Completing a Miscarriage at Home
Before taking any measures to clean out the uterus, if your still carrying the baby, confirm that the baby has passed by taking your temperature first thing in the morning, moving as little as possible. Leave the thermometer in your mouth for 5 minutes. This will give you your basal body temperature. Pregnant women always measure above 98.6 degrees. Unless you have a chronic low body temperature due to thyroid problems, which is unusual during pregnancy, you will be able to determine if your body is still maintaining a high temperature, meaning that your baby is still alive.
- When you know that the pregnancy cannot be saved and you need to clean out the uterus, use this formula:
20 drops of black cohosh tincture + 20 drops blue cohosh tincture in water every hour.
Do not exceed 5 doses.
- False unicorn and Angelica is excellent for discharging retained placenta and membrane fragments.
- Take yellow dock, nettles, and dandelion after the miscarriage to rebuild your blood.
(Source: Latter Day Family Resources)
HOW LONG AFTER MISCARRIAGE SHOULD I WAIT BEFORE TRYING AGAIN?
Non evidenced based advice abounds on this topic. Couples are frequently advised to wait 3 or more months or cycles, but the rationale for this advice is dubious
Reasons for deferring another pregnancy are:
~ The couple feels so traumatized they want to wait to pull things together again.
~ You may want to wait until your blood volume and uterine strength have increased, and also give yourselves adequate time to get healthier in general
Miscarriage Resources
RESOLVE Inc.
1310 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02144-1731
617-623-1156
Resolveinc@aol.com
INICIID
PO Box 6836
Arlington, VA 22206
520-544-9542
Www.inciid.com
Pregnancy Loss Center
612-473-9372 www.pilc.org
HAND
PO Box 3693
Redwood City, CA 94064
650-367-6993
HANDsupport.com
Perinatal Loss
2116 NE 18th Ave
Portland, OR 97212
503-284-7426
Teleport.com/~grieving
Herbal Healing for Women by Gladstar
Herbal Health for Women by Hopkins
1-800-290-2283 www.ldfr.com
Before You Conceive by Sussman & Leavitt
Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susan Weed
Preconception by Alkey-Keller
Unsung Lullabies Free from HAND
Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream by Ilse
Free From HAND
Miscarriage: A Man's Book by Wheat
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Davis
Unspeakable Losses by Kluger-Bell
Penparents.org
Nationalshareoffice.com
Hygeia.org
Parentsplace.com
Misschildren.org
Mend.org
Emptyarms.org
Preconception.org
Amy Jones
thebirthsource.homestead.com
2001
