How soon can I conceive after my miscarriage?

[plummymummy]

Ok this is going to expose my ignorance, but what is the earliest I can get pregnant once I miscarry? I am 7.5 weeks pregnant but almost certainly will miscarry (confirmed by EPU). I want to try again straight away. I know the advice is to have one normal period prior to conception but there is no evidence to suggest this makes any difference to pregnancy outcome. So after I miscarry, should I get an ovulation kit to give myself the best chance? Or will the test strips be unreliable because of the miscarriage. I was assuming once the HCG has returned to zero that I should start to get fertile days again, but maybe not.

i've got a thread running on this you might find it helpful. ill bump it now for you

Thank you, I saw it as soon as I posted mine. It's very helpful and I will be following it with great interest......and hope.

I have just had a m/c and want to conceive asap because I don't want a huge age gap between him and any brother/sister we may have. I was just looking on google and found this link which might be of interest...

how soon after m/c do you ovulate?

So you ovulate before your next period - guess that makes sense - which would therefore be about 25 days to 35 days after the m/c??

Sorry - him being ds. Still got fuzzy brain from being pg, I guess...

how are you doing??

mump bump, plummymummy, how are you today? thinking of you both

hi

I saw the title and wanted to let you know that I had a miscarriage in November and I was pregnant again early in the new year, having had one period. I was surprised how quickly my periods came back - I stopped bleeding from the m\c and four days later my period started.

I had a beautiful healthy boy the following year. He is now 7 and drives me bonkers! But love him to pieces

Good luck and best wishes

Hi

I had a miscarriage at 15 weeks two years ago, I didnt have a period and had a positive pregnancy test in the November, I was really worried but the consultant I spoke to (was so worried rang up the hospital in tears )said the only reason they suggested waiting for a period was to be able to date the pregnancy accurately but because they can date a pregnancy accurately with scans it wasnt a problem now and there was no reason why I would have any problems. I had a problem free pregnancy and a lovely baby girl

sorry my post isnt very clear I miscarried and had an erpc in october

I didn't have an erpc after my first miscarriage (but had another m/c between my son and daughter and this time I did.) I don't know if you can request them but erpc, as I understand, kind of get your body back on track very quickly. If the reason for waiting for a period is to ensure it (!) is completely expelled then the erpc would make this void.

erpc = evacuation of retained products of conception (not very comforting at a sensitive time) perhaps you could explore this with your Doctor.

my history is:

1st m/c 19weeks = normal SVD
2nd birth of son
3rd m/c 12weeks = erpc
4th birth of daughter
5th ??? who knows!!!

erpc I personally think is a vile term and incredibly insensitive sorry I used it I didnt mean to offend anyone

oh no helen - it is the term they use and we have to use it to explain what happened to us - vile as it is. They are the insensitive ones not us.

lissiew thanks for asking. My emotions are a bit all over the place. At work I am fine. At home I'm detached and sleeping a lot (Can't be high levels of HCG - must be low mood). How are you? Do you still think you may be pregnant? Mumpbump, sorry for your loss. I also don't want a big age gap between the next and ds (he's 2yrs, 5mths). How old is your ds? I wanted a 3yr gap but it'll be a bit more now. Dimmpled and Helen, I'm really sorry to hear about what you've been through and so glad you were able to conceive again. It's giving me hope. Don't worry about the ERPC terminology - I'm a nurse (psychiatric - hence ignorance about lady bits!)so jargon doesn't phase me. Actually I asked at the last scan if I could have it after the next one (on Monday week)if it is confirmed pg not progressing. EPU looked a bit surprised that I was asking so soon, but said yes I can have it if I want. It will help me to move on. It's awful that both of you had such late m/c's . I think I will be terrified for the duration of my pregnancy when I next conceive. Wonder if I could be anaesthetised for 40 weeks

when I had my m/c I convinced myself that I would never have children and got terribly down, but I did and here I am.

I thought the next pregnancy would be terrifying but it wasn't as stressful as I feared - I don't know why, I guess because you have to get on with things other than being pregnant you do. I remember I didn't do anything about planning th birth or antenatal classes as I didn't want to jinx things by planning too far ahead - everything turned out fine. Don't worry too much - I think I was relieved to be pregnant more than worried baout a m/c.

One doctor I saw said that in lots a ways a m/c is a very positive thing - although sad it proves that you actually can get pregnant - in couples who cannot have children the major cause is conception not m/c. One in three pregnancies end this way due to lots of unknown factors. Next time fingers crossed your pregnancy will progress. Having a miscarriage does not increase your chances of a second m/c. It is sad, but I really wish you all the best for a very positive future.

hi, i still think that i might be, but don't want to do test yet as all 3mc were at 5-9 weeks. so bit scared. but got flu today, so not taking any tabs and taking precautions. just v scared. plus docs are finally doing some tests after i've had my "gap" period, so, just in limbo at mo

Hi plummymummy... I had a miscarriage at 11 weeks, had an erpc, ovulated 2 weeks later and fell pregnant... and had DD....
hope things work out for you

Worth waiting one cycle not just for dating purposes but a molar pregnancy is much more likely with a pregnancy immediately following a m/c. Didn't know this until I had m/c at 6 weeks in May and became pg straight away then had a m/c at 11.5 weeks which they thought was molar but turned out to be blighted ovum pg, thankfully. One complete cycle is recommended.

I had miscarriage 4 weeks ago,at 5 weeks pregnant.I had a nornmal bleed so 'treated' as a late period (I had a bfp at 4 weeks). I concieved on my 1st month of clomid after 18 months ttc (I have one dd age 3 and a stillborn dd April 2006) so i was thrilled that I STILL can get pregnant (im 39) so I just started back on the clomid straight away and now four weeks later feel EXACTLY like I did last month.Sore boobs and headache.Praying that I am pg again though used ov kit all month and got NO result. I just went off cm and timed my normal cycle and got plenty of bding in just in case.

Hi lissiew and plummymummy. Feeling better today. Just keep looking at ds and thinking how very lucky we are to have him. Ds is 9 1/2 mo, but I wanted no. 2 to be really close in age - there is 14 mo between myself and my sister. It's so worrying, isn't it? After the first m/c, I thought that there was a good chance this pg would be okay. And this m/c has made me realise how far on I was first time - didn't even know I was pg because I was still b/f ds. I am not going to even start assuming it's going to stick next time until about 20 weeks, I think... But it's so hard not to get excited, isn't it??

They say to wait so that you are stronger mentally and physically, not for dating. As these days they can date you within 3 days anyway.
After my m/c nurse said that as long as i wouldn't balme myself is i caught and lost again then go ahead, but she was right, i would have blamed myself so i waited...... and still haven't caught again ( almost 6 mnths now), so i wish i had tried again straight away whilest my hormones were higher....

Good luck,

I think it's a chicken , or egg question !

af's here, so not pg after last mc had to go to hospital coz all came down with vvv bad bug, when nurse asked about gen health i said i'd just had mc, she asked how pg i was when i said 6-7 weeks she said "so it was a heavy period then" dh walked out and i said no, babys heart had started. i think it's up to the individual. if you think you are ready then try, but take it easy. your body will know when it's ready

How callous of her. I'm incredulous that anyone would say that

I know I should wait but I don't want to. I my 9 months after an ectopic and this one hasn't worked either so I figure I tried that approach, now I'll try something else. I was very healthy this time - eating well, not drinking, running. It just wasn't meant to be. Some people conceive when they've done all the wrong things and it works out ok. Nature is a funny thing.

That should be waited 9 months.

now that af's here only got to wait a couple of weeks before i can have tests done, so fingers crossed. i just feel so frustrated. it sounds awful, but i'm not used to failing like this. especially at something thats supposed to come naturally. when i had ds it was ecs and i was too ill to bf even tho i really wanted to. it took us 6 years ttc as well. as well as grief, im embaressed. does that sound odd?