TTC after Miscarriage

Just wondered if there were any girls out there that are ttc after a miscarriage. We got pg really quickly, on our 2nd try (!) but sadly miscarried at 7 weeks. It was a natural m/c so the doctor told me we could start trying again straight away. And being 37 I decided this was a good thing - no time to waste really. I didn't have a good feeling about our pg, something in my heart told me it probably wasn't going to work out. Its funny how you just get a feeling about things.
Its just such an awful thought that I wont be able to get pg again. Anyway, just wondered if anyone wanted to share their stories - ttc or sucess......

I am in my 3rd cycle of ttc after a m/c. We also conceived very easily the first time (1st month and only had sex once!), and all this waiting is proving very frustrating for me. My story is somewhere on the board already, I don't really want to share it again right now, sorry, it just wasn't straight forward, and then I had a couple of months of complications. Everything is all clear now though.

We had 3 m/c before we got our little girls After each m/c, it took anywhere from 4 to 7 weeks for AF to come back. It was only after our last m/c (Sept 08) that we started TTC, with the help of a specialist because of our recurrent m/c history, and we got pg on the second cycle after the m/c (which was around 3 months after). I was on low dose aspirin, progesterone pessaries and 5mg of folic acid though, as my progesterone was too low to sustain a pregnancy, hence the recurrent m/c. The first m/c was an assisted m/c (misoprostol tablets) and the following two were natural.

Be aware that when you do get your BFP, it is very hard to relax and enjoy, for a lot of women. I had a positive feeling about my pregnancy from the word go, and although the girls were prem and I had GD, everything was perfect and so are they

Good luck to you - there is a few threads in the m/c section that might be of interest to you as well...

I got preggers with Daniel unexpected. When we started trying again I got preggers really easy but I had an ectopic. I had to wait 6 months before we were allowed to try again as I was given drugs to expel the ectopic rather than going down the surgery route. Once we were allowed to try again I got preggers and had a natural miscarriage. The following month I got preggers yet again and had Jared at 22w gest as he had spina bifida.

To be honest with each of them I've had a gut feeling. With Daniel I knew it was gonna be fine. With the ectopic I was the one pushing the doc for a scan cause I knew it was more than a simple miscarriage about to happen but he didn't believe me. I knew I was going to miscarry the next time from the time I got the bfp. With Jared I knew I wouldn't miscarry in my gut but when it came time for the 20w scan I wasnt at all excited about it. I didnt really even want to go to it.

We are ttc again, I'm scared sh*tless about it because of the spina bifida thing and morning sickness

I had an early miscarriage, and then got preggie straight away with our bubs. Apparently you're often more fertile after a mc. All the best

I had Jake and mc'd on average every 3 months for the next almost 2 years before getting this BFP. I was like Stacey I knew it wasn't gonna work each time to the point that I didn't even tell family. This time round it just felt right and I had few if any concerns. We're about 27 weeks now and its been interesting but good.

minik8e wrote: We had 3 m/c before we got our little girls After each m/c, it took anywhere from 4 to 7 weeks for AF to come back. It was only after our last m/c (Sept 08) that we started TTC, with the help of a specialist because of our recurrent m/c history, and we got pg on the second cycle after the m/c (which was around 3 months after). I was on low dose aspirin, progesterone pessaries and 5mg of folic acid though, as my progesterone was too low to sustain a pregnancy, hence the recurrent m/c. The first m/c was an assisted m/c (misoprostol tablets) and the following two were natural. Be aware that when you do get your BFP, it is very hard to relax and enjoy, for a lot of women. I had a positive feeling about my pregnancy from the word go, and although the girls were prem and I had GD, everything was perfect and so are they Good luck to you - there is a few threads in the m/c section that might be of interest to you as well...

You are inspirational to me minik8e - I am also TTC after 3 m/c's. Not managing to fall pg so easily now though, I have managed it fairly smartly after the last two once we started using Repromed. How did you know you had low progesterone BTW? I am self-medicating low dose asprin because it was mentioned that next time I get pg then Repromed will give me Heparin - I think it's the same thing?

Hi Maebeebaby....

No, I am not seeing a specialist.....yet. I have only been trying to conceive since mid august, got pg almost straight away and miscarried. They wont want a bar of me until it has happened at least twice. As horrible as it sounds, I think miscarrying your first is quite common......so I will try (am trying) again and hope for the best. If it does happen again I will ask that they do some tests although I'm sure my doctor will suggest that. I met my DH at 33 as well, he was defo worth the wait! So I hope and pray our wish comes true soon

melnel wrote: Once you have lost a baby the innocence of pg is lost.

Sorry for your loss MrsHopeful. I had two m/c. The first was at 13 wks. We hadn't been ttc and so the pg came as a bit of a shock but then I was soooo happy. DH was away at the time and I wanted to tell him in person rather than over the phone so I kept it a secret. I started to m/c the day he was coming home and day I was going for a scan. I was absolutely devastated. Melnel is right about the loss of innocence once you lose a baby - even early on. I wish I had told someone I was pg because the m/c was even more lonely when I was the only one feeling the loss.

It took me a while to convince DH we should ttc. Then BFP first month. But it never felt right and ended up m/c at 5 weeks. Tried again the next month and BFP and a healthy little boy. But I don't think I relaxed for one minute the whole pg!

I'm on 4th month of ttc #2. I was expecting to get pg again easily, so am finding the waiting frustrating. I'm getting my cycle tracked this month with blood tests to see if I'm actually ovulating. The other bonus of this is if/when I get pg they will have base levels of HCG so I'll be able to monitor the health of the pg immediately. I found that helped with sanity last time!

FX for you

jazzy wrote: I fell pg with my first DS when not trying but it took over 2 yrs to fall pg with the next but m/c at 13weeks & was told to wait 6mths before trying. .

Do you know why they told you that? Was it for medical reasons, or 'sanity' reasons? Cause they also told me the same, for 'sanity' reasons to give me time to grieve. I didn't listen, and got pg on my 2nd cycle. Even though it ended in mc, getting pg was the only thing that put the smile on my dial again. I would have gone crazy having to wait for six months without TTC! That in itself gave me focus and a goal! So you can probably guess that I am back in that same situation now