Mistorpostol Use (non-viable pregnancy)

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry for your loss OP.

I miscarried naturally at 8 weeks. The whole process took a long time - maybe 2 weeks of bleeding total? I think I waited 2 or 3 days from confirmation of blighted ovum until it passed and it was very painful. At the time, I wished I c

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to the forum to post the same question. Sorry OP, this sucks! I am 9 weeks, measuring 6 with a very low heart rate and I got a feeling that the doc preferred D&C. I was leaning towards misoprostol just to avoid hospitalization in these times and it just seems like a less invasive first option. Is it too late for the misoprostol route?

Hi PP- I'm so sorry for what you're going through. I'm the OP and my situation is pretty similar to your situation. I was 9 weeks along (egg sac was measuring 9 weeks), but the baby was measuring 5 weeks. My OBGYN said that growth probably stopped at 5 weeks (likely from a chromosomal issue). I'm not sure if there was ever a heartbeat, since I went in for the first time at 9 weeks and found out that the pregnancy was not viable at the appointment. My bloodwork indicated that there was very little tissue and that my progsterone levels were high (basically, it would be fairly easy to pass the tissue and that it was going to take a while for me to have a natural miscarriage), so my OBGYN recommended misoprostol to get the process going. Not sure where you are in the process, but I found it helpful to know what my bloodwork was indicating. My OBGYN did not recommend getting a D&C after getting my bloodwork back.

I completed one round of misoprosol yesterday (my obgyn inserted them vaginally). I had a medium-light period seven hours after taking the medication with minimal cramping. I guess this is to be expected, since my progesterone levels were high. I'm starting another round of misoprostol today (via mouth, not vaginally). I would definitely prefer to take the medication vaginally, because my OBGYN said that it works better and that vomiting is less likely. However, she was against me inserting them vaginally and unfortunately, my husband and I are in the process of moving and my OBGYN is two hours away -- so making a four hour round trips to her office multiple days in a row while working and caring for a 17 month old is not really feasible. Reading the posts on this thread actually prepared me well for this eventuality, since I had a more realistic idea of whether one round would work. I'm hoping that this round works, but I am prepared to do a few more rounds if necessary. My doctor said that once I have pretty uncomfortable cramping and pass the bulk of the tissue that she will schedule an appointment to check my bloodwork again and potentially do an ultrasound. She said that what she wants to see is a big dip in my pregnancy hormones to indicate that the tissue has passed - or at least mostly passed. However, she said that it could take a few weeks after that for the bloodwork to come back showing as not pregnant.

Good luck, OP. I posted earlier but also wanted to add that I had no problems whatsoever inserting the misoprostol vaginally myself. It wasn't even presented as an option for me to do it orally. So you might want to ask your OB again if it's really necessary to avoid doing it yourself.

[Anonymous]

I used misoprostol to induce a MC at 8 weeks. It happened (cramping) very shortly after the second pill was inserted. With bleeding, then passed tissue. I did continue to bleed for a couple weeks after, though. That was my first pregnancy, and I went on to have 4 beautiful healthy children after that. I preferred this method over a D&C. FWIW, I was advised by my OB to wait one full cycle after my MC, which we did, and then conceived DD1 on the first try. I'm so sorry for your loss. Choose whatever option YOU are most comfortable with.