Hi all,
I found out at 11 weeks that my baby had stopped developing at 6 weeks.
Very light spotting motivated me to get an early scan after EPU advising spotting was normal. Early scan showed small fetal pole and not as far on as expected.
2 further scans with EPU as they won't accept the private scan, all scans showed same size fetal pole. Having had 3 scans over 3 weeks to get a diagnosis so now feel I never want to see another scan room. My body didn't recognise the miscarriage and I felt pregnant. I was offered 3 options:
Go home and wait
Medical management
Surgical management so I opted for surgical intervention and had a MVA under GA. I found making this decision caused me a lot of fear and anxiety but wanted to post as the whole process was so smooth.
I took tablets at home at 7am to soften my cervix, was in hospital for 8am and taken to theatre at 9am and back in my room on the ward for 10.20, once put to sleep and waking up I didn't have any memory of the surgery, pain and only spotting. I was discharged at 1pm and have been home in bed since.
I have been completely heartbroken by my MMC but feel like I was starting to come to terms with it but still had this whole process to go through. Now I am home I feel like I can start to move on, I have been drinking ginger tea for the cramps, have booked myself some reflexology for the coming weeks and will start drinking raspberry leaf tea as it's supposed to help repair the uterus which will hopefully help for us TTC again. I hope this helps anyone who is going through this journey.