The pills can be taken orally or inserted into the vagina. Side effects include nausea and diarrhea. Generally, this option takes about 24 hours to complete and is successful 80 to 90 percent of the time. Your doctor dilates your cervix and then uses a tool called a curettage to remove tissue from the uterine lining.
Some women opt for a natural miscarriage because it may already be progressing on its own with no need for intervention. No two miscarriages are the same. What you experience will have to do with how far along you were and how long your body ultimately takes to expel the products of conception.
The process may also look different if you were carrying twins or other multiples. The bleeding may only last a few hours. Some women may have bleeding 5 days to a week or more. Others may experience spotting for up to 4 weeks afterward. Again, the bleeding can range from light to heavy with clotting, tissue loss, cramps, and abdominal pain.
If the cramping continues, talk with your doctor. If you develop signs of infection such as fever or feeling unwell, see your doctor. Over time, the cramping should ease up and your bleeding should taper off — the color may change from red to dark brown to pink. Once the process begins, it will progress much like any other miscarriage. As with other miscarriages, seek immediate medical help if you develop a fever or have other signs of infection, such as chills or foul-smelling discharge.
Related: What does a miscarriage look like? Speak with your doctor if you have concerns about the progress of your natural miscarriage. The process can take time. Be wary of information you read online or in forums about certain herbs, supplements, or other methods to bring about miscarriage. These methods may be dangerous and not help your miscarriage progress regardless of their risk. Your doctor can help explain any side effects or risks of medications and surgical procedures. Related: What to know about your first period after miscarriage.
Above everything else, be kind to yourself during this time. For example, you may be crying a lot. You may want to surround yourself with loved ones for support. Learn how we develop our content. To learn more about Healthwise, visit Healthwise. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.
It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Important Phone Numbers. Get the facts. Your options Wait to see if your body completes the miscarriage on its own. Take medicine to complete the miscarriage. Have surgery to complete the miscarriage. Key points to remember There is no treatment that can stop a miscarriage after it has started.
The goal of treatment is to prevent an infection and the loss of too much blood. These problems are most likely to occur when the uterus does not completely empty. This is called an incomplete miscarriage. If you decide not to treat your miscarriage, see your doctor.
He or she will watch you closely during the time you wait for the miscarriage to complete. If you have heavy bleeding or infection during a miscarriage, you will likely need surgery to empty your uterus.
Medicine makes the uterus squeeze and empty. Medicine takes longer than a procedure to empty your uterus, and it can cause pain and side effects. Surgery has risks, including infection and a possible hole puncture or scarring in the uterus. Using medicine or waiting for the uterus to empty on its own doesn't always work. If medicine, waiting, or both don't empty the uterus after several weeks, you may need surgery.
What is a miscarriage? For some, the loss of a pregnancy can be very hard. You may wonder why it happened. Common signs of a miscarriage can include: Vaginal bleeding. Pain in the belly, lower back, or pelvis. Passing fetal tissue from the vagina. What should you do if you are or might be miscarrying? Your doctor or midwife will check to see if you: Might be losing too much blood or getting an infection. Could have an ectopic pregnancy , which can be deadly. You may need emergency surgery to remove the embryo or fetus.
Are at risk for Rh sensitization , which may be dangerous to a fetus in your next pregnancy. If your blood type is Rh-negative, you will probably need treatment. How is a miscarriage treated? Depending on your condition, you may be able to choose: Watchful waiting known as expectant management , which means that your doctor watches you closely during the time you wait for the miscarriage to complete on its own.
Medicine to complete the miscarriage, known as medical management. Surgical procedure , such as dilation and evacuation, to complete the miscarriage. Compare your options. Compare Option 1 Take medicine Have surgery Have no treatment. Compare Option 2 Take medicine Have surgery Have no treatment. Take medicine Take medicine You take pills that empty your uterus.
You can be at home. After several hours, you will have bleeding and cramps as the medicine starts to work. The miscarriage may take days or weeks to end. It completes a miscarriage more quickly than waiting. You don't have the risks from surgery or anesthesia. It causes cramping and bleeding. You may have more cramping than if the miscarriage ended on its own.
It doesn't work as well for second-trimester miscarriages. It can cause side effects such as: Pain. You still may need surgery if the medicine doesn't complete the miscarriage. Have surgery Have surgery You have general or local anesthesia. The doctor opens the cervix and removes tissue from the uterus.
It's the quickest way to complete a miscarriage. You could have less bleeding than with medicine or no treatment. You may have pain but for a shorter time than with medicine. Possible risks include: A reaction to the anesthesia. An infection. A hole puncture or scarring in the uterus.
Still, the worry was there. Aware that spotting can be normal in pregnancy, we went in for a scan at local urgent care the next morning to make sure. The technician told us that the baby was measuring at seven weeks, and not much else. I saw a little bean on the screen wiggling about, thinking that it must be moving and so it must be ok. But if it was measuring three weeks behind, surely that must be bad? We saw an ob-gyn about an hour later.
I was weighed at first, and my blood pressure was taken — it was normal. Then the ob-gyn greeted us. The grief would come later, but for now, the uncertainty, the worry was gone. My worst fear was confirmed, and so removed. We asked if there could be some mistake.
She said she was happy for us to have another scan, but with the baby measuring as big as seven weeks, and no heartbeat, and with me already at ten weeks, the diagnosis was certain. I knew I wanted to wait and miscarry naturally, let my body do what it was intended to in this situation.
It took another week. We managed to go away on a pre-planned weekend to Vermont to see the fall foliage, and nothing happened. I looked up stories from other women about what miscarriage was really like, stories like this one, and they helped me feel prepared. Then on Tuesday, 9 th October, as I ran to the bathroom at college, where I was taking classes, I saw blood. I got in my car, and drove the 50 minutes or so home. The cramping started while I was still driving.
They would come and go, like bad period pains, but a little more intense, more noticeable. Somehow, the singing helped, it was soothing.
It was about 4pm when I got home, where I located super absorbent pads I had once bought by mistake when on a trip abroad and never used before. My husband got back from work at around 6pm. The contractions were still manageable, and just made me pause and hold my belly when they happened, from time to time. I was lying down on the sofa, and when a contraction would come, I would sit up, or turn over, and let it pass, while I took a couple of deep breaths.
It was around then, that I realized they really were contractions, like the ones I read about in an attempt to get an early handle on preparing for birth. As I learned later, any attempt to eat or drink would just make me feel nauseated. Just as he brought the snacks in, it really started. One intense contraction after another. Each time it would happen, my abdomen seized, and huge wave of pain took hold of me. I would completely lose control, as my body would take over.
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