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After learning at our 11 week ultrasound that what was in my uterus measured 6 weeks, we determined I must be experiencing a missed miscarriage. My pregnancy symptoms had started to slowly disappear the few days prior (except some aversions to food), but since I was nearing 12 weeks, I had no worries. We gave it a week, and I finally started spotting, giving me a sense of relief that my body is ready. After 2 days of spotting, I inserted 400 mcg of misoprostol vaginally, then 4 hours later inserted another 400 vaginally. With the first dose, I took codeine, as directed by my doctor & pharmacist friends. I felt nothing except for maybe just a bit of cramping. No bleeding. Finally, 43 hours later, I began expelling a lot of dark red small clotty stuff when I'd use the bathroom. Finally it got to the point where I would just go to the shower & pee in there so I could wash off what was ready to come out. Disgusting? Yes. Emotional? Yes, which I was not prepared for. After 5 hours of that, I started spotting bright red stuff. 3 days later, the red bleeding has picked up a bit (still only panty liner worthy - 3-4 per day), and I feel some infrequent light cramping. I am meeting with my (less-than-desirable) doctor tomorrow with an hCG and an exam. I experienced no pain at all with cytotec/misoprostol, though I was prepared for the storm that others had experienced. Unfortunately, in being prepared for that, I also knew that would give me closure if I could see that I had passed the "products of conception" and experience pain. Though that may seem masochistic, it's just part of my healing process. So I'm still missing that closure, but will find out tomorrow if I need a D & C to finish the job. I have no idea if my body was just read to do this naturally or if the cytotec/misorprostol aided in the expulsion of so much stuff.

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