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I just wanted to share my experience because reading every one else's really helped me to feel okay about deciding to use the medication instead of the d&c and prepare for what was going to happen. I had a missed miscarriage. This was our first pregnancy after about a year of trying, so when we went for our 7 week checkup and got an US it was really hard to find out that there was no heartbeat. After a week of blood tests to make sure and then a final US to confirm that our baby had died I decided that I would use this medicine to start the miscarriage because I was going to leave the country in a couple of weeks and didn't want to take of risk of having to go to the hospital there. I took the misoprostol using 4 tablets inserted v____ally, along with 1 tablet of tylenol with codeine. I started this at 1pm yesterday. At 5 I started to feel the cramping and took 2 more tylenol w codeine, by 5:30 the cramping was extremely painful. Now I definitely have a low threshold for pain, and I almost never get cramping for my period, so what is extremely painful for me may not be as bad for some others. It was hurting a lot, but more difficult was not knowing how long it was going to hurt. I would walk around and was breathing to relax myself. I also took 4 ibuprofen (which our paperwork said I could do) and it was still very painful. I found that walking around helped, and I had this feeling like I was constipated so I would sit on the toilet and rock back and forth and that actually helped also. By 7:30 it went almost right away from pain to no pain. I could feel that something had come out but I was so exhausted (plus I had all that codeine in me) I fell asleep for about an hour. When I woke up I felt absolutely fine. I went to the bathroom and pa__sed everything. From then on I haven't really had any cramping, just like I'm finishing up my period type bleeding. In the end I'm glad that I chose this instead of the surgery. It made me nervous even thinking about being in an office waiting for them to put me under and perform surgery on me. I am glad that I was able to go through this at home with my husband's help. Now I pray that I never have to experience this again. I pray for all of you as well. I never realized how emotionally painful something like this could be until now. The physical pain is gone, but I'm still grieving our first baby.

Hi Ladies. Just thought I'd share my story of misoprostol. I found out at the end of October that I was pregnant. This being my first pregnancy me and my husband were very excited. We very much wanted this baby. Sadly after four ultrasounds my doctor found that my baby had stopped growing early on and said I'd miscarry soon. They left it up to me to miscarry naturally or to have a D&C. I decided that I wanted to let my body do it naturally. A couple weeks pa__sed and I began to bleed lightly the light bleeding continued for about a week. On the day of my next Drs. appointment I began to bleed dark red blood. They did another ultrasound and we could see that the gestational sac was still in the same place. My Dr said she thought I must be beginning to miscarry because of the dark blood. She gave me 3 200mg Misoprostol v____ally, she said that it would help me to pa__s everything. She told me there would be cramping and heavy bleeding. Within an hour I began cramping, I had already been bleeding since before taking the Misoprostol and I countinued to bleed. I had no nausea or chills, just strong cramping. At one point the cramping became very strong and I felt I needed to be on the toilet, blood poured out of me, it sounded like I was urinating, then I pa__sed a big clot and the cramps began to lighten. I continued to bleed heavily and about an hour later the cramps became very strong again, this time I felt like I was going to faint, I laid on my back and elevated my legs, it helped to elevate my legs. Then I felt the need to go to the bathroom again and that's when I pa__sed a even bigger clot. It's now been 3 days since taking the Misoprostol and I am still bleeding like a heavy period with some small clots and I have cramps now and then but nothing bad. I go back to see my Dr tomorrow to have a ultrasound, I'm hoping that the miscarriage is complete and I wont need a D&C. I'm also hoping that my bleeding will begin to slow down, I'm so tired of the bleeding. Has anyone else experienced heavy bleeding after a few days have pa__sed? This experience has been emotionally draining and very painful at some points. My husband and sister were by my side the entire time. I'm thankful to have them both.

hiya im having a similar thing. I went to the hospital because i was losing blood so they did a scan. im 10 weeks and 4 days pregnant. But they were ages trying to find a heartbeat. They didnt find one and said to come back but also gave me 2 misprostol pills 200mg with pain killers. so i have taken the pills but only had severe diarrhoea theres been cramping and a bit of blood but nothing as major as what everyone else has had. i have questioned a friend about this type of medication who is a doctor and he said exactly the same dose is given to someone who is having a surgical abortion. im terrified the nhs has made a mistake. i didnt book in for an abortion i booked in to see if my baby was ok and had a heart beat. everythings happeneing so fast i dont know what to do. i was told to go back in on christmas eve and got to the hospital and was told i was on a waiting list and didnt even have an appointment. so therefore i took the tablets for no reason. im so confused at whats going to happen to me, i know from my gut feeling that i have miscarried and my gut feeling always serves me correctly. Im just worried about whats next. xxx

I came across this website and this post when I had done a search for Misoprostol. This was my first pregnancy and I was diagnosed with a blighted ovum on December 28 2010 at 10 weeks pregnant. I had chosen this method of miscarriage because of the high risk factors that the D & C carried with it and also not wanting to deal with the emotional part of "waiting" for my miscarriage to happen on it's own. So it's been a week since I started the dose and miscarriage process and I wanted to share my experience with everyone. I took the pills v____ally 8 pills(100mg ea) at 800mg= one dosage on the night of the 28th around 10 pm. I woke up at 3 am in pain from cramps but no bleeding yet. I had taken the prescribed vicodin so the pain from the cramps would go away and I could get back to sleep. The next morning the bleeding started like a normal period. Around 4pm i started pa__sing some large blood clots and tissue. It was very hard emotionally to go through this and physically as well but there was no turning back at this point. I called my doctor to see if the second dose was needed. She said if i was still having alot of cramping then I should take the second dose. Took the second dose again at 10 pm. I woke up at 430 in the morning with severe painful cramping. It felt like I needed to sit on the toilet and push. So I did and at this time I started pushing larger clots and tissue than before. I pushed one big clot out and had taken some vicodin and tried to go back to sleep. I figured the last clot was the final one and that the cramps and the pain would be over soon.... but I was wrong. The cramping and pain continued with light to heavy bleeding for the next few days. No tissue, just more of a regular period. Today is Jan 4 and I saw the doctor this morning for a follow up. My doctor pressed on my uterus and said all was fine and I would not need the D & C after all. So a bit of closure for my husband and I, but then it started again when I got home. Painful cramping and I pa__sed a few more large clots and then more bleeding. Called the doctor and she said the pushing on my uterus today would have helped the remaining tissue out of my uterus and all was fine but to call if anything got worse. At the moment I feel a little better. No cramps but still regular period like bleeding. This has been an emotional & physical roller coaster. I guess I can say my experience with Misoprostol was both a good and bad one. Good in the sense that it did what it was supposed to do, but bad because of the pain that comes with it. If you choose this method and don't have a high tolerance to pain make sure you tell your doctor. The pain meds prescribed to me were not enough because my pain continued longer than the doctor had thought it would and due to New Years and the weekend it was very hard to get more pain meds prescribed to me. I hope my experience helps readers that view this post and I wish the best of luck to anyone who goes through with this. It is a very hard thing to go through but I just hope that you can see past the pain and roller coaster of emotions that come with a miscarriage and just remember that everything does in fact happen for a reason. I hope my husband and I never have to deal with this again & I am sorry for everyone that has dealt with or is dealing with this now.

39-year-old in Montreal, Canada. Cytotec suggested by doctor: no heartbeat at 6w2d, on Dec 21st. Confirmed on Dec 29th no heartbeat, no growth since Dec 21st. Prescribed Cytotec 4x200mcg intrav____al, repeat 12 hours after. Also prescribed Tramacet for pain relief. Here it went - Jan 5th ------- 8h30: got up, emptied my bladder, showered. 9h15: inserted the first dose, then laid flat on bed under a duvet; equipped with a maxi pad for heavy flow, and a hot water bottle on lower abdomen. Tramacet pills and a cup of hot water by my side. 10h15: no new feeling; got up and ate two toasts; returned to bed with my lap-top; laid down and started reading this forum for the n-th time. Some 2+ hours pa__sed without new feeling. Worried that Cytotec is not working. Took a sip of water. 12h30: minor chills, and cramps started; as a person who doesn't get period cramp and never went into labour, I found the cramps bearable with the hot water bottle pressed to my lower abdomen. The chills and cramps continued for 3-4 hours. The feeling was definitely uncomfortable, breath-holding at times, and prevented me from focusing on anything, but I didn't take pain relief pill, only curled up or rolled left and right on the bed. The pain never urged me to cry or yearn for pain-killer, unlike my post wisdom teeth extraction experience. 14h30: asked my husband to re-fill my hot water bottle. 15h30: dozed off. 16h30: woke up feeling warm; maxi pad clean and dry; no cramp; worried that Cytotec is not working. 17h00: got out of bed; contracted my lower ab to test and noticed liquid discharge started to come out; afraid to look at the maxi pad. 17h00-18h45: walked around in the house, sent my husband to pick up supper, put away some Xmas stuff, fed the cat, etc. More discharge coming out. Drank a few cups of water. 18h45: allowed myself to pee and looked at the maxi pad. Pad 99% dark red blood, some tissue present. As I peed and bled, two pieces of tissue plopped into the toilet bowl. Showered. 19h00-21h30: ate supper, washed dishes, feeling confident that the Cytotec has worked to some extent; more bleeding and a bit more tissue coming out (I kept "pushing" - contracting my lower ab from time to time); watched TV. 21h30: wondering if I take the second dose of Cytotec, the pills would merely be sitting in a pool of blood since I already started bleeding? 22h30: peed and bled some more, second max pad 99% filled with dark red blood and a bit more tissue. Showered. Administered the second dose of Cytotec anyway. Returned to couch and tried not to let out discharge in the attempt to retain the pills. 23h30: went to bed with hot water bottle. Jan 6th ------- 04h30: woke up feeling blood coming out; got up and checked - bed clean, max pad 20% filled. Peed and bled a bit. Quite certain that I bled out some of the second dose of Cytotec - saw "grainy particles" among the blood. Showered. 05h00: re-filled hot water bottle and returned to bed. 07h30: got out of bed; peed, bled a little, showered. 07h30-present(16h00): ate breakfast, stepped out for some errands, ate lunch, stuck to my lap-top, bleeding lightly (total 50% of a max pad), feeling fine but tired, not ready for dynamic physical activity. Overall, I had about 4 hours of cramps in total, manageable without pain relief pills; a bit of chills (which may or may not be caused by Cytotec as I habitually feel cold); my bleeding did not go excessive and I have, so far, filled a total of 3 heavy-duty maxi pad plus the bits that went into the toilet with my pee. I felt that the Cytotec has worked well for me. I believe, one doesn't have to push the pills that far up into the v____a, as long as the pills get dissolved and aborbed through the membrane. I have a follow-up appointment on Jan 17th, to verify if I need further intervention to complete the abortion - will post again if I do. My sympathy and well wishes to those reading this because they need to consider Cytotec as an alternative.

Last week I was at work when I began spotting. I was supposed to be entering my 8th week, so I knew this was not a good sign. Knowing I would not be able to get any sleep that night, I went to the ER where they did bloodwork and a v____al u/s. They said my Hcg level was 14,000 (low) and that the baby's h/r was 62 BPM (low). I was told that although my little one was still alive, he/she wouldn't be much longer and I should go home and expect to miscarry. For the following 6 days I spotted brown blood off and on and pa__sed grey/white "feathery" stuff when I urinated. I had no cramps and spent the time with my feet up. I found a Dr who would see me with no insurance, and went in a week after the ER visit for another exam. I had not returned back to work and was getting impatient not knowing if my baby was alive or dead. At the OB appt, the Dr did another u/s where it was clear the heartbeat and development of my baby had stopped. She prescribed me 4 200mg tablets of Misoprostol as well and pain medication, anti-anxiety meds (because I was so scared of the pain), and a medication to help ease any nausea. I went home, made the proper phone calls, cleaned my house enough so I could lay comfortably on the couch, and insterted all 4 pills v____ally at 3:30pm. The mixture of all those meds left me pretty groggy and I went to sleep around 8pm. The bleeding began around 1am. I got up to change my pad and take more pills. I didn't go back to sleep until 3am because I was so scared that it would happen at any moment. By morning I woke around 7am with pretty intense cramps. They were bad enough for me to comment on them, but I wasn't "doubled over" like I thought I would be. I took more meds and at 8am I felt the need to go to the bathroom. When I beared down I felt something "plop" out of me (like a gelatinous lemon) and it scared me, but it happend so quickly, it was over before I realized what happened. I remember having a sharp cramp, but again it was so quick that I didn't have time to respond before I felt relieved. Unfortunatly, I couldn't see it because the water was so dark with blood... I could only make out a faint outline in the bottom of the toilet of a large, red/black ma__s. I was not about to reach in there and touch it so I accepted that it was all over and flushed. Later that day I felt better. the cramps stopped, I took no pills, and the bleeding let up to that of a heavy period. The next day, I decided to take it easy and allow my body to heal, when later in the afternoon, I became very tired. The blood on my pad was not too crazy, but when I would urinate, it poured out of me like syrup (so sorry for being too graphic). I figured this was normal until around 3pm when I felt terrible cramps. I had not taken any pain meds for over 24 hours so these cramps were much worse than the first ones. Again, I felt the need to go to the bathroom, and when I went to bear down, I felt another gelatinous substance fall out of me. There were more sharp cramps, and they didn't subside as quickly, but the water was not as bloody so I could clearly see an oblong, veiny ma__s at the bottom of the toilet. Instead of flushing I called my Dr's office where I got a hold of a nurse. I explained to her what I was feeling and how scared I was and she said that this was all normal. She said the "contents in the uterus" may not pa__s all at once. Overall, I don't think the Misoprostol experience was terrible, but it certainly takes some preparing for what you are about to see and feel. If you feel like you can handle seeing your body expel that much blood and large amounts of tissue, you should do just fine. The process is not so bad as long as you are equipped with enough medication to take away any pain or anxiety you may be feeling going into it. Also, it is important not to give up hope. Accept the grief you are feeling and take the time you need to rest. This is my second miscarriage, but I have a beautiful three year old daughter who made it through without any complications. The female body is an amazing thing. Even when you are going through this process, it is important to know that women have been enduring this for millions of years. There will be success eventually. Just stay positive and treat your body well.

I wanted to update my earlier post on Jan 4th. I got home from the Hospital today at 10am. I woke up to severe cramping and bleeding last night & my husband rushed me to the hospital. I was losing so much blood the doctors thought that i might have to have a blood transfusion done. Thankfully I did not but I did in fact have to have an emergency D & C. I was told by two ER doctors and one of the RN's that my doctor should have never prescribed me the Misoprostol being so far into my pregnancy and that a D & C should have been done from the beginning. I basically had gone through all the pain and blood loss, sleepless nights and loss of work just to get the D & C done in the end. I WOULD NOT recommend taking Misoprostol to anyone past 6 weeks of pregnancy. Skip the pain and suffering and go with the D & C.

Hi dcolman, I had a similar experience with you. I was 11 weeks of prenancy when I was diagnosed a missed abortion -- the fetus had no heartbeat and was measuring at 8 weeks. The doctor prescribed me 800mcg Misoprostol without advicing me any other options. I experienced severe crampings, diarrhea & heavy bleedings, and pa__sed out twice due to the pain and loss of blood in the first day. I believed I pa__sed the fetus and sac. But after 3 days (on Christmas Eve), I started excessive bleeding again and rushed to ER. I had a D&C done after a few hours. I could have had a blood transfustion as I had felt very dizzy due to the low hemoglobin and blood pressure level, but I chose to take iron supplements from then on. I'm 36 and my husband is 34. We haven't had a child yet. We had been seeing a fertility specialist for a year before the pregnancy came natually. I don't know how this experience will affect my future pregnancy. Sorry for everyone's loss here. I hope things can get better. I'm also writing this in memory of my miracle baby who had brought me and my husband so much happiness even now he's gone.

I know this is 3 years later, I hope you get this! I am feeling exactly how you felt with anxiety... How far along were you?

i just found out today 6 1/2 weeks that theres not a heartbeat in the sac which isnt growing much. dr said i could try to miscarry naturally or do the cytotec. i like information so thanyou everyone for sharing your stories. i think i will go with the cytotec. unfortunatly we had been trying for this baby for a year so we are very sad for this loss. however, we do have a son who turns three next month who coincidently i never even realized i was pregnant until i was 4 months along he was born a month early and perfectly healthy! so i hope to try again soon.

Hi, I am 9 hours into putting 4x200 mcg tablets into my v____a every four hours x 3. I have noticed that the pills are not dissolving as quickly as I thought they would. Does anyone have any input? (BTW, I am 7 weeks from lmp but a sac dated at 5 weeks). Thank you. This forum has been incredibly helpful already.

Hi, I wanted to write about my experience because this site was very helpful to me in advocating for my getting misoprostol to get things moving so that we could move on. It's not all that different from some others' stories on here- it wasn't nearly as bad as I had anticipated. On my most recent u/s, I was supposed to be 7 weeks but measured at 5 weeks with not fetal pole and there had been very little growth over that week. So, this weekend, I took 800mcg (4 pills) every four hours intrav____ally at 7 am, 11 am, + 3 pm. I took 800 mg ibuprofen every three hours starting at 6:30 am. I didn't need any more medication than that but did spend most of the day relaxing and watching movies with a heating pad on my back or belly. My husband was in and out of the house with our 18 month old so I didn't have to do any lifting. I did have painful cramps that were tolerable througout the day and then finally started bleeding around 6 pm. I had been worried that the pills had not dissolved (the post just above this) but it didn't seem to matter. At 7 pm, I pa__sed a small ball of tissue which I think was the little sac. After that, I didn't cramp much but contined the advil until I fell asleep. In the morning, I had more cramping and more blood but it's not much different from a normal period- more like how my period was in my 20s- heavier with more cramps. If there's anything to add, I'll do so later. I am hoping my hcg drops and we can start ttc soon!

Hi my name is Mercedes and I am new to this board i will tell u my experience with Misoprostol, first of all we received the news i was pregnant by surprise my fiance didnt think he could have kids cause we have been together so long but i found out i was pg on 1/06/11 we was so happy and after 20yrs i was having another baby and its his first, ok but on 1/23 i started bleeding early in the morning we went to the hospital and of course they did all blood tests and put an IV for fluids cause i used to vomit all the time all day long so we are waiting for ultrasound and we go according to my last period which is 12/6 i should be 7wks but ultrasound said i was 8.5 weeks well they said the baby's heartbeat stopped. my pota__sium was high so i had to the pill so mind u this was sunday now i have to wait until wednesday so they can insert 8 pills of Misoprostol, now i have anemia as well very low so i have to go to my regular doctor get iron pills cause i will be bleeding for days...so its wednesday 1/26 they insert 8 pills i go home in a matter of 30 minutes i start feeling cramping, then it just gets worst and worst i go to the bathroom and i feel a big clump and alot of blood then i go back to bed and more pain until i was crying and praying for the pain to go away. finally it did after 6 hours just felt mild cramps, never again if my pota__sium was low i would do the procedure DNC with general anasthesia.. today is 2/2 and i am still bleeding and i am wondering if this is my period now or i am still bleeding. so my question do any of you know if i still should be bleeding after getting the pill inserted? thanks for listening.

i don't really know how to start telling everyone how stupid i am. but i have to get over this, so here i go. I was a week delayed when I start to panic. So i bought a pregnancy test kit, and found out that I am positive. I don't know how many weeks pregnant i am and was even too scared to go see the doctor. Last Oct. 2010, i was diagnosed of having Hepat_tis C. Now, all that's on my mind is that my baby could possibly have that too. Without even consulting a doctor, I decided to stop the pregnancy right there(a very stupid step I did). I placed the cytotec inside at 11 in the evening and slept. I was awaken by cramps and pain at 1am. I went to the toilet and checked if there was bleeding, but none. so i went back to bed but cant sleep any longer as the little pain started to progress into terrible pain. I took a pain reliever and went back to bed. At 4am, i could feel the blood dripping on my underwear so i get up and went to the toilet. There was a big clot (almost the size of an egg) that came out and few small clots came out after that til the morning. The flow was not so heavy then. I thought it ends there after that day as I no longer felt much pain after that but the spotting continued. 2 days after, I felt my lower stomach cramped again. That night, I had heavy flow with big clots. The next morning it stopped, and again heavy flow at night with clots, that was the third day. From there until the 5th day, there was no longer cramps and heavy flow, only spotting. So I thought it was over. It was already the 6th day when the cramps started again and heavy flow with clots reoccur, until now, its the 8th day but the blood still keeps flowing. I don't feel anything unusual aside from the cramps and pain. What I am worried about now is: if this is normal, I've read people in forums saying that bleeding would last up to 2 weeks. But I'm really worried what if I lost all my blood or anything like that. I can't even ask my boyfriend to bring me to the doctor because he is afraid that people would recognize him, and oh I forgot to say he is a councilor here in our place and is really sensitive of what people might say if they found out his girlfriend undergo abortion which is illegal here in my country. I know I really did something very stupid and was even careless to not use protection for we know he cant have a baby. It's really not a wise step that I take, but if someone knows how many days would the bleeding last, it will really help me ease my mind. Thank you for whatever help anyone can offer.

Meg: I am a healthy 27 year old woman. I missed my period in February of 2011 and had an intuition that I was pregnant. I booked an appointment to the women’s clinic for a v____al ultrasound the last week of the month. I found out at the time that I was 6.5 weeks pregnant. I scheduled a medical abortion for the next day. The medical option appealed to me because I could do the procedure in my home and because the earliest surgical abortion was weeks away and I couldn’t bear the feeling of being pregnant anymore. The reasons for deciding to abort were complex. Day 1: I was given an injection of methotrexate. I had no symptoms other than those of being 6.5 weeks pregnant: b___st pain, nausea, vomiting and fatigue. Day 2: I swallowed 4 tablets of Metronidazole with no symptoms. Day 3: I swallowed 4 tablets of Metronidazole with no symptoms. Day 4: 8:30 a.m. I had my partner insert 4 tablets of misoprostol into my v____a. 1 hour later I began spotting. About 2 hours later I began cramping. The cramps progressed from mild to medium. I took 1 ibuprofen. An hour later, I took another ibuprofen. 2 hours later the cramping had intensified to what I would describe as severe so I took a Tylenol 3. The cramps were definitely the worst I have ever experienced and still painful even with the painkillers. I had a natural childbirth (21 hours with no pain relief at home) so I a__sumed that my pain tolerance would be high. The doctor at the clinic told me that women who have given birth generally do not find this painful just “crampy”. In retrospect, I wish she had of prepared me psychologically for the severity of the pain. I understand that the effects of this drug range from woman but anyone considering this procedure should accept that there is a potential for pain. At about 2 pm I got back pain which was not listed as a symptom in the handout so I should mention that. I drank about 4 litres of water and pa__sed 3 blood clots. My bleeding was like a heavy period but I never once soaked a pad…most of the blood came out when I used the washroom. I did not notice any skin-like tissue or anything like that. I had 3 hot showers to cope with the back pain and cramping. One shower lasted 30 minutes. At 6:30 pm I ate dinner. I took another Tylenol 3 to be on the safe side. At 9 pm I put 3 tablets of misoprostol under my tongue. About an hour later, I got severe chills and started shaking. I had trouble swallowing, I started sweating, and I felt like I wanted to chew gum (which I never do) as I was grinding my teeth. I don’t know if this was psychological (i.e. were these symptoms related to anxiety?). I shook uncontrollably for about 45 minutes. My partner rubbed my back as I sat in the fetal position and concentrated on breathing. At 10:18 pm I literally pa__sed out and did not wake up until 6:38 am (first time since becoming a mother)! The pad that I had worn through the night was completely soaked (always overnight with wings). Day 5: At 9 am I put 4 tablets of misoprostol under my tongue. About an hour later, I got severe chills and started shaking. I had trouble swallowing, I started sweating, and I felt like chewing gum (which I never do). The chills lasted about 45 minutes. The bleeding has continued but I continue to bleed the most when on the toilet. I have a headache. My intuition tells me that the pregnancy has pa__sed but I will not know until my follow-up appointment on March 17th. Overall, this experience was horrible. I was not prepared for the pain I experienced. That said, I am grateful that the option is available and I do think it should be available to all women but through a women’s clinic where support and education is provided. This is not a form of contraception. I have personally made the decision to start taking a low dosage birth control pill until I am ready to have another child. Advice: Be prepared psychologically to experience pain. If you have children, get someone to take them for the day (or at least long enough to get you through the first dosage). Do not go through this alone. Have a mother, sister, friend, partner, lover, husband nearby to provide you with water, food, ma__sage and emotional support. I found that it helped to talk while going through the severe cramping. If you’ve experienced this once, you probably do not want to go through it again. Get some advice on contraception. Always follow your intuition. If you feel pregnant, take a test and if you do not want to be pregnant, book an appointment right away. Continue to share your stories. It was only from reading these postings, that I got a more balanced perspective of the experience.

Hi, my name is Erica. I found this board awhile ago & since it helped me, I decided to post my experience on here, hoping that it might help someone in a similar situation. I'm a healthy 28 yr old & my husband is a healthy 30 yr old. We were so excited about our first pregnancy & told everyone about it when I was only about 6 1/2 weeks. I had one Dr. appointment around that time to confirm pregnancy & do some blood tests. Everything came back great. At 9 weeks we went in for our first ultrasound. We were both moved to tears at the first sight of our little one on the screen, but it was short-lived as the tech got a little antsy & kept moving around. She told us there was no heartbeat & had the other tech come look to confirm. The baby had stopped growing just a few days before. I was crushed... they told me it would be best to let the miscarriage happen naturally & that it might take a few weeks. I liked the idea of letting my body take care of itself & hated the idea of surgery at the time (thinking that it was scary & might cause issues with conception later). I went to work for the rest of that week, because I wanted to be distracted & also we can't afford for me to take too much time off & I was saving that for the actual miscarriage. A week later, nothing had happened & the wait was killing me. I felt anxious & out of sorts all the time. It's an odd feeling not only knowing that you're carrying around a dead baby while still feeling pregnant, but also constantly wondering/worrying if you might start bleeding/cramping/pa__sing blood clots at any time. I decided to go back to my Dr & request the Misoprostol on Tuesday. She prescribed taking 600mg v____ally & also gave me some Lortab. I took off the rest of the week & prepared "battle stations" in my apt so I could be comfortable during the process. In the 24-36 hours after... I pa__sed one tiny blood clot, but I think it was just because I had a bowel movement to help it along. No cramps, nausea, nothing. The next day she had me get more pills to try orally. On Wednesday, she gave me more Misoprostol & some Methergine to take together every 4 hours. I did this for the whole cycle, which meant I didn't sleep much & was pretty exhausted. Again... nothing happened, aside from vomiting twice. (I called her & it had been long enough to absorb the pills, at least 45 mins later both times). I went in for another appointment on Friday. They did an ultrasound to see if it had moved at all, but it hadn't moved or even begun to detach. At this point, I was frustrated & exhausted. It's very hard to commit to taking the pills & then have them fail. I had a lot of time by myself at home (since this was supposed to be working), & during that time I did a lot of thinking/soul searching. I had come to terms with the fact that I didn't do anything wrong, the pregnancy just didn't work out & it was probably something chromosomal. I'm not happy that it happened, but I feel fortunate that it happened sooner rather than later. Anyways, I started to feel better about myself & my situation, but there's no way I could completely begin to let go & move forward until I had completed the miscarriage. I had been really scared about the idea of a D&C before, but one of my friends emailed me after hearing about my situation & shared her experience with me. She told me it was a very short operation, she was under the whole time, the recovery was really quick & the most important part... she now has a healthy baby boy that they conceived 6 months after the surgery. I decided to go for it. I had the consult with the Dr & she informed me that they use a tiny suction device so there is less chance of scarring & that they'd give me antibiotics before & after to lessen the chances of infection. I went to the hospital feeling almost excited yesterday morning. Everyone there was very nice & helpful. They used propofol in my iv to put me under & let me tell you... it was amazing. They said they gave me pain meds & something for nausea when I was under as well & they all worked great. I woke up feeling just slightly groggy in what seemed like 2 seconds after they scooted me onto the operating table. I was fully alert shortly thereafter & didn't have any pain, aside from a slight headache. The nurses in recovery were very nice & even got me some coffee while I was waiting to be sent home (you have to stay an hour regardless). I had bled/discharged a little while I was still in the bed, but barely even needed a pad for the rest of the day. They sent me home with 600mg of Motrin every 6 hours & more Lortab, which I haven't taken, since I haven't had any pain. I do have a slight feeling of bloating, like I would during my period, but no cramps or bleeding. I feel pretty great & am excited to get back to living my life. I have a follow-up scheduled in 2 weeks to make sure everything is ok. We're going to wait for at least one period & then try again. So, long story short... if I could go back in time, I would do the D&C right in the beginning so I could begin the healing process (physically & emotionally) immediately. Just make sure that you have a good Dr who takes the time to explain everything to you & will take good care of you :) I hope this can help someone as much as my friend's advice helped/calmed me. Good luck to you all!