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Hi ladies,

Thank you, first of all, for this post thread. I read through this before I was instructed to take misoprostol and because of it, I knew what to expect when I did take it.

Here's my story. I got pregnant in July after two miscarriages. The first was only after 6 weeks and spontaneously began bleeding on its own. The second one - I was 12 weeks out but only measuring 7 1/2 weeks so I had to have a D&C. This time, I was hopeful until I had my u/s. I was 7 weeks and they said I measured 4. Instantly I knew it was happening again. We went in two weeks later and the u/s measured 5 weeks. There was no sign of a heartbeat and I was almost 10 weeks along with no fetal growth. I told my doctor I was not going to have any more invasive procedures (like a D&C) so we opted for the misoprostol treatment.

I took the first dose at 11:30 a.m. by mouth. The instructions to me were: hold the four tablets between your gums and your cheek inside your mouth by your molars. Swallow after 30 minutes what hasn't dissolved. After 1 hour and 45 minutes, I felt so tired and dizzy that I thought I was going to flip out. I looked some stuff up and I know that they don't give the dose for this purpose based on weight which scared me. I weigh 103 lbs. and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was afraid I was hitting the overdose level for a while. I made myself walk around my house quickly so I wouldn't get tired and drank tons of water to kind of even it out. After a few hours I felt some cramping and decided to take a Motrin 600. At this point I didn't feel tired or weird anymore so I was feeling "better" about it. Around 6:30 (7 hours later) I began some spotting and at around 8:00 p.m. (8 1/2 hours later) I began the big bleeding. It was at this time my Motrin had worn off and I decided to take another one. I was passing clots and bleeding all the way through large pads - one or two an hour. There were a few big clots and tissue continued to pass. After 24 hours, it went down dramatically and I was feeling pretty normal. I didn't feel an excessive amount of pain - it was weird to bleed that much and a little shocking to see the amount of tissue, but it wasn't anything that was killer. All in all, I only took 2 Motrin 600's and that was within the first 9 hours, after that I didn't feel I needed any painkillers. If you're reading this and you're worried about pain, don't be. Sure, it's uncomfortable but pretty comparable to bad period cramps.

Also, if you're going to do this, do it in the daytime! Why ruin a night's sleep? It was over when I woke up the next day and I had a normal night's rest by doing it in the afternoon. I would not have done it another way.

It has been 3 weeks exactly since I have taken the misoprostol and I am still spotting. Hopefully it will stop soon. It has slowed down very much and is only at a very light stage. Last week my beta hCG's were down around 480 so in a week or two, I'll go in to check until they fall to zero.

Thanks for this forum, ladies. I really felt like I wasn't alone when I went through and read every single one of your stories.

May you all regain health and have plenty of precious little ones!

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