u/Ind1igo

I wrote a post just under a week ago in regards to how straight foward my abortion went i thought everything was fine and dandy. This however was not the case yesterday evening 8 days after my MA I suddenly felt what I can only describe as a pop next thing I know it’s like somebody turned on a tap and im gushing everywhere I ring 999 and I am taken in to my local A&E I sat there for 5 hours passing clots the size of my palm and was admitted after a scan today after my bleeding eased over night. It turns out I had a ton of retained product which was what the clots and bleeding were but I still had some left over which I had to have vacuumed out of me on minimal pain relief even after this procedure I still have a 1.5cm clot left so I have further tablets inserted into my back passage in hopes it gets rid of this final clot if not it’s surgery for me I’m praying that’s not the case ontop of all of that I also have a very nasty infection from the retained product. In sat here on my hospital bed sobbing what I thought was done and straight forward had turned into the most scary experience ever I am terrified of this last clot not passing it’s terrifying I’m hoping for no more complications and straight foward from here but I needed to tell someone I’m alone I’m scared and I just want this done with

This forum has been a god send to me leading up to my ma I know everyone’s different and everyone’s body reacts different but I just wanted to share my experience

First took me a good three weeks to secure my pills. I found out I was pregnant quite early but due to a history of ectopic pregnancies they had to scan me because I was so early the first time they scanned me they couldn’t see anything so I had to wait a week and go back to the clinic once it was confirmed that everything was okay. I was able to take the pills home with me.

I took mifepristone at around 6pm on Wednesday evening had absolutely no symptoms from it carried on with my evening and the next day like it was nothing. At 9pm on Thursday evening the next day I took the misoprostol two either side orally I also took two Ibuprofen and two paracetamol. The first 3 hours things were slow the cramping was like early stage labor pains or a bad period and my bleeding was light I was passing small amounts of clots but nothing major I was quite relaxed laying in bed watching a movie with my partner and I was able to eat a McDonalds in this period. After the three hours I took two more misoprostol as instructed this was at around 12am after about an hour after taking these the cramps started to get more intense but still coming in waves so I was able to catch a breather inbetween they were similar to the cramps I had in labour with my twins. For the next 5 hours the cramps stayed intense on and off and I passed a lot of large clots and the bleeding got heavier I took more pain meds but it didn’t really make a difference for me. I was noticing every slight cough or sneeze I was having gushes as well. It got to about 5:30am and things started to calm down the cramps became less frequent and the bleeding started to tapper off the clots became smaller and less I went to sleep at around 6am and woke up at 11am cramps completely gone and bleeding very moderate it’s now almost 6pm I’m still passing what I would think is more like small bits of tissue and the bleeding is still very light. I spent the remainder of the day in bed resting up eating hydrating etc and have been pretty comfortable. I was extremely worried and anxious about how the MA would go but it actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I know everyone is different this is just my personal experience:)