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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am one of the previous posters who had d and c.  I went on to have two healthy kids and didn't have to take any narcotics.   Really don't think infertility is a a common side effect, but talk to your doctor if you have concerns.[/quote]

I am the another PP who had an uneventful D&C. It cost me a $25 copay for in office and literally period cramps are more painful than the procedure was. (I just wanted to mention this, because while the lady with asherman's had a bad result, she is definitely not the norm and she seems to like to try and scare people out of a minor procedure.) Really a pedicure can end up in an amputated foot, but it doesn't stop me from getting them. [/quote]

16:06 here.  I opted for cytotec because I had a D&C a while back, and while I don't know if it caused scarring, I do think that it depleted my uterine lining entirely too much.  My periods were really, really lite for the next few months.  I also had ongoing pain in my side/uterus after my D&C, and I, to this day, wonder if there is some damage there that might have caused this second miscarriage.  A week after my D&C, I passed a little piece of blue plastic.  I'm guessing it was in there from the D&C.

So I agree with the poster you are talking about (and no, I'm not the same one):  D&Cs have risks, and I think doctors don't acknowledge the extent of those risks and certainly don't admit to them.  It is also unclear (and I don't think medically established) whether it's a good thing to scrape the lining of the uterus to the degree they do in D&Cs.  The lining needs to build back up before an embryo can implant appropriately.  And I wonder if they are too aggressive in how much they scrape.

I didn't have any issues with the cytotec.  No vomiting.  No excruciating pain.  I don't know yet if everything was passed and won't know until the follow-up visit, but I'm glad I gave the cytotec a try.  At least I will know if I get a D&C that it was necessary.  I spent months worrying the last time that I was too quick to do a D&C and it was delaying my ability to conceive.

No matter what individual preference a patient or doctor may have, cytotec is still the less invasive option.  And there are ways of mitigating the pain and side effects.  It is also pretty temporary.

I did the pills in the cheek/gum, and I still didn't have vomiting.  But I ate a meal and took pain killers a half hour before doing the cytotec, and I think that helped.

I just want to counter the scary stories about cytotec.  I waited 2 weeks to take cytotec because of all of the scary stories I read.  And I totally regret not just doing it 2 weeks ago.

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