The Never Ending Story...... CD 21

And on it goes.



I stopped bleeding red blood pretty much the day after my OB pulled the last of the retained tissue from my cervix. I then had very light spotting/brown mucous for a further week. So all in all it was about two and a half weeks after the miscarriage until the bleeding ceased completely (CD17). Since the bleeding stopped I have had some EWCM which I have read is common after miscarriage and is just your body sorting itself out and not a true fertility sign. Not that fertility signs would be much use to me at the moment given that we are using "protection" because I do not want to risk falling pregnant while on the antibiotics.



Last Thursday (CD15) I went for another checkup with my OB to make sure there was no further retained tissue and that the infection was clearing. He scanned my uterus and said everything looked OK. On the ultrasound he did see a black line in my uterus which indicated a little fluid and said it probably meant I had a tiny bit more blood to lose. At the end of the appointment he wrote in his notes "complete miscarriage", closed my folder and told me I didn't need to come back until I was pregnant again. Sweet relief. Leaving his office after that appointment I felt that same feeling of freedom I felt as a kid being dismissed on the last day of school term before summer holidays. Aah it was good...



This past week though I continue to have some "discomfort" in my pelvic region. It's not pain exactly, but it just doesn't feel right in there. So I went to my GP today and told her I think the infection might still be there. She prescribed another dose of both antibiotics (I am still going with the last of my Metronide, but I finished the Augmentin a couple of days ago), and referred me for another ultrasound next Wednesday. I thought it best get a second opinion rather than go back to my OB, given that I don't really like him that much anyway. Maybe if there's a problem the GP can't treat she will refer me to another specialist. Oh and it was nice to speak to someone who didn't think i was insane for wanting to miscarry naturally.



God this never-ending miscarriage is driving me crazy. Like a pendulum I swing from being so put off that I never want to have another baby to total despair thinking that this infection is going to rob me of my fertility.