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Hi, ladies. Sorry for all of your losses. Just wanted to share my experience with cytotec as it was positive and I would repeat it if I had to. My husband played a huge role in the decision; if I hadn't had his support, there is no way I would do it again. We'd been ttc for over a year. We found out at 13 weeks that the baby had not grown since 7.5 and there had never been a heartbeat. I still felt incredibly pregnant and when I was offered a D&C, I wouldn't even consider it! I was afraid that I would always wonder if the US was wrong, if maybe the baby just needed a few more days, etc (not rational, but definitely pregnant thinking!). My husband supported the decision. 2 days later, cramping started and 4 days later, light bleeding (1 pantyliner/day). This continued for 2 weeks and was very uncomforable; I went back to the MD with full understanding that this pregnancy was not viable; I'd had 2 weeks to pray about it and deal with it on my own time. But waiting longer could have posed a threat of infection and the cramping would probably have gotten to the point where I wouldn't be able to work through it (we own a private practice PT clinic). I asked for Cytotec and he was surprised; he never perscribes it for home use but did it for me, telling me what to watch for, etc. Friday night, I inserted 4 pills vaginally at 11pm. At 2 pm, I woke up with a burning, twisting feeling right above my pubic bone and strong low back cramps. I took 2 of the pain pills he'd perscribed (hydrocodone/APAP) and walked VERY slowly on the treadmill for 20 minutes until they kicked in. Curling up or lying still seemed to make it worse. I was able to then go back to sleep for a full hour. The next morning, I got up to pee and some large clots came out and period-like bleeding started. I didn't see anything that looked like an embryo, so I repeated the dose the next evening and we curled up under the elecric blanket and watched a movie. When the cramps got bad, he held my hand tighter and got my pain medicine in between. It's like labor contractions, I imagine, the way they come & go. Then, I soaked thru the pad and had to get up and change. He got up to help me. When I wiped, the embryo was on the tissue. I cleaned up and went back to bed. Now I'm just bleeding lightly. No way would I have let someone else do that to me, no way would I have wanted to endure hospital waiting rooms, unfriendly strangers, and trying to hide tears from a waiting room full of people while waiting for a D&C. No way would I have wanted to have anyone "take" my baby from me, although I can understand how some women need to have it done as quickly as possible. I wanted it to happen with just my husband and I, just like I'd want a healthy birth to occur. No hospital lights, no strangers, no waiting rooms. We both agreed we'd do the same if we had it to do over again. Hope this helps for those not convinced they want a D&C. Prayers to all of those TTC!

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