When to start ttc after MC

[pigletmania]

When do you start ttc after a MC, I am currently MC at 6 weeks, I want to wait until my first cycle after this MC that I am having and just try again. Dont want to wait 3 months for it. Just really at the moment

Sorry to hear that you are going through this.

I conceived this time the same cycle after a chemical pregnancy that resulted in really heavy bleeding and mild anaemia, this led to quite a bit of early worry for me. I'd had two other miscarriages but also have a healthy 4 year old and a lively 7 year old.

The advise seams to vary from one professional to another and one reason I was given that they suggest you wait a cycle is so that you can date more accurately pre the dating scan. The three month thing I thought was more to do with emotional readiness.

Its important to feel emotionally ready to enjoy each other physically (IYSWIM) and that the intimacy doesn't become a chore. It effects everyone in different ways and you really need to be able to be their emotionally and ultimately physically again for one another.

Current advice us to ttc as soon as you feel ready. You are more fertile in the three months after a mc. I have conceived three months after and six weeks after mcs

Current advice us to ttc as soon as you feel ready. You are more fertile in the three months after a mc. I have conceived three months after and six weeks after mcs

Current advice us to ttc as soon as you feel ready. You are more fertile in the three months after a mc. I have conceived three months after and six weeks after mcs

Current advice us to ttc as soon as you feel ready. You are more fertile in the three months after a mc. I have conceived three months after and six weeks after mcs

Thanks, emotionally I am ready to ttc again, will go to the dr to see why i keep MC, this is my 2nd MC. I have a dd nearly 4 so know that i am able to get pregnant and carry.

I was told to ttc straightaway if that's what I wanted to do. Doctor said there was no point in waiting (and my age was against me anyway)

Hi pigletmania
I had a D&C on the 5th of Jan 11 (Found out i had a missed miscarriage at 12 weeks. My First pregnancy.)
I have asked various doctors and got 6 months, 3 months, wait till your first cycle and others say start again straight away.

When are YOU ready? To be honest there is no research to say that you cant start straight away however as ANTagony said above... "they suggest you wait a cycle is so that you can date more accurately pre the dating scan."

Most important thing is YOU, Everyone is different. No 2 pregnancies are the same.
So when you feel ready.....

Personally, i want to start trying again as soon as possible and so does my hubby.

If i can give you any advice on the emotional side is communication. Talk to your friends and loved ones. You are not alone!!

Keeping you all in my prayers xxxxx

I want to start ttc after the first cycle, ttc will make me feel so much better, but waiting around wont. It took me a year just to concieve after the last MC, Dec 2009, time not on my side really.

Piglet, really good luck with it. I can confirm thatthe midwives at my epu said I could try straight away, well - after the 2 weeks no sex. I was scanned 3 weeks after as was still bleeding, and turns out I di ovulate that month. We didn't manage to conceive until my fourth cycle after the miscarriage, but I didn't feel my cycles had got back to normal until then.

I was like you. I had to ttc straight away, as I desperately needed to be pregnant again. The only advice I'd give is try not to put all you hopes on it, as I really got upset the cycles it didn't happen for me.

I've never heard that we are more fertile after a mc, as one of the other posters suggested. That would add to the pressure for me!

Good luck x

Hi Piglet,

The guidance I?ve had from the consultant at the hospital and from the EPU was to wait for 1 cycle. I think guidance that you need to wait 3 months is old and now regarded as unnecessary, From what I can gather, the 1 month wait suggested by NHS staff is for dating reasons, rather than anything else. My friend miscarried earlier this year and got pregnant before her next period. She gave birth to a healthy girl today She's my shining beacon!!

Thanks everybody, I think i will wait one cycle and just see.

I had an early mc then got pregnant the next month. Now have a healthy 13 yr old.! All the best.

hi i think everyones body is different, when i had my mmc back in september i wanted to try again straight away but my body just wasnt ready, i had a normal cycle but some spotting inbetween and my uterus was still really high and sore, im now on my four cycle post mmc and only started to ttc again last month,when i felt physically and emotionally better.
My doc advised 3 months, midwife a month, but like i said eveyones different, just see how you feel post af and good luck, why not join us on the ttc after epc thread on the conception board. X

Very sorry about your miscarriage.
If you are ready, there is no reason to wait.
Waiting until you have had your period allows you time to get over the miscarriage and allows easier dating if you get pg right away.
I saw my doc after six weeks when I had had a period and he said it was ok to try again.
No need to wait 3 months apparently.
That is from a physical point of view, so if you aren't emotionally ready quite yet, there is nothing wrong with giving yourself more time.
But if you do want to ttc, there is no reason not to.