Possibility of getting pregnant straight after miscarriage? Really worried!

[YourCoralPoster]

Hi everyone,

I found out just under a month ago that I was having a missed miscarriage (of a planned pregnancy). I started bleeding the next day, bleeding lasted a few days, scan the following week confirmed that everything had passed.

The midwife said to wait until after my first period to try again, which was fine with me as I honestly am not ready and have been having a hard time mentally and can't even think about another baby right now. I hated being pregnant and definitely am not ready to try again.

About a week after the bleeding stopped, my husband and I had intercourse using a condom. We have used a condom since but stupidly last night both of us forgot. We hadn't been using condoms for years prior (as I was on the pill) so I guess it just slipped our minds. Immediately after I panicked and took an ovulation test which was showing positive 😓I have had a negative pregnancy test since the miscarriage btw.

I've been in a state of panic since. I went out this morning and got the MAP (levonorgestrel?) and took that (about 13 hours after intercourse) but I'm scared that I've already ovulated and it's too late. Reading online about women being more fertile after a miscarriage is scaring me too!

I regret so much our silly mistake and hate that I'll have to wait weeks now to see if I'm pregnant or not 😖

Edit: It took 6 months to get pregnant the first time with regular intercourse.

I fell pregnant a couple of months after a medical miscarriage. I miscarried again, sadly. With the benefit of hindsight, I regret not having gone to the GP when I first found out about the second pregnancy to request progesterone, which is commonly low after a miscarriage. I suppose I'll always wonder if the second may have had different results if I'd been more proactive.

My comment is not to bring doom & gloom about further MC, which is my own story and not at all related to your situation, lots of women go on to have successful pregnancies after mc...but to recommend that you speak to your GP if you do get a positive test and see if there is medication they can recommend you.

If you really aren’t wanting to be pregnant again yet then the copper coil is the most effective emergency contraception. Can be placed by your local nhs sexual health clinic and as long as it’s placed within 5 days of intercourse it should be effective. Fertility also returns as soon as it’s removed so it shouldn’t impact you when you are ready to start trying other than waiting for an appointment for removal

If you've taken the MAP correctly, that's what it does. It makes you have a period, so even if you have ovulated and conceived it will come away with the lining of the womb. ✨️

It really doesn’t.

The MAP prevents ovulation, if you’ve already ovulated it doesn’t do anything.

Oh sorry, I misunderstood. I stand corrected. 💐✨️

That’s ok, I just wouldn’t want you (or anyone else!) to be caught out! x