2006, 19:57
my m/c was a BO :( I had a D&C .. its VERY common with your 1st pregnancy and I fell pregnant pretty quickly again > who is now a little walking talking monkey ..
big hugs to you :hugs:
Lizzie0808
14-07-2006, 08:40
Hi Adria,
I had a blighted ovum last year. I should have been about 10 weeks pregnant but it didn't ever develop past 5. However, I did end up miscarrying naturally.
As it hadn't developed we didn't know if it wa sa boy or a girl but we decided when we were ready ti was a boy, named him and planted a lovely rose bush for him.
PM me if you want to talk or anything. I know how much of a shock it can be and how strange the grieving cycle can be. Some days you feel fine, others you just feel rotten.
whitsundaysmumma
14-07-2006, 15:12
Thanks to everyone for your sorrows.
lissylou did you get a report back from pathology from the D and C?
Did anyone else? was it helpful?
Hi Adria, no, never got that report. Vaguely remember the doctor saying at my check-up after the D & C that everything was ok.
It will be for you to sweetie:hugs:
more questions for you all. How did your dps, dhs ect handle it.
Mine doesn't seem to know what he feels...
Anybody elses partner want to share their feelings?
whitsundaysmumma
14-07-2006, 18:07
more questions for you all. How did your dps, dhs ect handle it.
Mine doesn't seem to know what he feels...
Anybody elses partner want to share their feelings?
Adria, give him some time. I really do now understand that men grieve very differently from women. My DH was really supportive and I suggested that he should do some reading about the pain associated with loss. He read a book written by a dad whose wife had miscarriaged 5 or 6 times and he was just so amazed at what is going on with our bodies, even in the early days of pregnancy. Not that our m/c was a good thing, but when it came to the grief associated with the loss of our darling daughter, he grieved openly, honestly and comforted me tenderly, still to this day. Give him and yourself time and lots of these:hugs:
Susecharli
16-07-2006, 11:34
I went to doctor with brown spotting around 6 weeks into my pregnancy, they sent me for a scan and I was told I had a blighted ovum. However, my doctor didn't want me to have a d & c, rather to wait and pass it naturally. Im still waiting - it's been 2 days. They want me to have more blood tests and see if my HCG levels are dropping during the next week. I just feel as if I want to have my boby back now and I dont want to have any more blood taken from me. Im still experiencing slight pregnancy symptoms? What is going on???
Suse
[quote=Susecharli]I went to doctor with brown spotting around 6 weeks into my pregnancy, they sent me for a scan and I was told I had a blighted ovum. However, my doctor didn't want me to have a d & c, rather to wait and pass it naturally. Im still waiting - it's been 2 days.
I am really sorry to hear this, i know how you feel. My Dr said id have to have a d&c.(though id still have to consent to it) I had no idea what choice to make and felt rushed to make it, as i was sitting with the specailist, after been told the information and they said so "what do u want to do?" I felt silly if i said no to the d&c as i feel i am a novice and they would know what is best.
In my view there was not much difference to the pros and cons.
In saying that, im glad(well at the moment) that i had it done. Another lady had it done same time as me, she wanted to wait it out but had waited a week and was sick of the bleeding so she had it done. I have also read of stories of waiting it out and people have had bad cramping.
I had been bleeding for 3 days before d&c and its been 6 days after it and im still bleeding, though i think its slowing down.:smiliedance:
I am the same just want it over with so i can get back to normal and start TTC again.
If your concerned go to the hospital, see a different dr or ask your own dr why you should wait it out.
Hope this helps and PM me if you wish.
~Emmylou~
17-07-2006, 10:46
I've heard of people waiting until 11 or 12 weeks to pass blighted ovums...it can take a long time.
Someone I know of on another board just found out at her 11 week scan that she had a blighted ovum...she had no idea, no spotting or anything.
If they take that long to pass the process can be very painful with a lot of bleeding.
I would not be waiting, you could wait a month if not longer. I'd get a second opinion.
Aside from the physical aspect it's not good for your head to be carrying around a pregnancy for that long not knowing when it will end.
Hugs sweetie I hope this is over for you soon.
Susecharli
17-07-2006, 11:51
Thanks for your reply ladies. I really want to have this put to rest now, it's starting to do my head in, I hate all this waiting, Im not even spotting or having any sort of cramps. Is it likely to pass when my next period would be due? The Doctor said it's best to pass it naturally as there is less chance of infection, but from what I've read most people do have d/c. Do I need a referral from the doctor to have it done?
Is it likely to pass when my next period would be due? The Doctor said it's best to pass it naturally as there is less chance of infection, but from what I've read most people do have d/c. Do I need a referral from the doctor to have it done?
No idea about the next period thing...
When i saw the specailist she said there is the same % chance of infection for either way. It was somewhere between 1-3%.
The biggest scare factor for me was they may cut the inside and do very minor surgery. Its very rare, but that was my only concern.
Don't know if you need referral. I went to Accident and emergery(as it was a weekend) which you have to go to under 20 weeks of pregnacy. Seen by a dr and referred from there. They may want to do a scan (if you have scan results id take them with you, only because i feel it would be emotionally too much if they wanted to do another scan.)
I would say you want to see some one about D&C. I would recommend waiting at hospital to have it done even if it means waiting until they can get you in that night/afternoon.... it wasn't much fun for me being told the results and comming back the next day for it. I layed in bed that night pondering everything.
Hopefully you have someone who can look after your little one cause it can be a lengthy delay as hospitals are.
Hope this helps and hold in there.:hugs:
Susecharli
17-07-2006, 14:01
I've made appointment with my doctor tomorrow to see about getting one done. Im a bit concerned now about the possibility they may cut the inside whilst doing it. Is that the only down side to getting one done? What are the other negatives in regards to having a d/c?
Suse
Good on you for making an appointment, at least you can make an informed choice.:thumbsup:
Check out the posts on page 2 called "d&c?" and "what happens in a d/c?" I found them very useful and there are both postive and neg responses.
I really didn't want metion about the cutting cause it sounds bad.
Other neg side effects well, i had never been under a general anaesthetic so that worried me, but it was easy peasy. I asked them if i could have some general for my two yr to sleep....lol( of course they said no)
You may also get a reaction from the generally ie to major organs
They may leave some of it behind, not get it all out.
You may also get nerve damage(possiable from when legs are strapped in the air..TMI)
You may also not go to sleep and hear what is happening during the D&C:eek:
I think that is it.... i know it sounds alot, but please discuss this with Dr ect beacuse its a very small % of it happening.
I was still tossing it up in my head right up until they did the procedure.. but now i am glad... the thought of not knowing how long it would naturally take ect.
On the postive someone saw me from womens health and gave me information about the grief side if it. (which was helpful with talking to DH.)
To think its over with quicker and they also send "the stuff" to pathology so i guess if something was abnormal you would find out.
Sorry my post are so long i just have so much to say.
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