For those who have had a miscarriage - how long did it take to get pregnant?

[Lcy]

Hello

As the title says i want to here some positive stories about getting pregnant after miscarriage - especially after a D&C. I had a missed miscarriage at 10 weeks and had a D&C a week ago .

Thank you

Lucy x

[Lcy]

Whoops i meant hear!

[barbamama]

I had one in the December, and was pg with ds1 in the March. Don't get too stressed about it, it will happen I'm sure. Some of the doctors told me they think that a mc primes the body and you are quite fertile afterwards. i had been trying for over a year the first time and only the 3 months the second. Hope it happens soon for you and sorry to hear about the mc.

[Lcy]

Thanks Barbamama - sorry about your mc.

[MerlinsBeard]

I m/c June 06 and am only just pg again. BUT (to cut long story short) it was incomplete and think i had an infection and wasnt officially trying.

If you havea look on the pregnancy after miscarriage thread there are lots of positive stories on there.

[Lcy]

Oh sorry - i will have a look on those threads

[ShinyHappySchmooo]

Nine months. Was odd.. had always fallen pregnant easily, but that time it was almost as if that "pregnancy" time span had to elapse before I could fall again.

Just relax Lcy, you will be pg again soon.

[MerlinsBeard]

Lcy, i wasn't criticising, i was just pointing you to another place you could hear positive stories.

I really really wanted to be pg again b4 my due date passed but i wasn't. Then i wanted to be pregnant before the 'anniversary' and i wasn't. It was as if i needed to properly grieve before my body would let me fall pg again.

[juuule]

So sorry to hear you've had to go through this. I have had 8 m/cs. The first one I had difficulty conceiving again. It took 12 months and a d&c. 6 others, I've usually conceived in 3m, a couple of them straight after, i.e I tested 5 weeks after erpc and came up positive resulting in live baby 9m+ later. I have had no more conceptions since m/c no8 but I think that's due to menopause.
Good luck with your next pg.

[leesmum]

Hi lcy really sorry for your loss

I had missed miscarriage at 10 weeks in jan,
didnt have period until end feb, and spent two months frantically trying to get preg, then put it to the back of my mind-booked holiday bought loads of new clothes and then conceived around 10 may.

What im trying to say is i know its hard but all the stress might not help.

Good luck for the future xxx

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Sorry to hear about your m/c Lcy. I also had a missed m/c, discovered at 12 weeks, followed by a D&C. It took me 7 months to conceive following this, but had taken 3.5 years to conceive the first time, so this was quite good going for me! Best of luck.

[MonkeyBear]

Sorry for your loss, Lcy.

I had a missed m/c at 12 weeks in Feb 04 (didn't have D&C though). After that, it seemed to take several months for my body to settle down again - bleeding took over two weeks to stop, then periods for next couple of months lasted over two weeks each time, with just a two week break in between. I was desperate to ttc again straight away, but decided my body was telling me it wasn't ready yet and that I just needed a break. And almost as soon as I'd decided that, things went back to normal and ds2 was conceived June 04.

[snooks]

I'm sorry for your loss Lcy X

I had a MC at 9 weeks exactly 5 weeks ago tomorrow - that is when I passed the sac etc.

Tested positive on Tuesday - doc has confirmed pregnancy because I had BFNs since the MC. Havent had a period since the MC, but thought I ovulated a couple of weeks ago. It shows that it is possible to be pg again soon - but your body will decide!

Wishing you the very best of luck.

[berolina]

I'm sorry you've been through this too, Lcy.

my pg history:

• complete mc (no D&C)
  
• conceived ds in the third cycle after the mc - when ds was 13 months, incomplete mc followed by D&C
  
• pg again next cycle, mc again, D&C (blighted ovum, definitely unrelated to the previous mc/D&C)
  
• pg again four cycles later (while not actually ttc, but rather half-heartedly using the calendar method) and now 37 weeks.

[PurpleLostPrincess]

Sorry to hear of your loss - ((hugs))

I had a 'blighted ovum' at 10 weeks last October and had an emergency ERPC on 19th October. We weren't going to try again but I got a BFP in January - we were both a bit drunk on Boxing Day night and turns out we conceived this lo then - I'm due on 22nd September and all seems well so far...

HTH xxx

[bramblina]

Hello. I came off the pill and concieved in 2 months. Mcd at 14 wks, and found out exactly a year to the day that I was pg again- I'm sure it took this long because of depression etc from the mc. Mcd this one at 11 wks, concieved 8 months later, mcd at 6 wks, concieved 5 months later, mcd at 5 wks, then fell pg the very next month- had my fab ds 9 months later. This cycle was the first one in those 3 years that I really let go of the obsession and didn't (well, almost) want to fall pg as we had a wedding coming up, and would have been ok to have another month. So of course mother nature tried to trip me up- it worked well. I can honestly say this worked well, but you cannot choose to not want a bfp if you really really do, I remember that feeling, but certainly do try to relax. (Or as my friend did, book an expensive holiday and get yourself to the top of the IVF list- then fall pg!)

I had no d&cs, the first time I took the drugs (my choice) and it all came away within 2 days, the next 3 I let them run their course and they all progressed well.

I was told, as you are, to have a period before trying again and of course thought "sod it"! and instantly fell pg, with ds. I was also told you can be very fertile after a mc so it worked in my favour this time! Hope you have some luck soon.

I'm also called Lucy! Fab name!

[MKG]

My sister miscarried and was pregnant less than 6 weeks later. He's now 15 months.

[jabberwocky]

I'm so sorry for your loss

My niece miscarried in March and she just called to say she is pregnant again.

[Lcy]

Sorry for your miscarriages but thanks for sharing your stories with me - has filled me with hope. Not getting stressed about getting pregnant and staying pregnant is going to be a difficult one - but i have great support from my DH so hopefully he will be able to keep me level headed.

Congratulations Snooks xx

[spugs]

hi lcy, i mced in may this year (6 1/2 weeks, medically induced) i had af in june and fell pregnant that cycle, now 10 and a bit weeks so fingers crossed. i was in very obsessive mode about getting pregnant again and we started trying as soon as the bleeding stopped. good luck x

[lizziemun]

I had a miscarriage at 10weeks last june, It would have been due on dd 3rd birthday.

A week before dd 3rd birthday i found i was pg again i am now 39 + 3, so about 6mths.

I have to say i don't find getting pg easy, it took 18mths to fall for dd and then we started again ttc when dd was 10mths, so it will have taken nearly 4yrs to get another child.

[Lcy]

Thanks Spugs and Lizzie mum - Spugs i am so glad you were in very obsessive mode about getting pregnant again - im starting to think i was the only one - i really want to get pregnant and not to replace this bean but because i feel ready to have a successful pregnancy, and a baby in my life.

Thanks xx

[snooks]

Lcy I too was obsessive about getting pregnant again, as you say, not to replace my lost one, but because I felt this was the best way for me to deal with my MC...
I watched like a hawk for the usual ovulation signs & for 3-4 days they were so strong there was no way I could ignore them! Kinda felt Mother Nature was trying to tell me something. However, was still gobsmacked to get a BFP, fingers crossed can hold onto it this time.

Hope you are still taking the folic acid? I ask cos this was the first thing I stopped when MC was confirmed - I thought "what's the point now?" Lovely nurse at the hospital told me to carry on taking it & be positive about my next pregnancy-to-be, just taking FC again hepled me to look forward.

HTH xx

[snooks]

oops, FC - meant FA as in Folic Acid. Sorry, brain mush

[naturelover]

Very sorry to hear about your mc.

I had a missed miscarriage detected at 12 weeks after it took me almost a year to conceive, however next time around it took only 2 months of trying. My cycle after the miscarriage was more regular than ever before which probably helped. It was as if my hormones had been "rebooted". Strange. Best of luck next time. Let yourself recover physically and emotionally before trying again.

[Lcy]

Thanks Naturelover

Congratulations Snooks - i am still taking folic acid on midwifes advice - it makes me feel more positive too. This was my first pregnancy and I got pregnant the second month of trying - so am hoping that the MC wont of messed up my fertility and i may get pregnant again soon.

Anyway - relaxing breaths - trying not to obsess!