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I had a general. I don't remember any after-effects, other than depression over the miscarriage. I had a daughter who was just over a year old at the time and I was able to take care of her while I recovered. I seem to recall some bleeding similar to a light period for a couple of days.
I also had a general when I had a tubal ligation four years later. By then, I had four kids (ages 5, 2.5, 2.5, and six months) and I don't recall anyone coming to help me with them after the first day home. No one seemed to think I needed any help and I wasn't very good at asking for it. :shrug: When I told my husband, "I'm okay," after the miscarriage, he believed me and went to work the next day! (He's heard about THAT a few times over the years!) And when I went to have the tubal, I decided I'd just take a cab home rather than keep him from work (he's self-employed and it's taken him YEARS to realize that the world isn't going to end if he takes a few hours off!) -- but the hospital said "no way" to that and called him while I was under and told him to come pick me up!
I'm not saying you should plan on business as usual -- I agree that you should stay home and rest. But I only remember feeling wiped out for the first 8 to 10 hours and then I could actually feel the lethargy "lift" from my body and I felt normal again.
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