My first pregnancy ended up being a missed miscarriage. Does that mean the chances of my next pregnancy being a miscarriage will be higher?

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Unfortunately my first pregnancy ended up being a missed miscarriage. Baby stopped growing at 8 weeks 4 days. I was given misoprostol to end the pregnancy on Friday and I'm slowly recovering.

This pregnancy was unplanned. My husband and I conceived as soon as we started having unprotected sex. So when I found out I was pregnant I was scared, but I loved being pregnant so much.
Now that the pregnancy is over, I really miss it. When can we start trying again?
If I get pregnant again I would probably be a lot more cautious, more on-guard.

If my first pregnancy was a missed miscarriage, does that mean my next pregnancy would end up being the same? I'm really afraid it would happen to me again :(

Oh bless you. My first pg was also a mmc. I was devastated. We didn’t find out until 13 weeks and I ended up having surgical management. It knocked me for six and I was a bit of a mess.
My next pg resulted in my son. I also have a daughter.
Wishing you well. Be gentle with yourself. You’re grieving.

I am so sorry for your loss. I don’t think it means that. I lost our first baby at 10 weeks and I had a successful pregnancy after that. I was told we could start trying again once I had stopped bleeding and testing negative. I noticed how it’s easy to be naive when you get pregnant for the first time but after a mc and then getting pregnant again it’s definitely different and harder as you don’t let yourself have all those same hopes/dreams/excitement until you are well into pregnancy and know it’s a successful one that time around.

I'm sorry for your loss

For most women there isn't an increased risk of reoccurring miscarriages but obviously there are a small number of women that have issues that put you at higher risk of multiple miscarriages.

You can try again as soon as you are ready, it often recommended to wait at least until you have had a negative pregnancy test and a period but this is not essential. The pregnancy test is to separate out retained pregnancy material as the reason for a positive pregnancy test Vs a new pregnancy and the period helps with dating.

I had two miscarriages last year both at 10 weeks. After the first it took about 6 weeks to feel ready by which point I had already had my period and with the second I felt ready pretty much straight away. I conceived a few weeks after my miscarriage without a period in between and was 7.5 weeks before I dared to take a pregnancy test. I obviously didn't know this. I phoned the epu and they offered to test my HCG to estimate when would be a good time to do an early scan to date the pregnancy. My HCG was over 100k and they scanned me the next day and found I was already 8 weeks. My midwife estimated what my would have been for this gestation to book the dating scan. If I hadn't had the scan she would have used my miscarriage as the date and I might have needed a second dating scan if this hadn't been between 11 and 14 weeks. I'm now 26 weeks and since the dating scan not having a lmp hasn't been a problem.

Oh I'm so sorry for your loss.

No, it doesn't mean that your risk of a miscarriage is higher next time. There's probably no reason why you shouldn't have a healthy pregnancy next time.

My first pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage. It's so devastating and really knocks you for six.

I conceived my next pregnancy quite quickly afterwards. It went perfectly but I never stopped worrying until she was in my arms. I have two teenagers now.

So sorry for your loss. I know the pain of MMC.

I’ve had 3 pregnancies
1: MMC
2: Healthy live birth
3: MMC (had an MVA last week)

One miscarriage doesn’t increase your odds, I believe it’s after two consecutive miscarriages or more the odds increase, and even in that case it’s still more likely that someone would have a live birth than another miscarriage. I know MMC is even more rare, I’ve just been unlucky that it has happened to me twice though fortunately not in a row.

I’m hoping to try again ASAP. Once bleeding has stopped and you’ve had a negative test then you’re good to go, once you feel up to it. Best wishes x