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Miscarriage after a D/C

10/08/2009

Question:

I had a D/C August 26, 2009 and I haven`t gotten my period yet. My fear is that I might be pregnant again because my partner and I have been intimate and we haven`t used any type of birth control. I have been feeling sick every now and then throughout certain parts of each day for like a week now and my breasts have been kind of hurting and I definitely am tired a lot. I`m scared to take a test, but we really want to have a baby but we heard that it really wouldn`t be safe if I was already pregnant this soon after the D/C... Is it bad if I am? What can happen to me, another miscarriage? I don`t know what I should do? Please help...

Answer:

It can take a couple of months to resume a normal period after a D&C.  It could be possible that you are pregnant again and a pregnancy test will give you an answer.

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Response by:

University of Cincinnati Arthur T. Ollendorff, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Arthur T. Ollendorff, MD