Anyone have any experience with retained products?

[Jsh125]

Not sure if this is the right place to post so happy to be told otherwise!

Has anyone got any experience of retained products & can share their experience of how it worked out.

Had an MVA (surgical) just over 3 weeks ago. Bleeding didn't settle & still felt nauseous so went for a scan on weds - it showed retained products & initially told I needed a repeat procedure

In order to avoid travelling for the procedure (my local area only do the surgery every other week unless emergency) they agreed to give me misoprostol & rescan on surgery day meaning they can do surgery if scan shows no change.

Misoprostol hasn't done much, having some mild cramps on & off but no major bleeding at all & bleeding has now stopped. What are the chances it's sorted itself out with barely any bleeding? Scan was only 4 days ago & have got a few days to wait to find out & it's dragging!

If anyone can share their experience I'd be so grateful 😊

Hello,

firstly I’m so sorry to hear about your experience.

I have recently gone through a very similar situation with retained tissue.

I was given two options once it was confirmed that I had retained tissue. The first was Misoprostal, the second was surgery. Unfortunately there was a small risk that the tablets may not be effective as they referred to my tissue as ‘sticky’ - meaning there were blood vessels within the tissue. For this reason, I opted for the surgery to ensure the tissue was all removed with no further complications.

I hope that the tablets have worked for you in this instance, because there is sometimes nothing harder to go through then reliving the experience each time. Xx

Hi @Tashastar thanks so much for replying, sorry you had a similar experience.

The lady who scanned me said she thought surgery would be needed but they couldn't do it until later this week so just over a week from the scan. That's when I said I was happy to wait to have it done there (am familiar with the set up now & felt more comfortable there!) rather than travel to a different place. She asked a surgeon who said they were happy to wait if I was & to try misoprostol during that wait.

I know one way or another it will be sorted by the end of the week - either by scan confirming it's all gone or by repeating the surgery, it's just the waiting & not knowing which is a bit exhausting. Did a pregnancy test this morning - not sure why really as it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know! - and the test line was only a small bit lighter than the control line. Still having mild cramps, not requiring pain relief & just get the odd bit of blood when wiping, then disappears as if it was never there the next time I use the toilet 🤷‍♀️. The female body is both amazing yet mysterious all at the same time!

I hope you're recovering / have recovered well 😊