TTC after an early MC

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hello - I'm new here so please bear me with!

Myself and my Husband have just gone through an early miscarriage at just over 7 weeks, this was 5 weeks ago (tomorrow). I went to see my GP last week and she's all for trying straight away and that in actual fact I might miss AF altogether if I catch early enough.

This was obviously great to hear but how do I know when I am ovulating? AF has been always irregular and only recently I have been able to roughly work out that I ovulate around a week later than I should! (still a working progress and very much a guessing game!)

I want nothing more than to have a baby but I feel like we have taken 5 steps forward to only take 15 back.

Has anyone else been through this and can anyone offer advice?

Sorry you had a miscarriage, it's a horrible experience
2 people I know got pregnant again straight away after their MC's and everything worked out A ok.

My own doctor also told me that there was no reason not to try straightaway.

I had one at 7 weeks also. And like you, was very keen to try again but decided to wait and have one cycle before trying again to allow myself to heal physically.

I did everything I could think of to boost our chances; acupuncture, ovulation kits, took pre natal vitamins, used preseed lubricant and learned all about cervical mucus (bit tmi, sorry!) Got pregnant again on 5th cycle and my DS arrived safe and sound 9 months later.

If you feel ready then go for it. Best of luck!

Sorry meant to add, the clear blue ovulation kits are really good. A bit pricey but I definitely found them pretty accurate!

I'm sorry to hear about your miscarriage

I also miscarried my last pregnancy - slightly earlier at 6.5 weeks - and got pregnant again straight away with no AF in between. Based on my due date, I ovulated pretty much as normal, around two weeks after the bleeding started.

If you count the bleeding as CD1 could you have sex every other day from CD10 to CD20 ish?

Sorry about your loss

I conceived on my first cycle following a mm/c.

I was tracking my CM beforehand so I was getting to know my ovulation signs. I ovulated about 3 weeks after my m/c bleeding stopped.

I have PCOS so I have long cycles, 40+ days so I had no other way of knowing when I was due to ovulate. I think the problem with ovulation sticks is that they will only confirm ovulation after the event, by which time, it’s too late. Monitoring my CM helped me to work out when I was likely to ovulate.

Thank you all so much for your comments!

It’s easiest to wait for a period so they can date it better. I waited for my period before I started trying again and it took me a further two months to get pregnant. I’m sorry for your loss .

It is now just over 5 weeks since it all happened, today is the 37th day since I started bleeding. I have had the odd ache and pain but nothing like I would get for period pains. I've been getting pain around the front of my hips, like my ovaries (if that's even a thing!) and weird stretching like pains across the front of my stomach. As of this morning, still negative tests.

We started 'trying' again the week of 29th July, we did it three times and haven't done since as I haven't been in a good place, so 4 weeks after the MC and days 21-27 of my cycle.

Before all this happened, I started to realise that I ovulated around a week later than what I should have (on paper anyway).

I'm just now sitting around waiting for AF but thinking I might just carry on and see what happens...?

*This is really helping me by talking it through with other ladies who have gone through the same thing or similar and hearing all the beautiful babies who are now here or on their way