I really don't have any information beyond my own experience. I miscarried at 14 weeks, while nursing a 2 year old. It was not an easy miscarriage, I basically went through labor and passed what was left of the baby, after 12 hours of being in terrible pain, and mismanagement of the situation by a stupid ER doc. The baby had probably been dead a week or two. It was a horrible time and I honestly just wanted it over, and so they did a d&C. The D&C was done about 3:00pm, I'm guessing, and i went home that evening, 7pm, and nursed my 2 year old that night and through the recovery and on for um, let's see, this is Lactnet--4 more years, through another pregnancy, and much happier delivery. Nursing through that miscarriage was the best choice I made, it helped me heal through the pain and deal with the loss, and honestly, it is one of the reasons I cite to moms to nurse toddlers... I don't think I would have wanted to live after that miscarriage, if I hadn't of had my toddler and been nursing her.
I don't know anything about how your case should be handled. I guess I'm really for a natural way if mom is OK with it, but at some point if the miscarriage does not complete naturally on it's own, then probably something medical would need to happen? But I'm not a medical doctor or a midwife.. Hopefully someone else answers... But mom could have the D&C and still nurse. i did.
Joylyn
---- Jennifer Ramsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I posted a message recently asking for any thoughts or information on how
> breastfeeding might be impacting on the case of a woman who has chosen
> the 'conservative approach' in managing a silent miscarriage.
>
> I understand that this is a very busy time of year and I know that I have not
> posted here.
>
> You are really our last hope in terms of any thoughts, info or experiences.
> The mother has really hit a brick wall in terms of medical professionals who
> find the conservative management rare enough and with the fact that she is
> breastfeeding thrown into the mix they have no information or anything to
> offer at all.
>
> We would be so grateful for anything anyone can offer in terms of
> experiences, thoughts, information or suggestions.
>
> If it helps the original post is copied again here:
>
> Dear Everyone,
>
> I have never posted to Lactnet before but have gained much from reading
> your posts. I would be very grateful if anyone could share any thoughts,
> ideas or experiences relating to breastfeeding and a miscarriage.
>
> I have permission to post about the situation of one woman who is
> breastfeeding her two year old daughter and recently experienced a silent
> miscarriage. This occured at 6 weeks and was detected during the 12 week
> scan.
>
> She is under the medical care of a doctor and consultant but is finding that
> the health care practitioners aren't very experienced in conservative
> management of miscarriage and even less so of women who are breastfeeding
> at the same time.
>
> The current situation is that the last two scans have revealed that the sac is
> still retained but is collapsing slowly. Her consultant commented today that
> things seemed to be going slowly but that there was really no compelling
> reason for surgical management other than achieving a quicker end to things.
> Conservative management is very important to the mother and she would very
> strongly wish to avoid surgical intervention if at all possible.
>
> The main question I would like to ask is if breastfeeding might be
> somehow 'drawing things out?' I felt that as she had successfully breastfed
> through two healthy pregnancies there was no reason to suspect that
> breastfeeding was negatively impacting on her body's natural mechanisims.
>
> She also had a recent blood test which revealed low levels of HCG (84) still
> present.
>
> There seems virtually no information available on how breastfeeding might be
> affecting matters (if at all). Any thoughts or experiences would be very
> gratefully received.
>
> With sincere thanks in advance,
>
> Jennifer Ramsey (LLLL UK).
>
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