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What's a D&C?

The Ins and Outs of Dilation and Curettage

By Kelly Burgess

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However, when D&C is associated with miscarriage, especially a first pregnancy, there's often an emotional aspect as well. Nicole Biggs, of Central California, had a D&C after a miscarriage a few years ago. It was her first pregnancy. She says that although she didn't have much physical pain, she asked for pain medication anyway just because she felt she'd already been through enough. She then took a week off work and stayed in bed, although she was feeling better physically before the end of the week.

"I was warned to take it easy for at least seven days, but on Day 4 I began to feel better and a little stir crazy," Biggs says. "The bleeding had started to become spotting by this time. I decided to go out and do some yard work. I worked pretty hard and started bleeding a little heavier. It took another week for the bleeding to stop."

Even though a D&C after a miscarriage may be a difficult experience from which to recover, the good news is that in most cases it does not impact future fertility. In Biggs' case, although her miscarriage was hard on both her and her husband, her story had a happy ending. "It took a year to get over the fear [of another miscarriage]," she says. "But I did get pregnant again, and delivered a beautiful and healthy baby girl."

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