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@MrsRcCar: I'm so sorry

First of all, my heart goes out to you.

My D&C was really uncomplicated. I was really sleepy the rest of the day, but no pain or anything. I was annoyed at how long the prep/post surgery took. I had to finish a bag of fluid before they would release me and it was going SO slow. Felt like it took forever.

Eta: Other than that, it was fine. I brought a tablet to watch some shows, but couldn't watch it without being interrupted a bunch, for obvious reasons.

I did immediately start crying after waking up, and the nurses were really sweet and gave me a moment to collect myself in post-op. She said that it could be due to the hormone drop. I was surprised that I did that.

I'm so sorry.

No advice, but I'm still so sorry. Will be thinking of you.

@MrsRcCar: I don't remember there being tons? I did bleed for about 10 days I think. But nothing that kept me from taking care of my DD. I just took ibuprofen and had a low-key day with her.

First of all, I'm so sorry you are going through a loss. My second m/c I had a missed mc at 12 weeks. The d&c was at 13 weeks. I started to bleed a little the day before but they did an ultrasound and I had not passed everything. My cramps were pretty bad. I was given full anesthesia and was out of it for an hour or so afterwards. I felt physically ok within 24 hours. The bleeding lasted about a week. For me personally this was a better option than mu first m/c where I did not have a d&c and had bleeding on and off for over a month.

My thoughts are with you.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Do you know if you will be put under? I wasn't but it seems like most people are. I took tylenol with codeine prior to the procedure, and it sucked but was over pretty quickly. I actually felt fine the next day. I bled for maybe a week and a half - one episode of scary clots but everything was okay.

My d&c was on a Friday, so DH primarily took care of dd. I would say I was physically able to watch her though - I just felt like wallowing in bed.

I'm so sorry. Take care of yourself the best you can.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

@MrsRcCar: I'm so very sorry

I'm so sorry for your loss!

I had a D&E, but had retained tissue, so my bleeding lasted muuuuch longer than is "normal". My situation isn't typical though.

Praying yours goes smoothly and quickly!

@MrsRcCar: No advice, just want to say I'm sorry

Hugs.
I had 2. I agree that they were definitely harder emotionally than physically. I felt myself within a few hours but really just wanted to stay in bed the whole day. I was told that the easier I took it in the first 24 hours right after surgery, the easier my recovery would be and I found that to be true.

So sorry. I had one last year. It was more of an emotional toll than a physical one. I had it on a friday and was back to work on monday. Physically I was totally fine (and I work a physically demanding job involving occasional lifting of patients).
I had general anesthesia at the large hospital I worked at in their ambulatory clinic. The anesthesiologist was super nice. My doc was fantastic. Only thing that was weird were the details...
preop questioning took place in these curtained rooms. Of course my luck, one of my coworkers was also have a procedure that day (older middle aged male). He was a few curtains down. So me talking about why I was there and my medical history was awkward. I asked to be moved.
Prior to the surgery I literally had to pay the estimated amount from my FSA for the surgery. So my husband dealt with that. Annoying.
Literally just drifted off under anesthesia and woke up what seemed like 2 min later. Groggy and hungry.
Went home, sat at a diner and drank tea waiting for my scripts and then slept it off over the weekend but I was totally able to be up and about .
The whole thing sucks. But physically it was less bad than I thought it was going to be.

Very sorry for your loss.
I had 2 of them and the actual procedure was very similar. I was out, don't remember a thing, no pain immediately after. It was quite a relief for it to be done and to know I no longer had a failed pregnancy inside of me (that was the worst, both times I walked around for a week knowing the baby was gone but I still felt very pregnant).
The aftermath was different though. The first one was very light bleeding like a light period. No big deal. But emotionally I was a wreck. It was my first pregnancy and I was devastated, I cried for almost a week straight. Looking back it was likely the hormones.

The 2nd one I started feeling weird a couple of days later. Sorta crampy but also tightening. I was told Motrin and relax. Well on day 3 I was having contractions so bad I couldn't speak through them, I was vomiting, etc. I called my doc and she had me go to the emergency room. Some tissue was missed the first time so my body was trying to get rid of the last of the pregnancy. It was awful and scary since I didn't know what was happening at first, but it did resolve itself without any more intervention. I have heard of needing an additional D&C. So definitely if you have contractions afterwards, don't just shrug it off. Call them! Because if your body is trying to get rid of something and if it can't, it has potential to be dangerous.

So while the likelihood is VERY high that they'll get everything and you'll feel fine (physically), I would still have liked to know the possibility of missing some tissue and that I may experience contractions and I wasn't dying! I was afraid my bowels were pierced or something! (I had never had a baby before so I didn't know what contractions felt like).

SO not trying to scare you or be negative! Just wanted to let you know about my outcome as it was rather unconventional and it would have been a lot less scary if I knew it might happen. (I mean, yeah, they tell you and have you sign stuff in the hospital but it's such an emotional and confusing time, it's not like it registers).

I have 3 other friends with D&Cs and they all had no issues at all, so odds are that it'll be fine.
Take lots of time to rest after if you can. I just binged Netflix and ordered in and let myself do whatever I felt like doing (sleep, eat ice cream, cry, drink wine, whatever). You get a pass ️