Miscarriage Support Group

I completely understand your frustration. Hang in there. You are in my thoughts.

I HIGHLY suggest you tell them you want an u/s with the infared (where they can distinguish heat by the colors). My numbers crept down like yours (though they started higher) and 7.5 weeks after the m/c they finally did an u/s with the infared (I had had others prior to that but no one used the heat sensors until 7.5 weeks) and found that there was still a piece of the placenta still in there and I had to have a d&c...it all could have been over and done with so much faster if my drs. had been more diligent with it. GOOD LUCK!

Were you still bleeding at this time?

I have completely stopped, and my cervix is closed and hard which they said was a sign that everything was gone. Everything seemed to pass in one piece, and after that the bleeding slowed...

Was this your case as well?

I had almost stopped bleeding and then it returned and got really heavy again at about 6 weeks post m/c and I thought it was just the last bit coming out, but even after that, my numbers did not go down fast so they did the u/s and I went for a d&c the next day. Oh yeah, and with the first initial part of the m/c, I got a huge chunk of something like you said you did and I even brought it in and it was tested for genetic stuff. That is one of the reasons that my dr. was convinced it was all out. But it was a piece of the placenta, not the baby sac that was left in there and the placenta was still producing the hcg in my system. So it might still be worth checking out.

Last year I had a d&c and it still took 6-7 weeks for my hcg to get to 0. There was nothing left in me... the numbers just crept down slowly... about half from one week to the next. Before the d&c, hcg was 72,000. One week after it was 300 and then it halved every week after that. Hang in there. I know what a pain it is... especially when you're anxious to try again.

Thanks all. If I ever have this happen again I am opting for the D&C forget this natural stuff!

I had a natural m/c and bled for about 9 days. Then it took my levels 6 weeks to reach 0 again. They said it was much longer than usual, but I did get my period as soon as it hit 0. My numbers at the end were 253 to 59 to 12 for testing three weeks in a row. Then a few days after it was 12 I started bleeding. Good luck.