Manual Vacuum Aspiration
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Pregnancy Diaries #5 – Removal of miscarriage by MVA
The video and blog can be slightly different in content. This post contains content of a sensitive nature. This video covers pre and post procedure. The blog below covers my experiences of the actual procedure It’s 18.41 and after a long day at Burnley EPU I have got through the MVA procedure to remove the pregnancy that had ended. See previous posts #1-4 for background. Today I was 10 weeks 2 days pregnant, day 65 gestation from my first day of my last menstrual period. I arrived at 9.30am and by 10.30am I’d seen and spoken to the consultant who would be carrying out the procedure, had blood pressure checks…
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Pregnancy Diaries #4 – Miscarriage
The video and blog can be slightly different in content. The 3rd scan and my partner was able to support me by being there so I was mentally nearly prepared for a miscarriage diagnosis but I had hoped for a heartbeat. We arrived and waited in a “quiet room” which is an improvement from my first EPU (Early Pregnancy Unit) miscarriage in 2016. They had said they would not leave me waiting unnecessarily but it was still a 20min wait but better than the previous 2 weeks off 45-60mins which of course is agonising when you are so anxious. I was taken in by a familiar face, in fact she…