Getting Pregnant after Miscarriage

Preconception & Pregnancy Conception
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Well me and hubby decided we wanted our 3rd child on our 10th wedding anniversary pretty much exactly a year ago. We tried for 2 months and got pregnant in December. We carried our little one for exactly 7 weeks as well and unfortunately I miscarried in February. So my doctor told us at the appointment to get right back on the horse because there is no proof that getting pregnant right away again increases the liklyhood of miscarriages. . . and you are more fertile right after again. So we did and I got pregnant in March right away!

I'm due in December and in the third trimester doing great. So that is my personal story. Good luck with whatever you decide. I'm so glad we tried right away again. My little Lex is doing great and I can't wait till we get to meet him!

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i would NOT get pregnant this soon. you are most likely NOT the most fertile during that 4-6 weeks after; in fact, the risk is higher that you would miscarriage again. heres why:

even though you dont know anything is going on down there in the first weeks, the changes are TREMENDOUS. not only does your body have to completely change after implantation, but it starts to grow and feed the beginnings of a human child. NEVER in the entirety of a persons life do things change as much as in the first few weeks. heart is formed and starts beating, it goes from 2 to 4 to 8 to 16 cells and rapidly! the growth is AMAZING and beyond our comprehension.

as a result, the uterus, body, and general systems down there are kinda "tired" for lack of a better word. its like trees; they lose their leaves in the fall in order to suck the nutrients back into the roots to protect themselves for winter. your uterus, body and all that needs to have the time to bounce back from the preparation and "blooming" that it WAS doing and get back to "normal".

my doctor told me to wait 3 months. not only for the above reasons, but also for emotional ones. you lost a baby. whether or not you saw it, met it, held it, or whatever, it was a baby. you wanted it, you dreamed of it, you were overjoyed. let yourself mourne and emotionally recouperate before trying again. my husband and i didnt go on the pill, but we used condoms during that time (the pill made me nuts anyway) and we just took it slow. we were both terrified of it happening again, because the more times it happens, the higher the chance that something is wrong more than just the miscarriage. my doctor said at 3 miscarriages, they would test both of us for issues that would prevent a pregnancy. and above all we did not want to have to go through that.

i understand your feelings, we had a miscarriage, all we wanted was to get past it and try again. but we will NEVER regret the time we took to emotionally and physically recouperate.

i am very sorry for your loss, and i wish you good luck moving forward. i hope that you do have a successful pregnancy, but i do ask you, from my experience, it is better to wait than risk another miscarriage. its very painful, i know. and its very hard to wait. but its WORTH it.

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Hi Casey,

With our first baby, we tried for over 11 months to get pregnant. Finally, on June I got pregnant but then I had a miscarriage at 3 weeks. I researched a lot about miscarriage as part of my process of healing emotionally. My Dr. also advised me to wait one month before trying again. I was so tired of waiting to get pregnant that I did not went back on the pill and let mother nature to follow its course, and it happen that a month later after the miscarriage I got pregnant again. Everything went very well. It help us to move on from the miscarriage/loss experience. I understand how you feel. However, you know that if Drs make their recommendations, make sure you ask them the reason why you should wait and what are the possible consequences, and from there you can decide to take the chance and the risks, if any.
Good luck!

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Casey I am sorry to hear about your loss. I had a miscarriage at about the same time my first pregnancy and was told to wait before trying again. We waited because I wanted to make sure my body had recovered and the next baby would have the best environment to grow.

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I misscarried at 12 weeks and had to have a D & C. My doctor told us it was a fluke to miscarry and if we were emotionally ready to go ahead and try again immediatly. The next month I found out I was pregnant. I had a great pregnancy but it was emotionally tough come the milestones. I say go ahead and try. Good luck

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I also had an early miscarrige but it ended on its own. My DR told me to wait to try until I had 2 periods, or 3 months, since my periods were irregular and 2 periods could take months. I had a miscarriage in March and was pregnant again in July, on the 2nd month of trying. I am just about 12 weeks now and things are going smoothly. GOOD LUCK!!!

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it is almost five months now since i order a pregnancy spell cast on me on Facebook (Oduduwa Ajakaye) i saw in a website on how he help a couple to get pregnant and i contacted him which i started seeing changes on my body since the first week of last 4 months and i am 18 weeks gone and i am carrying my own baby in my womb i am so happy that i finally got pregnant after all i have been through. contact him for any problems you are having, he will surely provide you a solution, All thanks be to him