Are internal examinations safe, and should a dr be trying to insert a cathetar into your cervix?

[Hope0411]

Hi
I have spoken a little before about previous bleeds I have had, and how I was told I had a seperation in the sac so could bleed again. I am 12w and 5 days today, has scan on 12w and 2 days and everything was prefect. Yesterday morning I woke up and realised I was starting to bleed, I havent bled for 3 weeks now but presumed it was just the same thing. I contacted the hospital number I was given and was told since Im rhesus negative I would need to come straight in for an anti D injection so to make my way up. When I arrived in the clinic I started to get horrific cramping (which I have never had in previous bleeds and i begun to bleed really heavily, to the extent it was all over the floor :( I panicked thinking this was definitely worse and had to be bad.
The dr came, took bloods and then gave me an internal examination, using a speculum, she removed clotting and put 'stuff' into a pot and told me she'd be back. She returned about 20 mins later saying she thinks my cervix was open but she couldnt insert a catheter into it?
She thinks she removed parts of the pregnancy and thinks its an incomplete miscarriage. Of course we were besides ourselves! She said I would need a scan to confirm this however they dont scan at weekends so Id have to wait til monday!!! Once bleeding settled I was sent home.
I arranged a private scan the next day just to confirm baby gone because we were so upset and struggling without definite answers. We went for the scan and the baby was completely fine and bouncing around!!!!!!!! Cannot actually believe it!!!! Got appointment at clinic tomorrow so hopefully they can check my cervix to see if it is open or closed and maybe tell me why I bled so much, surely thats not right???
Kinda pissed at the dr for telling us what she did when she was completely wrong and not even certain leaving us to worry.....also concerned as to why she was trying to insert a catheter, could this not have done more damage than good if she didnt know for sure I was miscarrying??
Sorry lots of questions, and long story! Just confused

Hope xxx

Years ago ( 98 ish) I had an incomplete mc where the obs tried to manually remove the 'products' which were stuck in my cervix before suggesting a d&c ( as it was back then, erpc now)

I've had 6 mc since then and non of the dr have been so 'manual'.. None have ever suggested a catheter but I think the tool they use when they do a erpc is called that?

You must have been so relieved at the second scan :)

Thanks Methe :)
Was uber relieved at the second scan! Was just concerned if she could have caused more damage being so intrusive. At the time emotions are high and you just trust what they are doing, its not until after and when I knew all was well I started to feel a bit concerned.

Ive had 1 previous miscarriage but was a silent one so no heartbeat at scan, then had d&c after, no internals were given.

Youve certainly been though the ringer!!! Hope things have settled for you now :)

Hope x

It must have been a really difficult thing to go through.

It isn't always possible to tell whether what has been removed from the cervix is blood clot or related to the pregnancy itself so it could well have been that what the doctor removed looked like a part of the pregnancy which is why she told you what she did. It is quite standard that if a woman is bleeding heavily and there is something sitting in the cervix that the person who is examining will try to remove it (which is sounds like what your doctor was doing) as often once it is removed the bleeding will settle down and you can prevent things from being much worse.

It is worth asking the person that you see tomorrow just to clarify what happened if only for your piece of mind however it doesn't sound like anything was done that would cause long term damage if the pregnancy is otherwise healthy.

Hope that all goes ok from now on.