TTC after early miscarriage

[Djockey101]

Hi all,

I’ve spent quite a lot of time on these threads lately as I recently had an early miscarriage (5-6 weeks) with my first pregnancy. I found out I was pregnant over our wedding in early October and lost it pretty quickly after. We had planned to start trying after the wedding and had fell pregnant accidentally beforehand, having stopped using protection in late August.

I was absolutely heartbroken about the MC but realise now how common they are. I had also consoled myself by thinking how quickly we had conceived without trying last time, and of course read the theory that you’re more fertile after a MC.

We’ve been trying now again for two cycles and whilst I was glad to have one period, when my second period came I was really disappointed. I know I’m very early in my TTC journey but as I’m 33 I’m feeling apprehensive about the whole prospect of struggling to conceive if we don’t have it easy this time.

My Q is how many restrictions did you all make when TTC? We’re on honeymoon at the moment and I’ve had an odd drink whilst I’m on my period, and my husband is drinking regularly (though not to excess). I don’t want to restrict our lives too much yet I also want to maximise our chances as much as possible.

Any advice really welcome and wishing you all the best 🤍

When I was pregnant with my daughter I didn’t know until nearly 7 weeks and wasn’t ttc so no restrictions at all!

now I’ve been a lot more careful. Eating well, no alcohol (but only because I only drink when out with friends and my daughter puts a stop to that too often 😂) and if I was to drink would only have a couple and I’ve cut my caffeine to less than 200mg a day. I’ve just had 2 early miscarriages in a row so I don’t think it necessarily made a huge amount of positive difference for me and just been luck (or lack of).