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Getting pregnant after a mc

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Angelfifi · 20/04/2009 12:42

Hi,
Just wondered if anyone thats had a mc got pregnant after their first period? We want to try again, but are hoping it doesnt take to long to concieve.... a lot of people have said that it takes up to a year to concieve again, but can't wait that long.. any insight would be good, thank you.

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Katnkittens · 22/04/2009 10:37

I had a mc in December (5 weeks) and conceived exactly 2 weeks later. Sadly I mc again at 5 weeks and it has taken almost 3 months to have another proper cycle and get my HCG levels down for some reason.

However, the fact that I had another mc isn't connected to the time frame, drs have said I was just unlucky so yes it is totally possible !
Sorry for your loss and good luck!

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Angelfifi · 22/04/2009 13:09

Hi,
I would just like to say thank you to everyone for their coments, its nice to know we are not alone and good luck to everyone, i have finished my first period after mc, we are going to try again but i'm not banking on it happening that quick, but fingers crossed.

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arena · 22/04/2009 13:33

I had a m/c back in november, i was pregnant again after 1 week of the m/c. I tryed as soon as the bleeding stopped.

Im 6 months pregnant now, good luck!!!!.

doggus · 22/04/2009 20:16

What sad stories, but also lovely stories of hope for us!

beaner - sounds like we were in the same boat at roughly the same time. I know any time is awful but 12/13 weeks is poignant as you think you're in the clear and you have gone through all the rubbish part of pregnancy, the sick and tired bit. I felt SO cheated.

beaner07 · 22/04/2009 22:00

Doggus - I also felt really cheated , I felt exactly the same that getting nearer to the 12 week mark and thinking you are over the worst bit and getting into the clear - I am just glad that I didn't get as far as having a scan and them tell me something was wrong!

PrincessB - glad you managed to work some magic on DH . Are you pg again?? I was really worried about having a third especially as DS2 was only 11 months when I found out I was pg, but now well you probably know how I feel.

Dani - sorry to hear of your loss at 12 weeks also - but like you I do crave to be pg again, I am sure you will be soon .

beaner07 · 22/04/2009 22:05

PrincessB - sorry just read your other post that you are 26 weeks - congrats - my brain doesn't engage much after 9.00pm!

Thandeka · 23/04/2009 20:18

This is a great thread and giving me hope. I had a MMC on sunday at 10weeks (emby died at 6weeks but egg sac continued growing).

We are planning to start trying straight away so fingers crossed.

amyboo · 28/04/2009 07:53

This thread has just made me feel so much better. I had a scan at 10 weeks and everything was fine - dates/size were spot on. I thought I was OK, so told everyone. Then went for another scan yesterday at about 13.5 weeks, and the gynae couldn't find a heartbeat. It turns out I lost the baby about 1 week ago. Have to go and have an ERPC on Thursday. I'm so gutted, as it would have been my first, and me and DH were so happy when we conceived so quickly (2nd month of trying). It's reassuring to hear that other people have been through this and come out the other side. At the moment I just feel so sad, and keep wondering how a healthy baby at 10 weeks can suddenly just disappear.

DawnAS · 28/04/2009 08:57

Another success story. I MCd at 5 weeks PG and then conceived again 6 weeks later - now 34 weeks and counting!!

xxx

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Angelfifi · 02/05/2009 08:06

Hi jardins just wondered how you are these days?
Are you ttc this month or leaving it until next?
Hope your ok.

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Milliemuffin · 07/05/2009 21:23

Hi ladies, just wanted to let you know my situation. i had a mc on 12th march at 10 weeks and had a scan on 20th march to say all was clear and womb was back to normal. We bd'd on 1st april and then i had what i thought was a very light period on 9th april. we bd'd again on 23rd april and yesterday i did a test and got a bfp. the only thing is is that AF wasn't due til today so i was convinced the test would be negative this early on but as the line was so bold now i'm thinking was it a period on 9th april or possible implantation bleed? suppose i won't know for sure til i have a scan. really hoping this one's for keeps xxx

TwilightSurfer · 07/05/2009 22:25

Milliemuffin THAT's AWESOME! My mc was at 9w6d (so 10wks). I counted the day of my mc as day 1 of my cycle, bd on cd17, and got bfp 10 days after that so cd27. 268 days after the bd my dd2 was born. Best wishes to you with this one. You sound like you are well on your well. YEAH!!!!

jardins · 08/05/2009 13:17

Hello Angelfifi, I'm so sorry I've been out of reach for a while.... How are you? Dare I ask if you've been TTCing this month?

As my DH is far, far away at his new job we only got a chance to BD on, let me think, D8, D10, and D14. I have NO idea if and when I ovulated although I did see som EWCM at some point.... but it was between DH's visits back home.

To be honest this month has been somewhat of a rollercoaster: between my daughter's 13th birthday and her departure on a school trip to Italy (lucky her: I'd love to be at school again if just for that), my car breaking down in the middle of nowhere, an invasion of ants in my house, and now my DS has come down with an early form of pneumonia (sounds like something from a Dickens' novel but you can't believe how quickly a common cold can degenerate)I'm beginning to wonder if I'm jinxed! So the thought of concieving WELL that would be too lucky!!!

What about you? What's your news? Do tell!

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Angelfifi · 08/05/2009 13:27

Oh no jardins sounds like you are having a time of it at the moment, although this will probably be the time things will happen for you as your not thinking about it!!! We have been ttc but im due af on tues and i don't seem to have any symptoms so don't think its happened this time round. although its difficult to know if my periods will be back to normal after the mc, difficult to know, just have to wait and see.
Fingers crossed for you, hope next month is a calmer one for you!!!
Take care

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jardins · 08/05/2009 14:15

Thanks for your encouraging words Angelfifi. Do keep me posted about the arrival, or NOT, of AF. If I remember well I didn't have any symptoms prior to last pregnancy: just a feeling af was on its way. How have you been generally these past days/weeks? Are you on any other threads? I must get back on thread track here.

blondieminx · 08/05/2009 22:20

Oh Jardins it does sound like you've had a right time of it. As AngelFifi says, hope May is a lot calmer for you. Look after yourself.

I'm due on on Monday, we weren't trying this month but we did end up have a lovely frolic while I had EWCM in the middle of the month... and I now seem to have developed the same oversensitive sense of smell I had when pg last time. Am banning myself from testing till AF is actually due though...

Milliemuffin that's fab news and really encouraging to hear!

Good luck to all - and it would be good to get this thread going with a group of us, so do post and say hi if you've been lurking!

Milliemuffin · 08/05/2009 22:38

Hi ladies, I weighed myself today and i was 8st 4 in feb and now i'm 8 stone 8 which is alot of weight gain for me as i've always been between 8 stone and 8 stone 4 (apart from when pregnant with DS when i went to 10stone 8!) so hopefully thats also a good sign. i think i've convinced myself that i am 7 weeks and not 4 now that i've had time to think about it. the only thing is is the not feeling pregnant but i remember that from when i was pregnant with DS who's now 21months. i'm also still of the mind though that i don't wanna get too obsessed with it just incase something goes wrong again.

really hoping you all get the results you want soon, have a good weekend ladies xx

jardins · 09/05/2009 16:32

You're right Blondieminx about keeping this thread going! Due Monday ey? It's gonna be an exciting two day wait for you!

By the way, has anyone spotted Thandeka anywhere? Please let me know as I'd really like to see how she's doing.

blondieminx · 09/05/2009 23:53

Well one day down... I am driving myself half loony symptom spotting .

Hope you're all having god weekends.

jardins · 12/05/2009 21:20

Calling Blondieminx and Anglefifi, how are you girls? Any news on the AF front? Please tell me to mind my own business if you should feel the urge.

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Angelfifi · 13/05/2009 09:36

Hi Jardins Hows things with you? I was due af yesterday (tues) but no arrival as of yet! I have done a test but was a bfn but this is only my secound period after a mc so guessing my body is still trying to get in a routine!! Although i have ovulated or at least i think i did! I had all the ususal signs!! So i'm going to try and hold off the ov sticks/tests if i can!!
Hows things your end? have you started ttc with any result?

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jardins · 13/05/2009 15:51

Hello Angelfifi, it's good to hear from you. I imagine your (slight) disappointment re: BFN. What the hell; it's early days yet, ey!

Although my son seems to be a lot better thanks to the antibiotics - and going back to school tomorrow for a two-day week I won't completely relax about his infection until he has had the routine check up X-ray on Monday 25th May. OF COURSE I ended up coming down with a nasty cold-sore-throat virus which started on Saturday. And now I think AF is on her sweet way as I spotted a little brown tinged mucus when I wiped earlier this afternoon. She's making an early appearance as today is CD 25. How sweet of her. I guess the virus blocked out all signs of PMT.

Anyway next cycle I'm getting into the grapefruit juice thing: I love all that shit anyway but will go for it in a heavy duty way to get more EWCM. I'm not going for the fertility predictor sticks, etc. I just want to do it naturally for the time being. Does that make sense to you?

blondieminx · 13/05/2009 22:09

Hi ladies... just a little catch up from me. My AF was due Monday but I took a hpt yesterday and it was BFN too, comiserations to you Angelfifi sounds like we are in quite a similar situation - this month is my 2nd cycle since my MC. Like you say maybe its just our systems settling down again but my first period afterwards was early. V confusing!

Jardins that makes perfect sense - and I have grapefruit juice in my fridge too! I also take a ton of supplements - pregnacare coneception, EPO etc. I guess it's all systems go for next month then eh! Sorry to hear about your cold and throat, that's rotten. I hope all in your household are back to full health soon!

Having said that a friend of mine has mentioned about the Sperm meets Egg plan and I may give it a try next month but adjust the dates for my longer cycle (usually dead on 35 days). Details are here if you'd like to read more - it's on a site for women who've suffered a MC and the idea is to give you and your partner the best chance of success without too much temperature taking/special foods/standing on your head

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Angelfifi · 14/05/2009 07:49

Thanks for that blondieminx i will take a look at that myself! I think af might have turned up today having some spotting happening this morning so some ways im pleased because my body is on track but other ways sad for not being preggers!!
Hope you know either way blondieminx soon if af commes or you get a bfp!!

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blondieminx · 15/05/2009 22:12

angelfifi could it possibly be implantation bleeding? Keep us posted. And fingers crossed that your AF actually goes on a looong holiday, for 9 months

Well I got a bit of a shock today. Still no sign of AF so mentioned this to the nurse when I went to have my regular 6 momthly thyroid blood test and she said let's do a test. We weren't planning to "try" till next month, this month we've just frolicked when the mood has taken us and erm.... well the test came up a faint BFP! It's very early days so we're not telling anyone yet. And I've been told to test again on Monday and check it's a nice strong line.

I really, really hope that this becomes a "lucky" thread for us all and that there are plenty more bfp's soon! Good luck everyone

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