hospital doctors. The
bleeding may mean there are
some pregnancy tissues left
in your womb (uterus). This
is called an incomplete
miscarriage and may need
treatment. Your doctors are
likely to advise one of the
following approaches:
Expectant management: the
bleeding is given up to a
week more to settle, without
treatment, as long as there's
no sign of infection.
Medical management: your
doctor will give you
medicines to help along
completion of the
miscarriage.
Surgical management: your
doctor will perform a minor
operation to complete the
miscarriage. Doctors call this
an SMM, which stands for
surgical management of
miscarriage.
JOY FEELINGS MAG
With medical management,
you may be offered tablets to
swallow or a pessary to insert
into your vagina. The
bleeding after medical
management can be heavy
and take longer to stop. But it
will mean you don't have to
have surgery, and you should
only have to stay in hospital
for a short while after your
treatment.
An SMM takes a few minutes
and you're likely to recover
quickly. It's most likely that
your doctor will carry out the
procedure while you're asleep
under a general anaesthetic.
Some hospitals offer the
option of surgical
management with a local
anaesthetic, instead of a
general. This procedure is
called MVA, which stands
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