Bleeding after medical abortion

[Mum2fourx]

Hi there,

5 weeks ago I had a medical abortion at home, this was due to hyperemesis gravidarum, so extreme I wasn’t passing urine and I was so weak. My partner is booked for a vasectomy and we use condoms so it was a huge shock. So this has been a nightmare. I suffer with heath anxiety to the extreme so I am honestly at this point at all I can take.

I had the second lot of tablets on 3/8/23, was as expected and I bleed heavy for a couple of days then moderately for a week and a half. Then it started to get lighter over the second week and I thought it was over. Unfortunately this wasn’t the case. I thought something was off so I went to the doctors and even though he didn’t think I had an infection, just to be sure he gave me antibiotics for a week - at this point I was still bleeding but it was light to moderate.
I also contacted Bpas who had me in for a scan and said I had a very small amount of retained product, she said 1cm and it was already on its way out and said I could wait or take more of the second tablets, due to my anxiety I decided to wait and 3 days later I lost some tissue from there and thought it was over. The blood lessened, I did the pregnancy test as I was told and unfortunately it was positive. Another week passed with bleeding and it just wouldn’t stop, so bpas had me back for another scan, showing an even tinier amount of retained product measuring 5mm. She told me definitely take the tablets now and it should clear, she said my uterine wall looked good and once this tiny part was out I should be fine. So it’s been 6 days since I took the second lot, at first I bled slightly, then two days of nothing and I thought it was over.. then blood, moderate with tiny clots/jelly like things. Then 2 days with nothing.. now yet again bright red blood.

I am sorry for the long post, I just need some reassurance. I am crying as I write this, not only was this traumatic and sad but now I am just constantly bleeding and mild cramping. I’m so scared. I have four beautiful children and we are so close, I just want to be happy again and I’m being so quiet and unlike myself my mind is preoccupied and they know it, I’m just so frightened. Anyone had similar? Or anything I just need to know this is going to stop or that it’s normal. Of course I will still speak to bpas again just looking for someone who’s had similar who could maybe put my mind at ease even if just a little.

thank you and sorry for the huge post x

The tablets dont really work for rpoc wel from what iv read and from my experience have you had a normal period yet other than the bleeds from the tablets because apparently once your cycle kicks in it pushes the product out wel this is what im hoping for im 3 weeks post abortion 2cm of product 2 sets of pills didnt work amd been told to wait for period

Hi lovely I'm in a very similar situation,June I had my ma 3 week later did the test a very faint positive so had more pills,they scanned me on 21st July showing retained products,I'm still bleeding on/off now last night I passed a jelly like substance I felt it coming out.Im in a right state always thinking the worst X

Sorry your going three this that sounds like the product came out well hopefully so i actually had to have a mva Thursday for my products they told me on first scan was 21 mm to small for surgery after going back multiple times with pain seeing different gynes getting fobbed off with its soo small it will come out with period you have a negative test its fine when im telling them im not going to have a period because im still bleeding then finally one lovely gyne doc listened booked me for scan next day which was Thursday she had to push for it as people was asking why am i having a scan when i have a negative test anyways had the scan showed still 18mm product so agen she pushed and pushed for me mva had it that day turns out so much bigger than 18mm was more like 5/6 cm massive clump she said she knew when i told her my story start to finish the product was still there all nurses on ward was shocked as apparently shouldn’t still be there with a negative test especially my size but like they said there following procedures i said well your procedures need to be changed as im proof for 5 weeks they left a chunk of product in me what could have been removed weeks ago its got sent above to seniors and higher people as to why the scan was showing smaller than what it was still feeling pain and sore and bleeding but this was only 4 days ago so hopefully by next week i finally stop bleeding, your jelly like substance defo sounds like the product now hopefully thats an end for you and u have a normal period x

It's so annoying isn't it feeling like your not being listened to and fobbed off,that's exactly what a nurse said to me,it won't be retained products as the pregnancy test is negative 🤬my bleed has calmed down since 🙏what I passed was the final bit and I can move on with my life,I've been in a right state thinking alsorts they said at my scan on 21st July my uterus was large but they'd expect that, didn't bother explaining to me what they actually meant either,I always think the worst X

yes my uterus was still size of a 8 week pregnancy when i had the mva they just don’t listen im glad your at the end now il still constant back n pelvic uterus down below area pain its so chronic even codeine doesn’t touch it anymore i fort haveing the mva would have sorted me but clearly that wasnt the point of the pain so now im back to square one x

God love you🤗I was just gonna ask if you we're still experiencing pain/discomfort I'm achy on my left side today still waiting on scan,it's been since July all this xxx

Yeah every single day pelvic back one side hip im honestly sick of taking pain kilers mine since aug i have docs aug probs wont do anything lile usual x

They just don't seem to give a shit I spoke to soon started bleeding again,do you get achy thighs pain on left side and back ache xxx

100 percent literally laid now with hot water bottle on my back i cNt even sleep with pain an my legs tingling x

Awe sweetheart this is truly awful do you think you've passed everything they can't leave you like this xxx

I dont see how 2 medical management and a mva could fail but they didn’t scan me after, i do feel empty like my uterus feels weird like i keep need to do pelvic floor🤣 like its going to fall out haha x

Been bleeding for 5weeks after abortin somedays it's just spotting somedays heavy, when will this end🤔

Sounds like retained products x

Update.. so I bled for around 7weeks in total, after that second lot to try and get everything out it took just over another week for the bleeding to finally stop for good! I am still getting the odd cramping feeling, it’s been 3 weeks since the bleeding stopped and I and hopeful my period is on the way now. Still don’t feel myself and I will be nervous until I get my period! But I don’t feel like there is anything left now, and a negative pregnancy test finally put my mind at ease.

What was your bleeding like towards end for about a week now iv jus had watery pinkish mostly when wipeing x

Hi how did your scan go xx

sorry I didn’t see I anyone else had posted! So towards the end it just became lighter and lighter, and instead of getting more again it just stopped. I’d say it went slightly brownish but very slight and it was barely there at that point. Currently waiting on my second period since all this. Honestly although I know all is ok, I still don’t feel normal yet, I think both mentally and physically that will take time.

Hiy how did it end for you ? Xx how do I know what the retained product look like

Hey, what happened then? When did it all stop?

When did ur bleeding end? N go back to normal

@Unluckyone Hi do you have rpoc

I did

Hi 6 weeks after abortion I'm continually having spotting it has gotten lighter the bleeding when I wipe some red some brownish and some pinkish blood else it is fine. When do you think the bleeding will finish for me. My test was negative had a scan nothing everything has passed.