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[quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry OP. I have, unfortunately, passed a missed miscarriage all three ways- with Misoprostol, with a D&C, and just waiting for the miscarriage to pass. All three were MMCs diagnosed at 8-9 weeks with growth stopped around 6 weeks.  Misoprostol was extremely painful for me- 10 out of 10 on the pain scale for hours.  I took Oxy and it did nothing. I am also just high on the pain scale when it comes to my reproductive system. When I had an IUD inserted ten years ago I almost passed out from the pain, and I frequently need to take a day off from work due to period cramps, so I would say that my pain experience was probably a lot worse than average. My second miscarriage I had a D&C in the hospital with anesthesia. Seems like overkill, but GW does them that way or else in the clinic with just anxiety medication and based on my history I was not willing. The procedure was a lot more expensive (a little more than $1k and I have good insurance) and a full hospital procedure. It was smooth and fairly easy. I had the procedure in the morning and felt fine by the afternoon. I did just get a positive screen for chronic endometritis which my Dr says could have been caused by the D&C, but there is no way to know, and two weeks of antibiotics are still better for me than the Misoprostol. I had my third miscarriage during the pandemic, and was unwilling to go into a hospital for the D&C so I just waited it out at home. It took two weeks for the miscarriage to happen, and felt more emotional for me, but the pain was much less than with Misoprostol and was far less complicated (and expensive) than the D&C. The miscarriage started at bedtime, the pregnancy passed in the middle of the night (I was up with cramping for an hour or so), and I was fine in the morning. As I'm gearing up to try again, I have a significant chance of another miscarriage and plan to just let them happen naturally from now on. Everyone's experiences will be different, so you might not have as much pain with Misoprostol as I did (other posters clearly were luckier than I!), If your pregnancy was actually 9 weeks along when growth stopped, or if your chromosomal issue won't cause a natural miscarriage, then I'd recommend Misoprostol if you usually have pretty manageable cramps and reproductive system-related pain or if going to a hospital during the pandemic really freaks you out. I would recommend a D&C if you want to be sure that they get everything at once, or if your reproductive system causes pain the way mine does. I hope this helps. It's an awful situation.[/quote]

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