How soon can you try again?

[curiousgeorgie]

Hi everyone,

I had a miscarriage last week and at the doctors appointment I was so upset / trying to cling to the hope it wasn't happening that I didn't really ask any questions and can't find anything definitive when I google..

I was only around 6 weeks, su really very early.

How long is this going to last?
When can I start trying again? I assume it wouldn't be okay / safe to try right after I stop bleeding?

Thanks for any advice..

Sorry to hear about your miscarriage. I had one at 6 weeks. 6 weeks later, I got pregnant. I'm currently 17 weeks.

Often doctors/midwifes advise waiting for 3 months but that's really only to make dating a pregnancy easier.

I imagine a late miscarriage may be different but with one so early as soon as you feel up to it I think.

Best of luck x

Congratulations first!

So did you wait for a period then try, or try as soon as you could? (Like, when the bleeding stopped) xx

Thanks!

I was lucky. My bleeding from miscarriage only lasted a week. Then a month later I had a proper period. So I think my body got back to normal pretty quickly. Then two weeks later I conceived.

They say you're pretty fertile after a miscarriage. I'm not how much of that is true but it certainly seemed like it in my case! Fingers crossed it's the same for you!

When I had my 6 weeks mc (2nd mc) I later found out you dont ovulate at the usual time but much later after a miscarriage but you obviously can still concieve, so just keep trying but remember you will ovulate later than usual so dont go by those dates.
So also your period will be due later as well, just as a reminder for the pregnancy test.
Best of luck xx

you can try again as soon as you feel ready. You will probably have a longer first "cycle" but you should get your next period within about 6 weeks. Your bleeding should be done within 2 weeks on average - both of my miscarriages were slightly later and I had about a weeks the first time and about 10 days the second time (although just very light at the end).

pregnancyloss.info/ hopefully this site might have the answer to some of your questions. I found it quite informative.

Sorry about your loss and best of luck with trying again x

Straight away, that's how I got my ds! I'm sorry for your loss.

I'm sorry for your loss.
I had a mc at about 7 or 8 weeks in 2010 (second early mc) - didn't wait before trying again and fell pregnant without having had a period. Had a very healthy pregnancy and now have dd messing up the living room whilst I have a cuppa!
Make sure you are ready, whatever you decide to do. Good luck!

Sorry for your loss, it's tough indeed.

I miscarried at 11 weeks, but no bleeding so had a D&C under general anesthetic. We had a wonderful gyne who was very understanding and competent and advised us to wait the three months.

I'm glad we did, it helped us to heal emotionally as well as physically and spend some lovely time together as a couple, rather than get straight down to sex as a baby-making activity. We booked a dream holiday to treat ourselves after the MC, and while we were there DD1 was conceived.

For us, this was the right timing. We felt that we wanted to reinforce our relationship - perhaps the fear being there, though unspoken by both of us, that we might not have kids as easily as we had anticipated and needed to have a strong bond together as a foundation. Plus very strongly felt that a next pregnancy should not have been a 'replacement' for our loss. We now have two lovely DDs, but DH bought me a ring, after DD2's birth (we had decided two was the right number for us) with three stones on, one for each of our babies.