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My story is a ltitle different from other posts in that my dr prescribed Cytotec by mouth and I never experienced 2 hours of pain or blood gushing. I found this forum very helpful and wanted to share my story. I went for an u/s to establish a firm due date and check viability around 6.5 w for my 2nd and very planned pregnancy. The u/s was not normal and there was no heartbeat. For the next 3 weeks I had an u/s weekly, doctor appointments, and HCG blood tests to rule out ectopic pregnancy and molar pregnancy. In the end the diagnosis was a missed miscarriage. There seemed to have been a gestational sac (maybe 2) but no embryo had ever formed. To avoid the risks of a D&C, my doctor prescribed Cytotec to be taken by mouth before bed, another dose the next morning, and the final dose 12 hours later. He also prescribed a painkiller. The bleeding started on Saturday morning after the 2nd dose, but was pretty light. All day I stayed at home expecting severe pain, bleeding, and m/c. I was very tired but never had severe pain or the m/c. After the 3rd dose, still nothing. I felt normal the next day, but I was bleeding. The bleeding was sometimes heavier and sometimes lighter. No cramps. My dr said that it seemed the Cytotec hadn't worked for me (he was surprised) and that we would wait a few more days before deciding to try another set of doses. On Tuesday night I had some light cramps. On Wed afternoon the cramps were worse and the bleeding heavy. During the night I woke from cramps every 2 hours but went back to sleep. I hadn't yet taken any pain medicine, not even Tylenol. On Thursday morning 9am I went to the bathroom and felt something fall out. I had light cramps and bleeding at this point. There was no pain at all. Two hours later, when I stood up to go to the bathroom, I felt something else fall out. At 2pm I had medium cramps, then they went away. AT 4pm I had the worst cramps for about 45 min. When they started I decided I would take an Advil as they still didn't feel bad enough to need the prescription painkiller. After taking the Advil I wished I had taken the prescription. I called the pharmacy to see if I could take the prescription after the Advil, but by the time I got my answer, the pain began to subside and eventually went away. I woke up that night at 4am and 7am (Friday) to go to the bathroom and again 2 more things fell out. At 2pm on Sat more fell out. All of these things that fell out looked like blood clots and were about the size and shape of my pinkie finger. The bleeding lightened over the next few days. On Monday at 2pm I passed the final, smaller blood clot. So a total of 6 clots passed (lab tests of the tissue revealed most of it was blood clots). I used maxi pads throughout this but never had any of them "soak" - I usually changed them for cleanliness rather than immediate need to do so. The bleeding stopped at day 12 after taking the first dose of Cytotec. A followup u/s seemd to show everything had passed. My HCG levels began to drop and my dr said I did not need a D&C. My dr expects my cycle to return in 2-6 weeks and advised me to wait until after 2 periods before trying to conceive again. If I had to do it again, I would take Cytotec over a D&C. I hope I never have to do this again. Emotionally it would have been a lot worse if I had been farther along, or if the masses that passed had been more like a sac with a baby that some people experienced. I guess I was lucky that my dr ordered an early u/s. I had already started dreaming about this new baby and was very excited. From start to finish, this pregnancy and m/c will delay a next pregnancy by at least 5 months. :(

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