My experience so far with Lister Hospital Stevenage.
At precisely 12 weeks I started to bleed on the 9th of November 2012. I had so many visits to the hospital, struggled for anyone to take me seriously about needing an anti d injection as I am resus o neg and eventually got the injection on the edge of the 72 hour recommended time.
Got a confirmation following a scan that there didn't seem to be a baby and that I had retained products but was advised to go with natural management as my retained products were so small. This happened on the 13th Nov. By the Friday I was back up the hospital as I was bleeding heavily. Eventually the bleeding slowed and I was sent home again. This was quite horrific, no one told me that there would be so much blood clots coming out of me.
Phoned as advised to say that I was still getting a positive pregnancy test 2 weeks later. Got told that I would not need another scan and that as long as I eventually got a negative pregnancy test, then there would be no need to worry.
Got a neg preg test a week later. Still bleeding, but thought that it would eventually stop. By December my bleeding slowed 5 days before xmas to just a pink tinged discharge. Xmas eve started to bleed again. Thought perhaps this might be a period? By January, after feeling tired from all this bleeding I started to take the pill. I visisted my docs 21st Jan where the femail Doc said carry on taking the pill and gave me amoxicillin and refered me for another scan. Phoned the gynae and epu team at Lister a few days later again and and they said there was nothing they could do as I have had a neg preg test! Advised to go to my docs. Went to my docs again and was crying and couldn't take any more. He said there was nothing he could do and I should wait for my scan.
Still feeling unwell, run down and emotional, I went to a and e to say that there was something wrong with me on 27th Jan. Got sent to 7a North again, and saw the Docter that I had spoken to in the week. She said there was never retained pregnancy tissue after getting a neg preg test. Checked my bloods and done an enternal and some swabs. Then sent me home.
On friday the 1st of feb, I got my scan which confirmed I had a vascular mass similar in size of the apparent retained products that they sent me home with in Nov. So got sent up to 7a North and the same doc I saw recently suggested I could have a d and c in Surgicentre which has had alot of bad press coverage, on a show on BBC 1. I freaked out as this had been going on for so long, and felt that they hadn't done a good job in the first place. So I said no and went home, but changed my mind and phoned up to say I had chenged my mind an hour later. The doc said come in on Monday 4th Feb.
Monday 4th of Feb, went to sign the forms and have bloods done. Saw a consultant who said to not use the pill and only use barrier contracetives. Well that side of my life by now has been ruined! Lol. She said I could have Hysteroscopy while awake, which made me feel much better. So I agreed and went home but wasn't sure when this would happen. Also was given some more anti biotics mettronidozole and doxycycline. When I got home a piece of tissue came out that was te size of what was said to be left inside me. So I phoned to say this and they said they would book me in for another scan before having the procedure done.
Wed 6th, Passed more things but bigger one the colour of liver and one the colour of skin. Sorry to be graphic but it has been such an emotional and physicaaly wearing time. Started to faint alot and violently shake. Phoned hospital swiytch bard as 7a North was not open. They said to phone 111. Phoned 111 and spoke to a person who said thet would let lister no I was coming to a and e. Got to a and e and was violently shaking and sometimes passing out having problems walking. Got sent to HAU. Eventually got sent home and got in about 6am on thurs 7th feb.
On thurs 7th feb, went back to 7a North for a scan, and took my retained products that seemed to have passed out of me in a jar and gave it to them. Had the scan and it showed that my uterous seemed to look much better, but I don't trust them after this length of time. I signed a form to get my retained products checked at histology, which could take 2-4 weeks.
I am going down the docs to have a blood test to check my hgc levels on monday as I am sick of the hospital. Just to make sure that I didn't have a false negative urine sample.
Has anyone had such a prolonged experience of miscarriage? There was so much more that happened I cant even be bothered to write it. Lol.
Charlotte.