Dr's advice on waiting to conceive after missed miscarriage

[sausagemcgrah]

I underwent medical management 2 weeks ago for a missed miscarriage at 12 weeks. I visited the Doctor today, and was advised that I need to wait for at least 1 if not more periods as there is 'an increased risk of miscarriage' if I were to get pregnant again straight away. My Doctor is normally very good, and I would not question her word, but I have not read this anywhere. Is she right? I hope not as the thought of being pregnant again soon is the only thing that is getting me through this!

[sausagemcgrah]

Hi louisesh,

Sorry to hear your body is still doing strange things! My AF came 31 days after the day of the medical management (counting that as day 1) and I had crampy pains for about a week and a half before hand like it was about to come back anytime. I had brown sort of discharge on day 30 but nothing before that. My period started very light though - nothing like a normal period, and lasted for about 6 days, getting heavier after about 2 days. Maybe your body is building up to a period? Or maybe it's started already just very light?

At least you've had a scan quite recently so you can be fairly sure it's not retained products. (sorry - I hate that terminolgogy but don't know how else to put it.)

ooh- just had a though - have you been TTC since the miscarriage? It couldn't be an implanatation bleed could it? Or am I just woildly guessing now? It's all so confusing and horrid isn't it. And poor you not being able to swim for ages. Horrid, Evil pads.

[whomovedmychocolate]

sausage - both my children have been conceived the month after a miscarriage. Good luck in your next pregnancy, stay brave in the months ahead

[kylesmumofquin]

hi, i have just joined as ive been reading and have gone through this aswell. i was 11wks 4days when i started to clot and went to the er, they told me everything seemed fine as my blood levels were still high. I knew something was wrong so i insisted on o/s and it showed there was a baby but no heart beat. This was very hard as i had heard the heart beat and seen the baby move 2 days earlier. My Question to anyone who can help is how long your hormone levels can stay high enough to give a positive result on a preg test. It has been 5 weeks and i know i o/v about 21/2 wks ago. I did a preg test this morn and got a pos result. Please can anyone help, my gp is away until nxt week and im going to go mad by then waiting.
Thankyou
kylesmumofquin

[louisesh]

Hi SAUSAGEMCGRAPH nice to hear from you.Spoke with EPAU today can use tampax yeh makes life a bit easier so can go swimming tomorrow.I m now 31 days also since medical management still intermittent bleeding!!!! Don t thinks its a result of trying to concieve only had BD once since and that was protected due to my intermittent bleeding.Just have to wait and see what happens just carrying on now ttc.Went back to work today that was fine this is the last hurddle before returning to "normal".

WHOMOVEDMYCHOCOLATE Thats encouraging news to hear.

KYLESMUMOFQUIN Sorry to hear of your loss.I m now 31 days post medical management of a missed miscarriage and still showing positive , although fainter each week.I was 11 weekks when i went for my scan and they measured my "baby" at 7-8 weeks.

[louisesh]

HI Everyone at last a negative pregnancy test YEH a step in the right direction!!! Only 8 LONG weeks since my fetus died.Been 4 weeks 4 days since medical management.

[sausagemcgrah]

Yey Louisesh, I'm celebrating for you! Weirdly enough 30 days after medical management I had a positive test still and the next day I had a period. Weird! So maybe your period will pop up before you know it now.

Anyway - I'm glad thingsare getting back to normal for you. How are you feeling emotionally? It's been about 6 weeks now for me altogether and I'm still very up and down.

[louisesh]

HI SAUSAGEMCGRAH like you up and down.Back at work and today i had to deal with a patient who was 16 weeks pregnant today [That was excatly the same as me} that was VERY hard was thinking in 4 weeks time [just before xmas i would have known what sex our baby would have been} but not to be.

Otherwise most of the time managing to plod on DH excited now about ttc which helps.

Mini cruise next week {oh and pay day} to look foreward to.

[ashleyisallwoman]

can someone tell me whats going to happen to my body...
i just had a miscarrage two days ago .....and now today i got in the jacuzzi..?

Is there anyone that can tell me whats going to happen to my body?

[JodieO]

It's so they can date a pregnancy easier, nothing to do with healing etc, I've had 5 myself so sympathies.

[NickyNoo38]

Hi,

Never written on one of these before but finding things really hard and thought you guys might understand! :( I had a missed miscarriage in early October and found out at our 12 weeks scan. I was absolutely heartbroken but am getting there. I had to have a D&C as 2 rounds of tablets didn't work, the surgeon said everything went ok. I'm so worried about trying again but got everything crossed for us. I had my first period this week and just keep blubbing, any advise would be much appreciated. Hope everyone is doing ok xx

[bakingtins]

nicky I am so sorry you lost your baby. This is a zombie thread but start another on the board or join in with one of the recent ones to get some support. First AF seems to bring it all back, hopefully once that's done with you'll feel a little better, but give yourself time, it's still early days [flower]

222 I've reported you.

[LaLaLaaaa]

I am so sorry for your loss

I was told same thing by Dr but miscarriage association said there was no reason not to try again straight away.

I was pregnant 6 weeks after my mc and my DS is 15 weeks old.

I wish you every bit of luck and hope this time next year you'll be cuddling your own LO xx

[Ifetemioluwa15]

I am so glad to read good testimonies after a miscarriage. I had a missed miscarriage at 19 weeks (2 weeks ago) but I have not gotten any advice from my doctor (just told not to have intercourse for 4 weeks). There were no complication after I was induced to birth the baby. Is it advisable we ttc after the 4 weeks adviced?

[Greenglassteacup]

Reported!

[amyc1234]

Hi I have just had a missed miscarriage on wed 16th of August absolutely devastated was not expecting it to happen and had been trying for a year I want to start trying again straight away was wondering if anyone nos how long it will take n how long should I wait x