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Cytotec for missed abortion????
by Bleuz72, Aug 31, 2006 12:00AM
Hi everyone - I have a huge decision that I need to make, and I am unsure of what to do.
This is my 2nd "missed abortion" in a year and a half. Same scenerio each time. At 7 week u/s there is an underdeveloped fetal pole/no heartbeat. So they check hcg levels - and find they have stopped rising. A second u/s a week later confims no growth and again hcg levels remain steady (no increase).
The first time this happened I had a D&E - which did not go well. I found out months later that they had missed some tissue and this created MANY problems b/c they couldn't find the problem until after I passed tissue on my own, 2 shots of methotrexate, and a laporoscopic surgery. I basically tested + for preg at total of 7 months after initial D&E.
They suggested another D&E - but I have extreme reservations. They then gave me a script for Cytotec to terminate. But after reading all the info on it - this possibility scares me even more. Please any advice?
This is my 2nd "missed abortion" in a year and a half. Same scenerio each time. At 7 week u/s there is an underdeveloped fetal pole/no heartbeat. So they check hcg levels - and find they have stopped rising. A second u/s a week later confims no growth and again hcg levels remain steady (no increase).
The first time this happened I had a D&E - which did not go well. I found out months later that they had missed some tissue and this created MANY problems b/c they couldn't find the problem until after I passed tissue on my own, 2 shots of methotrexate, and a laporoscopic surgery. I basically tested + for preg at total of 7 months after initial D&E.
They suggested another D&E - but I have extreme reservations. They then gave me a script for Cytotec to terminate. But after reading all the info on it - this possibility scares me even more. Please any advice?
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I would say go to get a second opinion or if it's for sure (you saw it in the u/s, then go to another clinic or hospital, obviously, this one you had your first at is not very good at it.....
=)
I have had a second opinion (the specialist who finally fixed my last problem) and he suggests D&E as well.
Methotrexate was not suggested b/c it didnt work for me the last time (had two shots of it but still needed surgery.
I am thinking I will wait a week to see if I pass it on my own.