For those who have had a miscarriage - how long did it take to get pregnant?

[Lcy]

Hello

As the title says i want to here some positive stories about getting pregnant after miscarriage - especially after a D&C. I had a missed miscarriage at 10 weeks and had a D&C a week ago .

Thank you

Lucy x

Hi I had a miscarriage at about 8 weeks and it took me 6 months to get pregnant again but this was because I was apparently getting my ovulation dates completely wrong Went for a routine smear, doctor said 'Oh you are ovulating', went home and got pregnant. Got pregnant again when dd1 was 8 months old, miscarried at 7 weeks (on Christmas day no less) and then got pregnant with dd2 about 5 weeks later.

For me it was important to be pregnant before the due dates. I suppose in many ways it means that I never have had to really deal with the miscarriages as I wouldn't have my kids if I hadn't lost those earlier pregnancies. Works for me but not for everyone.

hi. Sorry to hear about your mc. It's very hard and upsetting.

You wanted positive stories: After nearly 10 years of trying, got pg then lost it at 8 weeks. dd2 arrived 6 weeks after our lost one should have been born. Then we had absolutely no trouble conceiving and keeping ds.

Thanks Squonk - losing your baby after 10 years of trying must of been devestating x

RBH - CHRISTMAS DAY! - Life sucks sometimes

So sorry Lucy I was 10 weeks when I lost my baby in March my first cycle afterwards was really odd, 40 days instead of 28 and I am pretty sure that I didn't ovulate, got pregnant again the next cycle though so there was exactly 10 weeks between the two. Have to say, all I wanted to do was get pg again when I lost my baby but I am glad now that it didn't happen straight away, this new pg has been scary enough just with the fact of the MC and I think I needed that time to repair mentally and physically. All the very best and look after yourself x

Lcy - sorry about your miscarriage

I had a missed miscarriage at 9 weeks, found out at the 12 week scan in early October last year. I got pregnant again by the end of December and am now due in 5 weeks time.

Good Luck in trying again x

So sorry to hear about your m/c.
I had a missed m/c October 2006 at 12 weeks. Found out I was pg again February this year. I'm now 32 weeks pg and the size of a shed.
Please don't give up hope. I'm 38, so I guess I'm not at my prime, fertility-wise, but I still struck lucky.

Thank you so much for all your messages - you have given me hope - good luck with your pregnancys xx

I was so upset after my miscarriage that I put off trying again for a whole year. Then I conceived immediately (on the first go, as it were).

Sorry about your m/c. I have had two, didn't want to get pregnant straight away after the 1st but fell pregnant within 2 weeks of trying.

2nd m/c we tried for 2 months straight after, but looking back we weren't ready and it was just as well we decided to stop and give it some time.

Decided 4 months later to try again without realising I already was!!

Good luck - try and relax, don't turn it into your absolute focus and it will happen. I believe if you don't get pregnant straight away then the time isn't right.

I am now 37 weeks and just waiting for my little one to come. It is a long and difficult time but keep positive.

Lcy, sorry for your loss.

6 months for me, slightly longer than it took to conceive dd. It is not such a long time in the grand scheme of things, but I was in despair by then and had decided to give myself 2 years to get pg. That month I conceived ds!

The one I lost I conceived straight away. But that was not meant to be.

Keep the faith ...

snooks - i was the same as you, i never have strong ov symptoms but after mc my body was absolutly determined that i was going to know when it was happening.

I miscarried at 3-5 weeks. Strangely, I got pregnant again within the next 2 weeks. Later on I was told that right after having a miscarriage you are most fertile. It wasn't something I purposely tried to do though so I wouldn't recommend it. I'm just saying it is possible to get pregnant again right away.

so sorry to read your sad news. i have had 3 mc's. 1st and 2nd at about 6/7 weeks and 3rd at 9 weeks plus a d&c. each time i have fallen pregnant within 2/3 months with successful pregnancies but try not to stress about it, let your body cycle get back to normal. good luck

Sorry to hear of your loss.
Am currently supporting my friend following her first m/c and d&c last week after being told she couldnt have children as her 'd'p is not interested.

I had a m/c at 12 weeks in June 2005.

Fell preggers with Ds1 in Aug 2005 with the aid of an ovulation kit after becoming 'obsessed' with becoming preggers again asap.

Fell for Ds2 when Ds1 was 4 months old.

2004 even, not 2005.

sorry to hear.. for me it was 3 months after late mc... good luck
xx

We also put TTC off for a whole year. Not intentionally, but I think we were schocked how much it affected both of us. Now I am 14 weeks. It is different for every couple. You know when you are ready.

sorry to hear that

had a misscarriage at about 7 weeks between ds and dd we started trying again after about three months and i fell on after about ten (was starting to get really stressed about it so think that may have delayed things a bit)

have noticed though that i seem to fall on at the same time of year everytime though so maybe that's why

It's so sad to hear of all the grief behind each single of the lost ones here.
I had a missed mc detected at 12 weeks and didn't get AF for 6 months (due to incomplete ERPCs and cervical stenosis). Was a hell of a time and was stressed a lot. Got pregnant in first cycle after third surgery.
Lcy -- I think it's completely normal wanting to be pg right away and thinking of nothing else. Many books mention this what I can only call obsession. It's gets a little better with time and is completely normal. Some fall pregnant while they are in their obsessive phase, some need to leave it behind them, but your chances of falling pregant again are excellent.