Retained tissue after surgical management miscarriage

[Chrissy1208]

Sorry if this is long winded but hoping for some advice - it’s been a very long 3 weeks since finding out there was no heartbeat! After the multiple scans to confirm no growth I opted for Surgery to remove the miscarriage. The surgery seemed a success (Barr the nurse damaging my vein and needing penicillin) I’m now 11 days post opp and experienced a lot of pain on my ovaries and a not so pleasant smell (sorry for the TMI) 😩 I have just had a scan to confirm there’s remaining tissue present which explains my symptoms and that it’s under the average of 2 (in size) therefore it has to pass naturally?

what if this doesn’t happen? Will I end up with an infection? I also found out at the scan that both my ovaries have cysts (this wasn’t picked up on any previous scan) could this of just started since my miscarriage??

Not only is this a massive waiting game for this nightmare to be over I just don’t feel right in myself physically and was wondering if anyone has been though the same or close? Thankyou x

@SarPea93 thank you for your empathy. I’ve learned that the pain never goes away, but we can learn to live alongside it. How are you feeling now? Did you get the surgery you hoped for? I hope you did, and that it helped? I don’t know if this applies to every woman, but I felt like it takes at least 6 months for my body to feel normal again/periods to settle down and become less heavy etc after the two losses I had, even without complications/retained tissue. I do hope you are physically feeling better. It can affect us mentally when our bodies are still affected by the baby we lost. I’m sorry for your losses also. at least we know we aren’t alone. Toughest thing to go through. Be good to yourself, maybe have a holiday if you can, eat well, swim, get a massage. I hope you get your rainbow at the end and yes I would believe you have time too ♥️

Hi I’m so sorry I’ve just seen you replied.

thank you for your message. I did have the surgery at the end of January which straight away resolved all my symptoms. I then had my first period 4 weeks later, and I’m currently 6 weeks pregnant with our rainbow baby. Happened so much quicker than we were expecting and it’s such an incredibly anxious time for us but we’re being very closely monitored and are hoping this baby is okay 🙏🏻🥰

Ladies, I forgot I made this thread! I had my surgical management which failed and they refused to help. I paid £150 for a private scan and got told it was retained tissue which they still dismissed me. I ended up very poorly and went to A&E where they ended up using a pessary to start opening my cervix (I had to do this alone and it was traumatising) BUT thankfully I fell pregnant again in December and I have my little rainbow daughter who is now 8 months! I didn’t think after 6.5 years of trying and failing this would ever happen so please keep faith 💕 xx

@SarPea93 im so so so happy for you 💕 xx

Congratulations to both of you ladies. Sadly I fear that ship has sailed for me or if the door is still open, it’s just a crack that will be closed before I am blessed with another child. I can be grateful for the beautiful child I do have and every day I learn to have the grace to be happy for those who get the happy ending denied to me. Blessings to both of you. We never know what life has in store for us, we just have to be grateful for what we have ♥️