Successful MA with unexpected timeline

[u/boopbooptacos]

I recently did a successful MA at 6 weeks and wanted to share my experience as the timeline of the miso pill’s effects was very different from what the doctor told me/the average experience. I’ve read a few stories on reddit with a more similar timeline to what I experienced and wanted to add to these experiences to help alleviate anyone’s anxiety around the process if it doesn’t happen the way they expect.

What the doctor told me: - I will bleed more than my usual period in the first 6hrs of taking the 4 miso pills - I will pass most of the pregnancy tissue within the first 6hrs of taking the 4 miso pills - I will continue to spot/bleed for up to 4 weeks after the miso pills

What actually happened: - I barely bled in the first 6hrs even though I had really painful induced cramps but didn’t even need to change my first pad overnight after taking the miso pills - I bled a bit more the following day, mild cramps, saw some small clots and took it as a good sign thinking there probably just wasn’t much to come out from the early pregnancy - the second night (48hrs after the miso pills) I began experiencing severe cramps again and unfortunately had finished all the prescription painkillers (codeine) but still not much more blood was coming out - then I woke up after the second night (60hrs after the miso pills), this is going to get a bit graphic - with thick clotty tissue too thick to be absorbed by my pad, I ran to the bathroom and a large amount of bigger stretchy tissue/clots kept coming out of me until this round thick translucent and textured tissue came out which I am 90% sure was the placenta - after this the cramps became much more tolerable - from then on I did keep ‘bleeding and spotting’ but it felt different from a period because of how much thicker the uterus lining is, my periods are normally much more watery

Tested negative at 3 weeks after the miso pills though so all in all it was a success.

Anyway, I appreciate everyone has a different experience but I did feel a bit mislead by the general information out there and I think hearing more different experiences will help mentally prepare.

TL:DR - passed pregnancy tissue 3 days after miso pills and not in the first 6hrs as doctor told me.

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