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Shawndell: I'm so sorry you are going through this stressful time and that there is a question about your pregnacy. I find it OUTRAGEOUS that any dr. would suggest a D &C based on an Hcg number not doubleing ONE TIME. I had a friend who was 6 weeks pregnacy, went for vaginal ultrasound and since there wasn't a hearbeat yet, Dr. scheduled her for D.C the next day. She had no cramping or bleeding and I I BEGGED her to get a second opinion, but she was like..."he's the doctor, I don't want to put it off" While I respect that wome women hav a hard time dealing emotionally with how devistating it is to loss a baby, at the same time MISTAKES HAPPEN. Nature can trick us sometimes, and there have been too many stories of no heartbeat at various stages and then next time heartbeat, or hcg numbers not doubling and then boom, they triple, or progestrone being so low it's "impossible" to have a viable pregnacy and 9 months later, a perfect baby. I really don't understand the mentality of doctors who play God with this stuff. As you can see, this is one of the issues that pushes all my buttons. With both of my miscarriages, my doctors were very gentle with me, using such phrases as "if down the line, it appears things are not progressing, we'll have to talk about options." When I was bleeding at 6 weeks, went in for vaginal ultrasound and nothing (not even a sac) was seen, my dc. said, "well, we like to see a sac at this stage, but let's have you come back for another Ultrasound next week and track your Hcg numbers for the next few weeks, and see). While, I had a good idea the pregnacy was not viable, and granted there was nothing on ultrasound that would warrent a D.C, still...what I"m trying to get across is that the ways in which early pregnacy progresses, can be different with each women. It' not an exact science. And even if there's enough evidence for you to believe you are in the stages of miscarrige (let's say it's like further along, I don't know, like 7 weeks and still no hearbeart and your Hcg numbers have been trending down, perhaps) you still have options about the what method you choose to expereince your miscarriage. It's a very personal choice, and there are a number of options. Remember, Dr's get PAID for doing D & C's....whether the procedure is necessary or not. So, I know I've gone on and on, but really...for any dc. or nurse to "schedule a procedure" for you without you having the opprotinity to sit down and speak (at length) about the reason for it, is malpractice as far as I'm concerened. Let me know what you decide to do.

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