Your doctor should be following you with HCG's. It's possible that they could have missed some tissue with the d&c. In that case they would have to do another d&c.

after a miscarriage you can bleed for more than 6 weeks

I was induced and had my son and then had to have a D&C to retrieve the placenta (which wouldn't come out.) Tomorrow will be my 4th week exact after having my son and I FINALLY quit bleeding. I went through stages where I thought I was done and BAM! I would bleed some more. I was suppose to have my follow up tomorrow but it's been pushed back until next Friday. I think my body has accepted everything (least I hope.) I am a walking bag of hormones still though.

I am sorry you are still bleeding. That part was difficult for me, because it served as a constant physical reminder of the loss I had suffered. My hormone levels did not go back down to a pre-pregnancy level until exactly 5 weeks after my d&c. However, I did stop bleeding after 2 weeks. Once my levels went down, it took me another 2 weeks to get my period (exactly 7 weeks after my d&c). I can tell you that my af just began, and only now do I feel that I am on the path toward healing. If your doctor is not monitoring your hcg levels by blood test, I would continue to take a pregnancy test once a week, so you have an idea of what your body is doing. If after 6 weeks you still are getting a + hpt, I would contact your doctor and insist on being seen. Best of luck to you.

Thanks for the comments! Does anyone know how much more the blood tests tell you? My doctor hasn't done one of these - just the regular pee tests...

A quantitative blood test measures exactly how much hcg (pregnancy hormone) is in your blood. When it is between 0-5, it is considered to be at a normal level.

I'm sorry for your loss. The bleeding was really hard on me emotionally - I understand your feeling of just wanting it to be done. I bled for about 4 weeks after my D&C and didn't really have any monitoring other than one follow-up visit, but I don't remember exactly when that was. After a different miscarriage when I lost the baby at home, my dr. followed up with weekly blood tests until my hcg levels were under 5 - that took about 4 weeks also, and corresponded almost exactly to when I stropped bleeding...and then I got my period a week later! Ugh. I don't know how long it's normal to bleed - if your bleeding doesn't end soon, or if it gets heavier, I would push the dr. for some answers. There is a rare possibility that there is still tissue inside of you that was missed.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

I was just reading about hcg levels today. It can take 4-6 weeks to fall back to less than 5 mIu, considered negative, after a loss. It takes 25 mIu to register positive. (Don't ask me what the mIu stands for!) If you still get a positive after six weeks you should follow up with your doctor. Take care!