infected retained placenta

ok so some may have seen a my little rant about the ambulance ride and the doctor trying to kill me with panicillin on saturday...

well i had an ultrasound and it turns out i have retained some of the placenta and its become infected so i have to have a D&C tomorrow morning..ive asked several times of my Drs what that is and whats involved and all ive gotten is a strange look and 'its just a curette and youll be under a general'..umm yeah that doesnt help

so what is a D&C exactly and what will the be doing to me while im unconcience (sp.?), it prob sounds silly but the idea of them poking around down there while im out of it feels like a violation and im uncomfortable with it (tho i know its needed).

you poor thing!
D&C

Good luck for the procedure. What awful luck about the retained placenta. I really hope you recover quickly and can enjoy your new baby very soon, also has the mastitis cleared up yet?

Sorry I can't help with any info but sounds horrible sad you poor thing.

Like the new pic though - what a total cutie xo

I had this too, but was not detected until 9 weeks after bub was born! I have seen this procedure done as I am also a nurse. Sooo you will be put under a general anaesthetic and whilst under they will use a suction type instrument that will be inserted into your uterus. It's called a "dilate" because they dilate the cervix and a "curette" because they used to scrape it out (sorry if TMI) but I think they usually just suction now. It generally only takes about 15 minutes. Expect afterwards to have very bad cramping/pain immediately after, but they can give you pain medication for that. I found that on the night of the surgery I had cramping similar to that of a very bad period but neurofen was enough to settle it down, then mild cramping for a few days after. You can have bleeding for up to 10 days, but maybe longer as you are only 2 weeks pp? Expect to feel very dazed after your general anaesthetic. If you haven't had one before, it just makes you very very sleepy, uncoordinated and you might ask the same questions a few times. Make sure you have your partner or another adult do all the baby care... please don't try and carry your baby yourself that night as you may drop him. I fed lying down in bed, but had hubby stay with me so I didn't roll on bub.

It's not a nice thing to go through so soon after giving birth, but after it was all over, I felt great! The infection settled down and my body finally started to recover from the birth.

Good luck and try not to worry too much

cheers for the info guys, i have to be at the hospital in 2 hours to get it done.

im 4 weeks pp but had mastitis (and yes windmill its fully cleared up grin ) but the antibiotics masked the infection..so when i finished the course i had MASSIVE cramping nearly rendering me unconcience so was rushed to hosital sad

ive been getting cramps ever since so the post D&C cramping will be no different i imagine. hubbys home so he'll be looking after the kids, ive had a general once before, def remember the recovery afterwards..i felt like i was drunk for hours!

Good luck, my thoughts are with you smile

ok so some may have seen a my little rant about the ambulance ride and the doctor trying to kill me with panicillin on saturday...

well i had an ultrasound and it turns out i have retained some of the placenta and its become infected so i have to have a D&C tomorrow morning..ive asked several times of my Drs what that is and whats involved and all ive gotten is a strange look and 'its just a curette and youll be under a general'..umm yeah that doesnt help

so what is a D&C exactly and what will the be doing to me while im unconcience (sp.?), it prob sounds silly but the idea of them poking around down there while im out of it feels like a violation and im uncomfortable with it (tho i know its needed).

Sorry you have to go through this!

I had a mc at 9 weeks and retained product so had to have a D&C. I TOTALLY understand about feeling weird that someone (or many someones) poke around down there while you're out of it.

It was something I found really hard to deal with- even though I knew nothing untoward was going to happen.

Hope it went ok for you this morning!!

well its all done, and Dr said its all gone and ill bleed for about a week then it should stop. no more cramps or pain smile all gone

im not sore from it or anything..the only pain i have is from where the nurse stuffed up the catheder in my wrist and poked the bone <img src='http://www.huggies.com.au/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' /> took her 3 goes in different spots but she got it in the end..mean while i look like a junkie.

cheers for the kind words guys, it wasnt anywhere near what i feared and i was in and out in 20mins , but had to sit in pre op for 4 hours that was loads of fun lol

well its all done, and Dr said its all gone and ill bleed for about a week then it should stop. no more cramps or pain smile all gone

im not sore from it or anything..the only pain i have is from where the nurse stuffed up the catheder in my wrist and poked the bone <img src='http://www.huggies.com.au/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' /> took her 3 goes in different spots but she got it in the end..mean while i look like a junkie.

cheers for the kind words guys, it wasnt anywhere near what i feared and i was in and out in 20mins , but had to sit in pre op for 4 hours that was loads of fun lol

Being a human pincushion is never fun but its great to hear you're feeling so much better!