Pregnant after MC?

[rach971]

Anyone else here pregnant after miscarriage? ☺️

I had a MC middle of August this year, at 7 weeks pregnant. It took a long time for my HCG to come down so we've only just recently started trying again. I'm 10dpo and have just got a faint positive on a test. Going to test again tomorrow with a FRER but crossing my fingers 🤞😁

Just so scared of it ending the same way again :( I have a 7 year old daughter so already had one successful pregnancy. Just want everything to be okay this time. The MC was a huge strain on me and my partner 😫 don't know how I'll be able to enjoy this pregnancy! Added a photo of the test to my post ☺️

Hi, I am currently 20.5 weeks pregnant. Had a miscarriage last December at 7 weeks. We started trying again straight away but it took 7 months to get pregnant again. I was scared that I would have another miscarriage too, I think it's natural to be scared after miscarriage and normal for anyone in that position. I will be honest with how I coped, obsessively testing at least every other day until I was 8 weeks, to reassure myself the lines were getting and darker and staying dark. With previous pregnancy we went for an early private scan, which was inconclusive and had to go back 2 weeks later, when miscarriage was confirmed, but I already knew by then that was going to be the outcome. With my MC I had pink bleeding from 5 weeks onwards, only small amounts but pretty much daily and the day before we were due to go for repeat scan the bleeding was more red but still light
With my current pregnancy I was determined not to go for a scan until I was 8 weeks, I knew that if there was something wrong there was a good chance I would know before 8 weeks and I didn't want to go through the same thing I saw on the scan last time. At 8 week scan we saw our little bubba and I cried when we heard her heart beat. Now laying in bed feeling her moving around. Try to take it one day at a time, try to say positive and relaxed, not easy I know. Wishing you all the best for a 🌈 baby

@Rainbowbub22 Thank you so much for replying ☺️ My MC story is a little similar to yours. I found I was pregnant super early, around 3 weeks and a couple of days. To be honest, right from finding out, I had this weird feeling that it just wasn't going to go well/something wasn't right. Everytime my partner would talk about us having the baby, I'd always say 'IF'... From around halfway through the fourth week I was getting brown coloured discharge/bleeding. Not much, but still there. Phoned EPU after a couple of days and they said nothing to worry about, can be perfectly normal, as long as it isn't bright red it's fine. Well anyway this continued everyday for about 10 days so I phoned back. They said they'd scan me as I was obviously worried. Had to wait another couple of days for scan, went to hosp and they confirmed all was okay. They saw the flicker of a heartbeat, confirmed I was around 6+3 and all was good. The discharge/bleeding literally stopped on the day of the scan. I felt really reassured and started to relax a little. Anyway fast forward to a couple of weeks later and I went to the loo and noticed a pink stain in my underwear. This was at night, so I left it, changed underwear, checked again in the morning, and there was slightly more pink again. I didn't think EPU would be that bothered from them not scanning me last time when I initially called, due to it not being bright red, and I also knew that IF they would then I'd likely have to wait a couple of days. So I booked a same day appointment for a private scan. That's where it was confirmed that baby had stopped growing at exactly 7 weeks. They phoned EPU and made an appointment for me for a couple of days later and then EPU confirmed I'd had a missed miscarriage. I had misoprostol to bring things on. It was strange because I knew from the start something didn't feel right for some reason, but then at the same time you also never expect something like that to happen to you.

In that pregnancy I was paranoid about everything I ate, would Google everything, wouldn't lift anything even remotely heavy at work, etc etc. I feel like this time I want to just be relaxed and not worry, because trying to do everything right last time clearly didn't affect the outcome. But then another part of me knows I'm going to worry about everything, every step of the way 🙈

I'm so happy you're pregnant with your rainbow 🌈☺️ Hopefully this baby sticks. I think one thing the MC showed me is actually how many people have been through the exact same thing and gone on to have healthy pregnancies.

Sorry for the essay... 🤣

🤞🏻for you that you have your 🌈 baby this time too. I was also careful both pregnancies not to have any caffeine or anything else they tell you to avoid but I think your right that it doesn't make much difference. Most MC are caused by a problem with the foetus so nothing we can do will change the outcome.
One thing I did do with this pregnancy was take a 75mg baby aspirin every evening when I got in bed. I read lots that this can help to prevent miscarriage. I don't know if this helped me but it certainly didn't do any harm and my midwife now has me on 150mg of aspirin per day due to me having pre eclampsia in my previous successful pregnancy but this was a twin pregnancy so that was probably the reason for the pre eclampsia but better save than sorry.
I took folic acid, vitamin D and a baby aspirin everyday with this baby. I had my 20 week scan last week and she's perfect
There are many many women who have been through miscarriage and gone on to have healthy pregnancies afterwards but I understand how anxious it makes you feel.
Wishing you all the luck in the world and do let me know how your doing ❤️🤞🏻🌈

@Rainbowbub22 Ooooh, I've read a lot about people taking baby aspirin, and also people having low progesterone.

I think I'm a bit too much of a worrier to take any medication without being told to do so. If I had another MC and wasn't taking it then I'd probably think argh I should have took it! And if I took it and had a MC then I'd think oh no I've caused this 🙈 So I'll probably just stick to taking pregnancy vitamins this time. I'm crossing my fingers for a sticky baby BUT the hospital said last time that if I have a second MC then they would do tests and look into the cause, so that's reassuring at least. They also said they'd offer me an early scan this time around at 7 weeks as reassurance.

I personally do think it was a problem with the foetus that caused mine. I had one private scan in between my first EPU scan and finding out baby had passed. Sonographer said everything looked fine and heart beat was strong but considering how high the heart rate is supposed to be at that stage, it just genuinely didn't look right. It was about 1 beat per second, maybe slightly more, which would only be around 60-80bpm and it should have been considerably more.

Certainly feeling the nausea though 🤢 Felt it super early last time too, but was never sick.

Thank you, will do ☺️♥️

Hello! I am also newly pregnancy (5 weeks) after 2 recurrent miscarriages this year. Feeling very nervous. My first MC ended at 11 weeks and we found out at our 12 week scan which was very upsetting. I had to have a DnC and an overnight stay in hospital for that one because my body didn't recognise that there was no heartbeat so it did not pass naturally. My 2nd MC happened at 6 weeks and did pass naturally. I had some spotting over the weekend and was so worried I went to A&E (6 hour wait) but I'm glad I did because the hospital has offered me more support. They gave me a scan today and could see the pregnancy and I have another in 3 weeks when a heartbeat should be visible. I'm also lucky to be having some therapy at the moment for the anxiety because I could get 6 free sessions via my job. But I wouldn't say it's helping hugely. The only thing I find reassuring is physical symptoms. We seem to be lucky at getting pregnant quickly but the problem for us is keeping them😢 I also just had my birthday which is another reminder that time is not on my side as I'm in my late 30's. I just hope that this one is my rainbow baby. As the doctor just said to me, keep thinking positive thoughts!