MMC advice

[VSnow]

Hi, I found out 5weeks ago at a private scan that I had lost my baby at 6wks 3days. I was about 9weeks pregnant at the time. I then had an MVA under local anaesthetic but I was told that it was not completely cleared so I was given misoprostol. 2 weeks later I had another scan and there is still some left and I am still getting positive pregnancy tests. I have been given misoprostol again. I took it 3 days ago and nothing has happened at all. No blood. No pain. I'm worried as I've been going through this miscarriage for over a month and its very draining on my mental health. I feel like I really need it to be over to be able to move on. The positive pregnancy tests really hurt and I've not been wanting to leave the house or see anyone. I was wondering if anyone whose been through similar can advise me. Does misoprostol take a long time to work? I called up my EPU and they have told me to wait a week and see, but every day feels like forever. I would be about 14weeks now if I were still pregnant. Does anyone have any idea how long it could take to pass naturally if the medication doesn't work? I feel like its never ending at the moment. Tia for any advice. I really need to speak to someone who understands or has been through it and doesn't just say 'wait a week and see'

Hi @VSnow
so sorry to hear you’re going through this, it’s bad enough that it happens but to have it drawn out so long must be heartbreaking.

My situation isn’t completely the same, I had a MMC picked up on a scan thinking I was 9 weeks but the baby stopped growing at 7. I opted for medical management and they gave me a Mifepristone tablet on the day itself, to be followed by 4 Misoprostol 48 hours later. They told me the first tablet would do nothing and to expect everything to pass following the Misoprostol.

I had a large bleed that night following Mifepristone, but didn’t think anything of it, and really worked myself up to taking the Misoprostol given all the horror stories I had read. Absolutely nothing happened after taking the Misoprostol, not even a cramp. That was 9 days ago now.

I called the EPU 24 hours after I took the Misoprostol to tell them nothing had happened, and they said if it hadn’t at that point it unlikely would, and so subject to a scan they would offer surgical management. They also offered me a scan exactly a week after, but that was to see if I needed surgical management.

Might be worth ringing them again Monday and saying you need other options as nothing has still happened? As I was definitely told by EPU if nothing at all happens in 24 hours following Misoprostol then it’s extremely unlikely anything would.

So sorry again that you’re going through this, the loss should be the hardest part but this dragging it out must be torture x

@Cdoc Thank you for your reply. I'm sorry to hear you have also experienced a missed miscarriage.
I've called the EPU quite a few times and I've only ever gotten through to them twice. Its so hard to catch them on the phone and when I do, its the same person who answers and just tells me 'wait a week and see'. I think they probably think I'll lose the rest naturally anyway even if the tablets don't work, so maybe they aren't worried, but I don't think they understand how mentally and emotionally drained I am. I've heard to lose the rest naturally could take weeks and weeks. I just want this ordeal over. I thought the day I got my MVA I would be done and able to move on. They couldn't find a speculum right for the length of my cervix and it was a painful experience and to come away from it being told its not all gone was so deflating for me. I had my hopes up that I'd go through that then be able to move on and be done with it. Then to be told It wasn't completely gone was so hard. The day I had my MVA someone I knew asked if I was pregnant. I'm quite slim and my bump became very noticeable early on and it was hard to hide with the hot weather. Its made me not want to leave the house as my body still looks pregnant. Sorry for ranting. I'm just so exhausted with feeling like this will never end :(