AF after m/c
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Topic: AF after m/c
Posted By: minik8e
Subject: AF after m/c
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:09pm
| Does anyone know how long after a m/c your AF should return, and is it after the bleeding stops, or your hcg levels are back to 0? My m/c was kind of long - 2 weeks of brown blood, then a week of red blood, then was given a tablet to move things along so heavy bleeding for 4 days then it stopped. Now, 37 days after the first day of brown blood, my hcg level is still at 5, and I'm wondering when my AF will actually be back... |
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 2:31pm
According to my doc, sometimes you can have a few months break like after a baby - up to 6mos I guess that means, since you're not bf. For me I had 2 weeks of m/c then my next AF came at the 5 week mark and was another 2 weeks (and cramping ugh). My cycle was still off at that point because I conceived Krystiana about 4 weeks after that AF starting.  Confusing!-------------  |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 3:15pm
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Mine came back pretty much 26 days after the d and c which was a normal cycle length for me.
Your hCG levels do need have droppped for AF to return but anything <5 is considered a negative result, so if your last test showed them at 5 and they are dropping there's no reason why AF would stay away. But some women find it takes their body a couple of months to sort itself out, others (like me) have a normal cycle almost immediately after their m/c. Best of luck Kate, hope things settle for you soon  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 3:53pm
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2 weeks after the m/c bleeding started.. Am not sure when to expect the next period now! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 11 July 2007 at 3:06pm
| Thanks ladies...I guess it's just more waiting. as long as it comes sometimes after next Monday I'll be happy, as I have surgery on Monday. My hcg as at today is 2 so that's great. Just more waiting... |
Posted By: emachan
Date Posted: 14 July 2007 at 12:42pm
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Hi minik8e, my AF arrived pretty much a month (+ a few days) after my D&C, but as every situation is different, they say AF 6-8 weeks from the op is to be expected...
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 1:53pm
| Other than busymum, did any of you have longer than normal AFs after your m/c? I realise I'm not your standard case, having a m/c, then LLETZ treatment and a laporoscopy, but I got my AF back on 21 July, it went on till 28 July, 29 July was nothing, 30 July was spotting again and now it's back to vicious horrible full-on AF. And it hurts, and I'm grumpy and I feel like crying all the time. It just simply bites and I feel like curling up into a ball and bugger the world. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 2:48pm
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Posted By: tropics
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 8:18am
Does anyone know when your hcg levels should drop off and be less than 5 after a D&C the Drs where I live arent very good, hence why I go to auckland to see my old Dr for anything other than a cold! anyway I went to the Drs here yesterday for my cold and also asked (2 weeks post D&C) if she could do a hormone blood test to check if everything was going back ok etc she pretty much laughed at me and didnt do it!
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 10:06am
| My hcg levels dropped down to 2 (from 28) over the space of 6 weeks. They had gone down to 5 after 5 weeks. |
Posted By: leannie
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 8:49pm
| is it necessary to get hcg levels checked? the doctor never mentioned this when i went after miscarrying. midwife never contacted me after it happened either |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 9:31pm
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They wouldn't usually do a blood test, I had one as I had testing done on the tissue collected during the d and c which identified some abnormal tissue that may have been a partial molar pregnancy so they wanted to ensure that my levels returned to normal. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 9:38am
| I had to get my levels checked weekly as they weren't sure whether it was an ectopic, partial molar, or what the heck was going on, as my levels weren't actually going down in the normal manner after a miscarriage. Plus I was booked in for surgery where my hcg levels had to be lower than 2 prior to the surgery. |