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Hello,
I want to write about my experience in case it might help someone. on my first pregnancy december of 2007, i had d&c. the baby was supposed to be 7 weeks+ but was 6 weeks 1 day. it did have a heartbeat. however 4 days later still showed 6 weeks 1 day and no heartbeat.. and it was confirmed in the hospital. i had d&c. people in the hospital was nice. when i woke up, it was all over. did not have bleeding, and very minimal pain. i was lucky.
the 2nd time, baby showed 5 weeks where it should have been 7-8 weeks. we never saw the heartbeat.
i was given the choice. i knew d&c and i read about the pill-Misoprostol. Almost everything i read about it was horrible. scared me to death. then talked to my doctor and he assured me that the tissue is not big, therefore should be easy. and he gave me pain killer. Tylenol 3- acetaminophen/codeine.
yesterday at
6.45 am we inserted 4 pills of misoprostol 200mcg tabs.
7.45 am very light cramps started. i have a very low threshold for pain so i took 2 painkillers as soon as i felt the pain- an hour after inserting misoprostol. my doctor had advised me that. i am glad i did it. w/out the pills i would not have survived. W/ pills i felt the cramps but they were bearable.
i was hungry when i did all these as i read somewhere if you have empty stomach it might help better.

8.15 am i ate toasted bread and butter.

11-11.30 am cramps started again. this time a little more intense. some bleeding too.
at 1.10 pm a had a very strong cramp and in 1 minute a big cloth came out. 1.30 i took 2 more pills. and it was over. after that not much bleeding. and around 3 pm we even went out for a walk.
2 things helped me the most. 1 painkillers. w/out them i do not know what i would have done. 2 while waiting especially after 8-9 am i kept walking in the apartment. i did not lye down during the whole time. moving helps the body. and i used exercise bike and just did some movements myself. every time i moved a cloth was coming out.

my experience with misoprostol was not tragic. now, we just hope that everything is out, and do not need d&c. we will find out tomorrow.

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