Miscarriage - Seattle,WA

First let me say that I am sorry for what you have been through!

If your miscarriage was within the first trimester and a single occurrence (no history of miscarriage, gynecological disease, STD's and no apparent cause) it was likely just a genetic "fluke" in which the embryo didn't develop properly to support the pregnancy and should have no influence on your ability to conceive.

Now whether or not you should be worried after TTC for 6 months depends on a variety of factors. One is your age and the other one how "seriously" you have tried, meaning how frequently do you have sex and are you aware of your ovulation patterns.

If you are over 35, you have been charting and are able to correctly interpret your basal temperature and have sex frequently around ovulation you might want to consider speaking to your doctor. Simply because you are of "advanced age" and if you need help conceiving you might want to get started on diagnosis and treatmeant without trying in vain for years while your fertility declines even more.

Now, if you are under 35, or if you have been trying more casually, or you don't know your ovulation patterns, then get a good book (I recommend "Take Charge Of Your Fertility), learn how to interpret your body's signs and TTC in a more "organized way".
If you have not conceived after a year of regular, unprotected intercourse you can consult your Ob/GYN and go from there.
If you are in your 20ies you may even wait longer than that if you have the patience.

The chance to achieve pregnancy is only about 20% per month, even with perfectly timed intercourse. Normal conception rates are: 70% in the first 6 months, 85% by 1 year and 95% by two years without infertility treatment.
Good luck!

Well, first of all, I'm so sorry for your loss! I'd go back to the Dr and see what they have to say. Another thing I would do is chart your cycle and you can do that and learn all about doing it at www.fertilityfriend.com All you'll need is the right kind of thermometer that you can get at any drug store (its called a BBT thermometer or Basal Body Temp, I think) and you'd also just need to pay lots of attention to your body. I charted my cycle and through doing so I got pregnant and even got the sex of baby I wanted by timing intercourse correctly. If you think about it, there is such a short amount of time in a month that you can actually get pregnant that if you know just when you are ovulating, it can make all the difference, especially if you don't have the best "environment" to get the job done!

Anyway, do check with your Dr, maybe you have an underlying problem or maybe you just haven't had the best timing. Good Luck!

Just pray and the lord will move!!

I also HIGHLY recommend "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" ( you can check it out at tcoyf.com and purchase at Amazon or any major bookstore). I was using it to track my cycles when I miscarried almost a year ago (November, my second pregnancy). My cycles had never been cause for alarm, always 28-31 days but as I was tracking I became aware of a problem with low Progesterone levels...I took my charts in to a doctor and diagnosed low P-levels as the probable cause of my miscarriage and suggested a round of fertility meds without having to do any testing at all...just because I had tracked my cycles it was obvious. I didn't actually have to take the fertility meds...I took Birth Control for 1 month and while tracking became pregnant the second cycle after my miscarriage...I now have a beautiful new baby boy. I have a good friend who has PCOS and is finding success jumpstarting ovulation by going on a gluten-free, dairy-free diet (she is tracking her cycles using tcoyf also). Good luck! I know how scary and disappointing it can be...before we'd been trying to conceive for 3 months before I started tracking then after 3 more months we conceived then miscarried because of the low P-levels...it's really hard...but tracking really does give you some power over the situation and you won't have to wait a year for testing and treatment.

You have a 25% chance of getting pregnant each month. The average amount of time it takes for most people trying to conceive is 6 months. You are only fertile about 5-6 days of the month. So to put it simply sometimes it is difficult to get pregnant when you want to.
I saw someone suggest Fertility Friend, that is a great idea. Tracking your cycle and your ovulation is a great idea. You can get ovulation tests at many Dollar Tree stores. Then try having a lot of sex on your fertile days.
It took me 9 months this time so keep trying...

M.
I am very sorry for your loss. I know it can be hard, but you will have a child in time. I to had a miscarriage with my first one and a while later we got preganant with our daughter who is now 19 months happy and healthy. So i also recomend if you are concerned you can talk to your doctor. This book that i put down hopefully will help. Also i have found google to be very helpful with any concerns you might have.

You should check out Beth Kiley's --book on line
Personal Path to Pregnancy. It seems it could be really helpful. I have not read it all the way through, but it talks about diet and things to eat or avoid and all kinds of things that helped her.

good luck
B.

Go see your dr again. I lost two before my son, who is four now, and three now after my son. Its never easy but its good to try and understand maybe why.
Xoxoxo

I am so sorry for your loss. how often are you having sex? The egg is only available for a short period of time and if you are stressed it will make it harder to get pregnant. now don't tell your husband I said this but.... My cousin had multiple miscarraiges and her doctor told her that until she had sex everyday for 1 year there was no need to worry... did I mention this was a man:)

Try not to stress and just enjoy the extra time you are able to be with your husband. Once this new baby is made your life will never be the same!