Pregnancy after miscarriage- any successful stories?

[Markygirl1995]

Just wanting some reassurance really. Got my dating scan tomorrow but just wanted to hear some successful stories of pregnancy after miscarriage. I've fallen pregnant again after losing baby in Dec

Hi @Markygirl1995 yes identical babies. It's very rare to carry them to term sadly.
Also I was 41 so I was so worried I didn't gave much time left to have another baby.
(I also have a 6yr old daughter)

Marky - eternal optimism. I even thought we had lost this bean as had pints of bleeding at 8 weeks - subchorionic haemorrhage- but only thought I was 4 weeks!

Two missed ones at 12 weeks so has erpc.
And a chemical all within 17 months.

Lucky we got closer as a couple.

Did help that I have a 2.5 yr old
Too. Saw the mc clinic and was on steroids and progesterone.

But as I am eternally positive ... and wanted healthy babies. They were simply not meant for this world.

Having said that this pregnancy is hard! Pgp, diabetes, bleeds! But nearly there! 2 weeks to induction!

Getting past the stage you were when you lost the first time is a big milestone. I had a mmc and found out around 8 weeks when I started bleeding so we scheduled a scan for 8 weeks the next time to reassure ourselves we had psssd that stage.

Miscarriage association website states that 95% who see a heartbeat at 8 weeks will take home a baby. I just kept telling myself that statistic

I am sitting here now with my 6 month old DD - we almost didn't try again after an M/c but so glad we did!

A couple of women in my NCT group also lost a baby and went on to have babies so it happens for sure.

Good Luck.

@Mumagain2017 I'm so sorry to hear must've been so difficult! I don't know I could have coped!! Very strong woman you are!

@Stuckinstressville you're joking you still have bleeds that would worry me so much! I heard diabetes in pregnancy is common too, what sort of symptoms do you have with that? I wish you all the best too! And congrats!

@riddles26 I'm not sure how far gone I was when I miscarried but when I did see it pass out (tmi sorry you've just got to look) it seemed bigger than what I expected which makes me think I was further that midwife assumed!

@emvy I will keep you updated hopefully I'll be able to get a picture that'll I'll post if all goes to plan and we'll!!

@happywifey thank you that's very reassuring, how soon did you conceive after miscarrying?

I lost a baby at my husband's badminton club Christmas dinner one year (so end of November/early December?), and didn't have a period before I tested positive a couple of months later. Never could get a proper date - I think they just guessed - but the baby was delivered (early, as it turned out) at the end of August at a very healthy 8lbs 13oz (no idea of what that would be in kg now). God knows what he'd have weighed had he gone to term! He's now a very lovely 22-year-old. Oh, I was 37 at the time and diabetic, so not at what you'd consider my prime fertility either. I discovered on here only recently that he's what's known as a rainbow baby.

I wish you well with your own rainbow baby

@abbey44 thank you tat gives me reassurance just want this to go well this is what I want so bad!!! I feel like I'm gonna go mental if that doesn't work out!!

Best piece of advice I ever received was to treat each pregnancy as a brand new one (which sounds daft but I definitely hung on to the my first experience for the next one). I had a mc, then a successful pregnancy (now ds4), mmc and then a successful pregnancy (now ds 22 months).

It’s so hard to relax and mc definitely steal the joy of a positive pregnancy test. Live in the moment if you can OP, and congratulations!

@StorminaBcup I'll take that on board! Just a bag of nerves at the moment I think tomorrow can only tell when I have my dating scan, no blood at the moment which is positive just paranoia! Thank you too! I'll take the advice and keep repeating that to myself!

I had an afmr at 21 weeks and then fee months later fell pregnant with my now 2 year old beautiful boy. Last May I had a mmc resulting in a d&c and I am lucky enough to now be 30 weeks pregnant with another boy! The anxiety during each pregnancy never goes away but do try to be gentle with yourself. It's okay to worry but enjoy this time too!

Storm - yes I agree! Each one was different and unique.... that is how I think I dealt with it!

Good luck op!

@Markygirl we lost our baba in 2015 and conceieved just over a year later. I couldn't believe it and both DH and I were still finding it difficult to accept until well after the 12 week mark as we didn't want to get our hopes up... But hey, here she is!

We had already had a male factor infertility diagnosis for another of DH's health problems and were applying for NHS IVF. On the 12 month of trying in January 2017 I fell pregnant, sadly miscarried two weeks later.

Fell pregnant again in May and miscarried five days later at work. Had just started a new job, it was a horrendous conversation to have.

By some miracle we fell pregnant again in July and I am 35 weeks pregnant and currently being kept awake by our wriggly baby girl. The anxiety doesn't go away, I still check the colour of the toilet paper after going to the loo but the fear does slowly get better.

@AndInShortIWasAfraid thank you for sharing that I'm sorry for your previously loses and congratulations on your pregnancy now. It is anxiety and stress that gets to me I think if I had the midwife appointments I'd get that reassurance and today at the dating scan will help too if all goes well! Thank you and wish you all the best!

Getting nervous for my scan 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

Good luck. Let us know how you get on.

Will do @DaisyChainsForever

Still early days ladies but here's our little bean!!! With a heart beat too! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Awww :) How many weeks are you?

That's great news. Were you measuring as expected?

I had a feeling 6/7 weeks but they're measuring 5/6 so close ish! Super happy just got to get over the next 6 weeks for the next scan! @DaisyChainsForever @MsJuniper

Awww that’s a relief OP!

I had a MMC
Then pg 3 months later with DS
Then had another MMC
Then pg a year later with DD

@Taffeta I'm hoping this pregnancy will be successful!! Too much trauma last year and already last week we need some positivity!!!

I had a miscarriage, then a beautiful girl , then a miscarriage, then a beautiful boy.

Great to see your scan op, wishing you so much luck with it all