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It’s often devastating, depressing, and shocking to know that you are having a miscarriage. A miscarriage is when the pregnancy ends before 20 week’s gestation.
Research suggests that most miscarriages happen before 12 weeks of pregnancy. A miscarriage may take a few weeks as well as medical intervention to compete.
How Long Can You Wait For A Natural Miscarriage?
A natural miscarriage, also known as expectant miscarriage is when you let the nature take its course instead of having any pharmaceutical or surgical interventions to completely resolve the miscarriage.
Women prefer natural miscarriage for several reasons. You can choose natural miscarriage if:-
- Your miscarriage is well underway
- You want to avoid medications or surgery
- You want to miscarry in the privacy of your home
- You don’t want to face the stress of checking into a hospital
- You don’t want to undergo any minimally invasive procedures
However, to wait for the natural miscarriage, you must first consult with the doctor so that he/she can ensure that the natural miscarriage is medically appropriate at that point in time.
Usually, going for a natural miscarriage is a safe and effective way. Studies also suggest that most women who wait for a natural miscarriage can do so without unexpected complications.
Therefore, if you are comfortable waiting long enough, you can go with a natural miscarriage to take its course. Usually, the natural miscarriage may take from a few days to 3-4 weeks to complete.
However, if you don’t want to wait that long or if there is a risk of complications, you should consult with your doctor and choose medication or surgery for the same.
Complications Of Natural Miscarriage
Usually, natural miscarriage is a safe and successful option. However, in some cases, when the miscarriage doesn’t happen completely, there may be the possibility of infection.
However, these complications may also occur after surgical procedures such as Dilation and Evacuation (D&E).
You should also keep in mind that when pregnancy tissue doesn’t come out of the uterus completely, you may need to undergo D&E.
In case if retained fetal tissue is left untreated, it may even cause infertility in the future.
Therefore, it’s suggested that you discuss with your doctor all the pros and cons of waiting for a natural miscarriage. So that possible complications can be avoided beforehand.
Overview
You will come to know about miscarriage during your diagnosis and the doctor will recommend several pharmaceuticals and surgical options to remove the fetal tissue from your body in the safest way possible.
So that there is no risk of infection or other complications, your body can heal and return to its pre-pregnancy state, and the next time you can conceive and complete your pregnancy successfully.
Which treatment option is good for you is determined by several factors such as the duration of your pregnancy, your medical history, your age and overall health, if you are already bleeding and cramping as well as your personal preferences.
