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im pregnant at about 1 months and decided to abort it.Im taking 4 tablets of Misoprostol v____ally. I doesnt experience any cramps or any effect that other women mention. So im a little bit confused here. After a few hour im start bleeding. I can see a small sac for the first time the blood came out. The bleeding continue for about 5 to 7 days. Later i feel much better. But now after having some s_x with my partner,Im again pregnant! after the last bleeding using the misoprostol i didnt experience any period till now (6weeks). So,i decided to check on the pregnant test. Is it the new baby or im continue pregnant on the last one? I need some serious suggestion. Im lived in Malaysia and abort is illegal.Really need help. :(

I just had a similar experience. 7 weeks missed miscarriage and my doc gave me 3 options. Wait which could take several weeks and might cause an infection, surgery, or meds. I chose meds and prepared myself for a miserable day both emotionally and physically. My doctor suggested I insert the 4 pills v____ally at 5 am and then go back to sleep. Cramps would start at 10 and be done by 2 or 3 pm. I was told it would be painful cramping with potential of naseua, fever, headaches, and diarrhea. My doctor said most people only had slight naseua. I ended up waking up at 3:30 am and deciding to just do it then. It was weird trying to insert them next to the cervix which was recommended. I ended up just pushing them up as far as possible. I went back to sleep but had weird dreams and was freezing! I ended up getting menstrual type cramps around 8:30. Expecting them to get a lot worse, I took one pain pill to get ahead of it. I really didn't have any cramps and at around 11:00 am when it was supposed to be complete I thought I was going to either take all day or do another dose the following day. The info sheet said one dose works about 69% of the time and two doses (second after 24 hours is 80%). I decided to take a shower and went to bathroom first. A lot of blood came out - about the amount that comes out on a heavy flow menstrual day. I had one big cramp and then I felt a weird clot came out. I could barely make it our since the water was so red, but it was about the size of a flat egg. I felt fine after. Only slight bleeding when I used the bathroom. I was sure it was going to be an all day horrible thing but I am glad I took the meds in the middle of the night and was done before noon.

I found out my baby didn't have a heartbeat on Tuesday. We were 8 weeks along and the baby was at 8 weeks, so the doctor said it was very recent. I was given 3 alternatives, let the miscarraige happen naturally, D&C or mizoprostol. I am 40 years old, so told my doctor we wanted to try again as soon as possible. For this reason, she suggested the Mizoprostol. If we waited naturally, it could take weeks, as I still had no spotting. The D&C could cause damage to my uterus lining and I don't have months and years to let it heal. So I got the Mizoprostol and inserted 4 pills v____ally. I also took 4 Ibuprofen for the cramping. I took it 3pm in the afternoon. A few hours later, I started cramping, but just like a period. Every few hours, I went to the bathroom a few blood clots came out, but just tiny ones. By 10:30 pm, felt a small gush so I went into the bathroom and several clots came out. My husband checked and verified the embyro. I still had cramping for a few more hours. Then just bled a little the next day. I am VERY happy with the results of this as I did not know what to expect especially doing this from home. Now I feel like we can start trying to get pregnant in a month or so. Wish us luck!!

Yes Cytotec is also used for preventing pregnancy. When any one is pregnant we must consult with doctor on the medications that can be taken. The strip has 4 pills, you can find the information on the drug at International Drug Mart

I took misoprostol 8/21 at 12 pm cramping started around 4pm i had to go to the bathroom every 30min. But no big clots were coming out. I knew what to expect since this was the 2nd time.i was taking misoprostol... This is my 3rd mc. Around 1 am i had a fever chills. And my boyfriend sajd that i pa__sed out a couple of times. That i turned white my lips were purple. :( its sooo scary. Please dont take the pills alone. since i couldnt walk we had pads on our bed so i wouldnt get blood all over. I was really sick until that morning around 11am..on 08/26 my dr calles i told him that i didnt feel like i pa__sed the pregnancy..since i would go to the bathroom amd see huge clot in my v____a. I would pull it and it wouldnt come out.... and it was starting to have a nasty smell... He wanted me to go to his office to see if he could get it out. After him trying... I started to bleed alot the cramping was really bad. I had chills and a fever of 102° i was really scared... He had to do a d&c that night :( the first time.i took these pills they worked but maybe bc i was only 6weeks. And this time they didnt probably bc i was 11 weeks :/ i was trying to avoid having.a d&c bc of all the scaring.

I wanted to update on how I've been doing since my experience with Misoprostol back in January of this year. Today is Sept 1st and I am currently 28 weeks pregnant. Due in November. I know after my miscarriage and D&C that I was so depressed about what my husband and I had just been through and I was wondering if I would get pregnant again and if it would end in miscarriage etc.... I just wanted to write that there is hope and that having a miscarriage is not your fault at all. My pregnancy has been progressing normally and all is well with the baby. My husband and I are so blessed :) You can get pregnant and have a normal pregnancy after a miscarriage. Just stay positive and just remember everything happens for a reason and good luck.

HEY EVERYONE, ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 11 WEEKS PREGNANT, BUT TURNED OUT MY FETUS ONLY SHOWED ABOUT 6 WEEKS, ONCE I SAW THIS I KNEW I WAS GOING TO HAVE A MISCARRIAGE BECAUSE I WAS UP TO DATE WITH MY PERIOD DATES. ANYWAYS, THE NEXT WEEK MY DOC CONFIRMED I DID MISCARRY. SHE WANTED ME TO TRY MISOPROSTOL TO TRY AND RID THE TISSUE/BABY OUT OF MY UTERUS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T COME OUT WHEN I BLED DURING MY MISCARRY. SO FRIDAY AROUND 4 PM ON SEP. 9 I WENT TO THE DOCS TO GET THE FIRST 4 INSERTED VAGINALLY, ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THAT I GOT MILD CRAMPS (LIKE A PERIOD) 12 HOURS LATER, I INSERTED THE LAST 4 PILLS VAGINALLY, ABOUT 2 HOURS AFTER THAT I STARTED HAVING CONTRACTIONS. ABOUT EVERY 4 MINS I'D HAVE ONE. LET ME TELL YOU, I'M NOT A MOTHER, SO THIS HURT VERY MUCH!!!! I HAD CONTRACTIONS LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT 12HOURS -_- I WAS CRYING. YOU'LL NEED A HEAT PAD WHEN YOU'RE USING THIS DRUG. THE HEAT PAD HELPED A LOT WITH THE PAIN OF THE CONTRACTIONS, I STILL HAVEN'T STARTED TO BLEED. AROUND 13 HOURS AFTER THE INSERTION OF THE 2ND DOSE, I STARTED BLEEDING ((LIKE A NORMAL PERIOD)) CONTRACTIONS STOPPED, AND CONTINUED TO NORMAL PERIOD CRAMPING. NO TISSUE CAME OUT. TODAY'S WEDNESDAY 5 DAYS SINCE MISOPROSTOL WAS PLACED INTO MY VAGINA, I HAD MY DOCTOR CHECKUP AND I NOW HAVE TO GO THROUGH A D&C TOMORROW MORNING BECAUSE MY BABY/TISSUE DIDN'T PASS. MY EXPERIENCE W/ CYTOTEC WAS HORRIBLE. I WOULDN'T DO IT AGAIN, THE CONTRACTIONS HURT& LAST FOR A LONG TIME. -_- I'LL UPDATE TOMO ON HOW D&C EXPERIENCE WAS.

MY EXPERIENCE: FRIDAY 4PM-HEAD TO DOCS TO GET 4 PILLS INSERTED VAGINALLY. 5PM-SLIGHT CRAMPS START (LIKE YOUR PERIOD) 4AM (SAT)- AT HOME, INSERT THE LAST 4 PILLS VAGINALLY. 6 AM (SAT)- CONTRACTIONS START, THEY ARE HORRIBLE. DEF MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PAIN KILLERS, AND A HEAT PAD IT HELPED A LOT. 7 PM(SAT)- CONTRACTIONS STOP, BLEEDING STARTS. NO TISSUE IS EXPELLED FROM ME. WEDS- I GO TO THE DOCS AND FIND OUT I NEED A D&C BECAUSE CYTOTEC DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY. THURS- I GO INTO SURGERY FOR A D&C. IF I HAD A CHOICE, I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE D&C FROM THE BEGINNING, IT'S FAST& YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SEEING ANYTHING. PLUS THE CONTRACTIONS WITH THE MISOPROSTOL WERE HORRIBLE, I WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE FEELING THAT PAIN. D&C IS PAINLESS.

It really helps to read all of these posts but I am so sorry that everyone has suffered so much. My experience with Misoprostol has not been great but it did allow me to grieve and bond with the baby. Its lasting longer than I would like as well. We found out about no hearbeat over a month ago, and started bleeding a week later. Its now 29 days of bleeding. A week after starting to bleed I was given Misoprostol, and pa__sed the sac within hours, and then a week later, tissue that was probably the remains. It was terribly sad and hurt like crazy, but I did not opt for pain meds because I somehow felt like I was laboring for this baby and I wanted to do it that way. I am 48 and the odds are high that it was my last baby, but I suppose anything is possible. We were not even trying (we had given up), but I had 4 prior babies from 42 - 44 without trying and lost 2 to miscarraige the other 2 wonderfully well. Nobody but you women would probably understand. Anyway, now its down to next to nothing in terms of bleeding, but heck this is a long time to be reminded of miscarraige for over a month each time I use the rest room. Tommorow we have another HCG test to see if the level has dropped. It was at 40 a week ago. I do not have an infection and feel fine. I am struggling emotionally like never before however. I have no support from my family and few friends understand, as most felt I had no business being pregnant to begin with. My husband and his family are supportive. Some many people know what to say, and many of my friends and relatives are pregnant but much younger. One pregnant friend was especially thoughtless in her remarks in reminding me she has 7 children (which I knew quite well.) I cry easily, but am taking care of myself and spending time with my 3 year old daughter which really helps. Any words of support are welcome and God Bless you all.

I am looking forward to having the bleeding/spotting stop. I took Misoprostol 25 days ago, pa__sed the remains in a very painful labor experience. Bleeding stopped for a day and half at about 2 weeks after taking it. Then it started up again. It seemed just like a period at that point, and then stopped for a day or so again, and now spotting is back. I actually began bleeding about 7 days before I took the drug. Bleeding is not quite accurate because its more like spotting. Anyway, its now 32 days of this with a couple of days reprieve in between, and I am tired of being reminded of the loss everytime I use the restroom. Twice I was so happy I thought I stopped bleeding. In fact yesterday I stopped spotting and wanted to celebrate I was so happy. Then I awoke to find more spotting. This is my 3rd miscarraige. They are all incredilby sad, but the first was the easiest. I did not even know what happened until it happened, since i had never had a miscarraige. I pa__sed all remains and it was over in a few hours with some minor bleeding. The second I did a D & C because I was emotionally shot from all the HCG testing stress, for 2 weeks we tested a few times and I was totally on edge. This time I wanted to pa__s naturally but it was taking longer than my MD felt was safe, so I took Misoprostol. Worse pain of my life. I was about 11 weeks and the fetus was 8 -9 weeks. I pa__sed a large lemon sized ball, which my MD said was the baby, but then a week later I saw gray matter, which was pretty upsetting. He says that was not the remains but I am not sure. We had buried the lemon ball in a small cemetary, so this is a nightmare to say the least. Every time I think its done, more of this painful experience keeps learing its head. Death requires some closure, and with a Misoprostol induced miscarriage, it lasts for weeks. Its not any more natural to take a pill than it is to have surgery, so I learned my lesson. I am not saying I would never do this again, but I would be more prepared that the loss process is very lengthy. I did consider it a bonding and loving experience to have labor and delivery, however, even though it was quite sad. I was actually asking the little tike to please come out (because the pain was excrutiating). Nobody to really tell this stuff too, except my husband. Too many of my friends are pregnant, my family is totally in the dark and would never support someone my age getting pregnant (48, pregnant naturally, unplanned) so they don't know what I am going through. And, many people seem to avoid me, since this is my third loss and it kind of feels like being a leper. Well, I am glad that I can have children, even though its incredibly late in the game, and best of all, I have three adorable, healthy kids, who make every day worthwhile. God Bless you all.

I NEED HELP!!!------------------------------- PLEASE!!!! I NEED HELP!!!------------------------------- PLEASE!! I live in mexico so its a bit harder just to get a regular abortion. I feel like I am to young to have a child and with the economy here I just can't have a child. Currently I am about 5.5 weeks along.. Here they sc___p the walls and so when you want to have a child later on you either can't because its to fragile or can't all together. I do one day want to be a mother but later on, I didn't want to take the risk in that so i choose doing this at home over the counter. I took Misoprostol as directed online: October 1st: 4 tablets at 9am. I then started to bleed a bit 4 tablets at Noon. I had cramps for about an hour and a little bleeding 4 tablets at 3pm. I did get diarrhea, but my bleeding wasn't like menstrual period, it was more watery like and I didn't every fill up any pads or have any clots I did not take any pain pills and was on almost an empty stomach.. October 2nd: In the morning I noticed that when I went to use the restroom my urine was almost back to normal. I don't have any cramps, very very little bleeding and still no clots. October 3rd: My body is almost back to normal, tiny bleeding but pretty much none. I followed as directed, so I'm not sure what went wrong.. I do want to try this again in a couple days. I've read stories on how some women have tried this before v____ally and this might sound personal but how exactly do this pills go v____ally, how deep or do they just in? How many Misoprostol? just one dose or how many? As detailed as can be would be best this is my first time trying this and I don't want to do it wrong. I HOPE I GET A REPLY, I'M JUST WORRIED IT WONT WORK.. THANK YOU SO MUCH IF YOU RESPOND.

I'm a newly wed, my husband and I are expecting to have a baby soon enough. And without even trying so hard, I found out that the test pack showed two stripes instead of one. We were thrilled and ecstatic, but we didn't tell anyone about it because we were afraid to 'jinx' it. But it all turned out bad. I got spots all over me about 2 weeks later, and we immediately went to our obgyn. He said that it appeared to be a blighted ovum, and he told us not to wait any longer and gave us three options, wait, d&c or misoprostol. We went home cried our hearts out and I googled about better ways to pa__s this tragedy ASAP. We both agreed, after a few considerations, that misoprotol is the best way to end this. So within the week we went back to obgyn, he gave us 8 200mcg of cytotec and instructed us to either do it interv____ally or sublingually. We went home and inserted 4 pills interv____ally (because I have very sensitive stomach). The cramp started about 30 minutes later, but no biggie. About 10 minutes later I felt so cold and I was shivering like crazy. I got under the blanket and shrunk under it. One hour later the chills subsided and after two hours I didn't feel anything. So I called the obgyn and asked him whether this is good or bad sign. He told me to have 2 pills sublingually and I did. Around 30 minutes the pills melted away, felt nothing, suddenly around an hour later the chills came back on. I shivered again, my body temp got up, and I felt the need to go to the toilet. I pa__sed out along the way, down on the floor, then as soon as I regained conciousness, I got into the toilet, sat down, had a heavy dierrhea, and lumps of blood came out of me. Cold sweat soaked my shirt, so I got back to the bedroom, changed my clothes, back down under the blanket. I was in intense cramp and pain for about 3 hours. I cried and prayed to God for it to end, but waves of cramps (or should I call it, contractions?) came and went in short intervals. I decided not to took the ibuprofen, but since my condition was pretty bad, my husband insisted that I should. So I took one 400mg ibuprofen, the pain has not receed until one hour later. Meanwhile I had to go back and forth to the toilet and it was torture. I fell asleep, exhausted, around 4am and got up at 8am. Felt much better, had a slice of toast, the bed rest for the rest of the day. I pa__sed one lump of blood of the size of a marble, and then bled pretty heavy, the blood is bright red, but I found no tissues or clots, probably because the pregnancy was still pretty early. I haven't got back to obgyn, planned to do it next week, so I can regain some strength to. So I don't really know whether the m/c is completed or not. Over all, my experience with misoprostol was not as bad as some of known horror stories about d&c. I'm just praying and hoping this is my first and last. God bless you all :)

hi all, i just found out that i am pregnant and from my thoughts, i think it should be around only 4 or 5 weeks. in my country, abortion is illegal but i managed to get cytotec. I cannot keep the baby because of a new career prospect and my daughter is only one years old. After taking cytotec, i have been having terrible cramps and very light bleesing. i am having a clear secretion covered with blood but i am not sure if cytotec has been successful. anyone can help plz!! i am desperate. what shud i do?

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I am sorry for everyone's losses. I was supposed to be 11 weeks, and at my us this week, found out the baby was only measuring at 6 weeks, with no heartbeat. The radiologist wouldn't call it, because "my dates could be off" and sometimes (rarely) you can't see heartbeats on babies at 6 weeks. They sent me home, with no forwarding advice, or setting me up to see my doctor. I called my doctor's nurse before I left the clinic, for him to call me right away, because I knew our dates weren't off. I had my hcg levels checked (simple blood test)-48 hour test to confirm that the baby had died-they were going down, and it made me feel better to have that second information, even though my dr and I knew from my positive preg. test date, there was no way possible, I could have only been 6 weeks. I was scared of the pain in taking the cytotec. I had had no bleeding or cramping up to this point and I had experienced the same nausea and tiredness that I had with my son. The nausea and tiredness had just started letting up at the beginning of week 11. ...Here is what happened with cytotec: 6 pm Inserted 4 pills at night. Within an hour, I went to the bathroom and had slight blood, when I wiped, I had a small blood clot. Cramping increased to the point that it would be uncomfortable to sleep, so I took vicodin at 10pm. I woke up at 1 a.m. to go pee and quite a bit of blood was coming out-same as a heavy period. Went back to bed, same thing at 6 a.m., this time though (and is not the case for everyone), I could "feel" what felt like I had a small ball/marble that was in my ca___l and when I went to the bathroom again, there was a lot of blood. I felt it "roll/move" out of me and heard it splash in the toilet. I looked, but couldn't see anything with all the blood. The dr. had told me I more than likely wouldn't see any tissue, but I am glad that I felt what I did, because it gave me relief that the process was working. I felt more relief during this whole time because the process had finally started and seemed to be working. I went back to bed until about 9 a.m. I had more cramping in the morning and took a vicodin. The rest of the day I had bleeding like a normal period and by night time, I had slight cramping, but didn't need to take a pain pill. The next day, I just had slight bleeding and no cramping. The dr. said I will most likely have bleeding until 3-4 days to a week. I have never heard of this happening, where the baby had died and can stay in you for so long, but once it happened, I had 2 different people share with me similar stories. For one, the cytotec didn't work in the first 24 hours, so they did the 2nd dose, and then it happened. I have had a d&c before, when the baby had died at 10 weeks. I was nervous this time around, but with the baby being so small-6 weeks, I am glad we did the cytotec.

This forum was incredibly helpful to me as I was going through this experience. I'd like to share my story, too.