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**sailawaygrl** · 03-01-2011, 03:38 AM

So sorry for what you are going thru right now. I don't have any experience with D&C with IC. I have had a D&C many years ago, I don't recall that it was physically bad. Just the emotional recovery can take time.
My prayers are with you.

Sandra

**lele1981** · 03-03-2011, 09:37 AM

Hi there,

i didnt know which post to reply to as it has been a while since you replied to the comment i left on your other post.

im so sorry to hear what you are going through, unfortunately im unable to offer any advice on the matter as i havent had a previous pregnancy.

i pray that you will get another bfp when the time is right for you to try again. Just thought id let you know my thoughts are with you.xxx

**FrankieBee** · 03-04-2011, 08:38 AM

Sorry you have to go through this. I had the same thing happen to me about 2 years ago. The D and C was not that bad. It was definitely more emotionally draining than physically draining. Usually the doctor will recommend about 2-3 mos before you start trying again. Most people get pregnant again without a problem, but we have had trouble and are currently undergoing fertility treatments. Having the blighted ovum was such a setback for us, but hopefully it will not be for you. Hope all goes well and you are in my prayers.

**MamaZ** · 03-08-2011, 08:29 AM

Originally posted by meResque

I just thought I would let you all know that I went in for my first ultrasound yesterday, and instead of seeing a baby measuring 7 weeks, there was an empty sac measuring 5.5.

Does anyone have any experience they can share about having a D&C with IC? I'm really scared, but apparently it can take weeks or months for the body to end blighted ovums naturally, and pregnancy symptoms can continue during that time. I just can't wrap my mind around doing that to myself.

Thanks.

So very sorry.
I had a m/c several years ago in between both kids. It was devastating -- I had been thrilled to find out that we had conceived without the aid of fertility treatments and then to find out it was a blighted ovum at the u/s...well, it wrecked me.
I opted to let nature take its course and I'm so very sorry I did. It was one of the most awful experiences of my life. Way more painful than anyone had let on, my midwife was not returning my frantic calls, and I wound up not passing the entire pregnancy for an entire month. I'm lucky I didn't have complications from it, although it took a good long time to get over the emotional aspects.
It's not an easy decision, that's for sure. I wish you the best of luck moving past this.

**meResque** · 03-08-2011, 10:46 AM

Thanks everyone. I actually took the route of a medical miscarriage- I took cytotec this morning, and things have gone just how they should, I believe. It wasn't nearly as awful as I had thought it would be by reading on the internet- I think the worst is over. We are hopeful that the next time will be a keeper. It was actually a big shock and relief to me that I could get pregnant on my own, so some of that hopefulness is sticking with me. On the bright side, I was TERRIFIED of what this may do to my bladder... and it's actually been totally quiet today. I have felt incredibly supported through this by my gynecologist, who is the one who diagnosed my IC- he has never given anyone the option of cytotec before, only waiting or D&C, but when I told him about my fears of the effects of a D&C on my IC, he researched cytotec and prescribed it to me.

**llwd** · 03-09-2011, 03:17 PM

Sorry about your loss! I had a D&C after one of my miscarriages. It didn't affect my IC.

**Mothergoose** · 03-10-2011, 02:21 AM

Sorry this has happened to you, keep positive thoughts that you will get pregnate again if you want to be, I don't think this is very likely to happen to you again.

A lot of women loose a pregnacy and go on to have children, just wait the recommended amount of time, before TTC again.

MG

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