Possibly pregnant straight after miscarriage

[AlexDJa]

Hi, I feel quite isolated at the moment as I cant talk about this with my husband or family. I had a miscarriage around a month a go. I did a pregnancy test around 3 weeks ago and it was negative. I think I'm pregnant again but I'm waiting to see if my period doesn't come as it was around when my period was due I miscarried and I'm scared it will happen all over again. So holding off on testing for another month. My boobs have been tingley for about 3 weeks and I look about 4 months pregnant after I've eaten. I haven't told my husband I think I'm pregnant yet because he took the miscarriage badly as well. He wanted to wait to try again but as we have been using the withdrawal method.....it obviously isn't the safest! So I know we were foolish. I'm keeping it to myself until I make it past my period due date as he said he needs a break from pregnancy talk for a while. I hate not being able to speak to anyone about it and how worried I am. I was wondering if I am pregnant, am I at higher risk of another miscarriage because of how quickly I got pregnant? Sorry for the long post. Had alot to get out. Thank you.

I have no real advice other than to say I got pregnantes with DC1 straight after my third miscarriage and all was fine, very straightforward pregnancy. I had not had a D&C (ERPC) though, so that must have helped.

for you - hope it goes well.

Thank you so much for sharing. Such a relief to hear a positive story about it after reading alot of negative ones.

Statistically, you're better off getting pregnant within six months of a miscarriage, than after that.

One thing I will say is though, I'm now almost 24 weeks pregnant after conceiving straight after a miscarriage and it makes the pregnancy drag. I'm due in July and I've technically been pregnant since August (my miscarriage wasn't instant and I still had positive tests and some symptoms afterwards). It's like torture! Just want my baby here safe.

Good luck x

I was in the same boat... I am 6 weeks pregnant but that’s from the date of the first day of my last miscarriage, rather than last period. Got the positive test around the same time you are now. Going to have an early scan next week but so far it all seems fine... good luck, I have my fingers crossed for you

Yep, I had a positive test 1 month and 6 days after a D&C for a blighted ovum, the result of which is currently sitting on my knee eating a sherbet dibdab. She is 5 and a half btw, I'm not letting a baby eat a dibdab

That's lies, 1 month and 4 days.

Hi, the same thing happened to me.
Apparently you’re very fertile after a miscarriage. All was fine and I’m looking at a healthy 10 year old DS now.

I think the advice is more that it’s mentally tough if you get pregnant straight away (and then worry etc). I’m actually glad I didn’t wait and cracked on.

I remember medical staff being quite confounded that I didn't have a date for my last period. I genuinely couldn't see why the date of my miscarriage couldn't do instead ( and I wasn't flippant about it - I was utterly heartbroken ).

There were lots of mumbles and mutters when I didn't have a LMP date but had an estimated-delivery-date-from-scan instead; that didn't seem to be good enough.

So I do think that part of the stress on having a period first is so that they have a "proper" date from which to date your pregnancy.

Agree BalloonSlayer they also seemed very cross that I hadn’t waited for 6 months or something ridiculous.

I’m pleased I didn’t wait. My body seemed primed for pregnancy and there is no evidence to support waiting after a miscarriage to conceive (other than the emotional aspects).

When I had a miscarriage I was told to try again straight away as you are very fertile afterwards. We waited a few months tho as I wasn't ready and now have an almost 5 Yr old after a straightforward pregnancy.
Good luck xx

My lovely doctor told me there was no reason to wait, so I didn’t. Pregnant instantly and a great pregnancy.

Maybe advice has changed for the better then! This was 10 years ago I was told to wait.

This was 20 years ago.

Thank you all for your sharing. It really has given me hope. I was terrified I would have to go through it all again so soon. Will try and hold off from buying a test u till after first period so I dont get my gooes up too high but I'm not sure I have the will power xx

Another here with a positive story. I had a chemical pregnancy - horrible term! - that meant the pregnancy didn’t stick after a few days after the initial positive result.

I was told to wait but couldn’t/wouldn’t and didn’t wait for another period - we DTD as soon as I got a positive ovulation test, and I got a positive that month - so there was no gap or period between the two pregnancies. She’s now a very much larger than life four year old in very rude health

I did get an early 8 week scan because of the previous miscarriage but that was the only thing they did.

Oh and crossing all my fingers for a positive result, OP