Post D&C

I'm sure the doctor told me how long I would have cramping/bleeding post D&C, but I don't remember. So, I looked it up on the internet and it said up to 2 weeks was normal. I even texted Amy, my sis, to ask her since she's been through it before too. She said it lasted a week for her. I wonder how long it will last for me.

The day of the D&C I had some bleeding and mild cramping. Nothing major and less than I expected. The next day there was no bleeding and no cramping, which quite frankly surprised me. Saturday I started cramping out of nowhere. It was fairly mild though and later I was spotting. The next day....nothing. Good, right? Well....on Monday, again the cramping started again. This time it was mild to medium and bleeding had picked up. I had that on Tuesday as well with more cramps by the evening (in the morning I had some bleeding but no cramping...boy, did that change!!).

Chris was worried about whether I should still be bleeding and/or cramping this long after the D&C. He encouraged me to call the doctor. I figured I would call on Thursday if it was still going on; however, today things changed.

This morning I scrubbed the Master bath and when I was done I decided to use the facilities. Before I flushed, I looked in the toilet (I don't know why!) and found a clot--about the size of a quarter and it looked as though it had tissue on it. This concerned me. So, I called the doctor's office and left a message. Michelle, my doc's nurse, called me back. She said it was likely just a big clot, nothing to worry about and that cramping and bleeding was normal. But, she would discuss it with Dr. Quinn to let her know and see if she wanted me to come in sooner, etc. Now, I patiently wait for Michelle to call back.

While on the phone with Michelle, she told me that she was going to call me today anyhow. She said some of the blood work had come back and they determined that the test for a blood clotting disorder came out normal. That is good news, but I was sort of disappointed. I was hoping that would be the answer to our problems. If it was, it would have been an easy fix. Well, at least we've ruled out one cause.