Can't get pregnant after miscarriage

[KTot93]

Hello everyone,
It took me a year to get pregnant.... my partner and I were nervous but chuffed to bits! I then had a miscarriage at 7/8 weeks and we were obviously gutted. We decided that we would try again straight away and now it has been 6 months and still not pregnant. I know that isn't a long time but it just feels like forever!
I am 26, and we are both healthy!

I’m sorry for your loss. It might be worth a trip to the doctors seeing as it took you a year to conceive in the first place. You say you’re healthy, have you had any fertility tests? Odds are everything is fine but there are some things it might be worth checking out. Also, may sound silly but are you sure you’re covering the days you’re ovulating?

I was in your position and it’s horrible. Each month feels like an eternity. I had two miscarriages and then stopped being able to get pregnant. I did have fertility treatment to have my DD in the end but then I had my DS naturally.

We are healthy in the sense that we aren't overweight/underweight, don't smoke or drink, eat good food and exercise. I haven't been checked by the doctor, I was just about to go and ask to be checked out when I found out I was pregnant. They have said I have to be trying for a year before they will do any tests.
I have an app which tells me what days I am likely to be ovulating and we have sex pretty much every day over the time period.
My sister in law is pregnant and due in December, and my cousin is due on the same day I was going to be due. Just feels like everyone around me is having babies expect me :(

Secondary infertility. I had 2 pregnancies in quick succession then miscarried the 3rd. Took me 21 months to conceive my 3rd. GP sent me for tests and it was unexplainable.

Sorry conceive my 4th not 3rd.

Have you tried actual ovulation tests? You might well be ovulating at a different point in your cycle to the "normal" point. Presumably an app can't tell you for certain.

It's grim when you lose a pregnancy but have to watch someone else expanding towards what was your due date. It's tough, and it's tough when their baby is born and you feel mean-spirited for not being completely delighted for them because, well, you baby...

If your app isn't tracking your basal body temperature, it might be that you're not ovulating when it says you are. When I was having my DC I had a pretty standard 28/29 day cycle, but I ovulated around day 17, not day 14.

*your baby

Hey @KTot93

I'm so sorry to hear about your miscarriage. I've had 3 miscarriages. With my first pregnancy it took me 6 months to get pregnant then it took 14 months for me to get pregnant and then 2 months to get pregnant after that.

My advice would be use ovulation tests, they are a god sent. Both my second and third pregnancies I used them and found I was pregnant within 2 cycles and definitely get the ball rolling with your GP. I did and a cyst was found on my ovary which was suspected to be an endometrial cyst. I had a laparoscopy two months ago for endometriosis. So I'm keeping them crossed that I'll be pregnant soon.

Good luck!

Hope you get good news soon. It's so hard waiting and not knowing when it will happen but it will