Getting pregnant right after a MC or MMC...

[4077girl]

Hello everyone!

I'll probably be joining in this thread soon (at least I hope soon....still waiting for MC to start :/

The doctor didn't say anything about waiting to try again- do you all think it's putting the pregnancy at much higher risk of being another MC if I conceive right after the MC before I get a real period?

If I still haven't started to bleed by Friday and the doctor offers me a d&c or those suppositories do you think I should pass? I want to do whatever is the best for my future chances of getting (and STAYING) pregnant!

Good luck to everyone!!

 

[Amarles]

Hello everyone!

I'll probably be joining in this thread soon (at least I hope soon....still waiting for MC to start :/

The doctor didn't say anything about waiting to try again- do you all think it's putting the pregnancy at much higher risk of being another MC if I conceive right after the MC before I get a real period?

If I still haven't started to bleed by Friday and the doctor offers me a d&c or those suppositories do you think I should pass? I want to do whatever is the best for my future chances of getting (and STAYING) pregnant!

Good luck to everyone!!

hi Girl, welcome to the forum, sorry you have to go through MC.
I opted to have natural MC at home and today I think this was a good decision, but right after MC I felt I made a wrong decision because of the amount of pain I went through. I guess it all depends how advanced is your pregn., I was 11 wks. I waited 2 wks for MC to start form the time I was told it will happen. I would get strong cramps every 12- 24 hrs, it took 5 days on and off. I would def take a time off from work if you can, I didn't and got stranded on the way home from work once. I took some pain meds but it did not help at all.

I healed after MC within couple weeks, but I heard after D&C it may take longer, therefore we have started to TTC right away. Although I am at my 3 cycle after MC, still no BFP.
I have heard of many women being pregnant right away after MC and they have perfect pregnancy/baby, I also have heard of recurring MC, less, but it happens. But I have never heard that conceiving right after MC is a precursor to another MC.

Stay strong !

 

[Chrissi1981]

Hi Ladies !!

Can I join your group ? I am 32 and had a mc at 11 weeks just last month. I was told it was a blighted ovum. Much to our disappointment my DH and I have decided go move on head held high and begin TTC. We were going to wait till after AF had come along and gone, but I'm a bit impatient lol !! I believe I'm 8DPO but how can one be so sure straight after a loss. Hoping to see a BFP of course sooner rather than later. But we shall see. Fingers and toes crossed.

Love to you all !! Xxx

 

[cutieq]

Welcome Chrissi. Best of luck to you!! Definitely sorry for your loss and I hope you get that BFP super soon! The wait after a MC can really suck!

 

[4077girl]

I miscarried on Friday naturally (7 weeks), in the evening after my appointment. I felt something was stuck (tmi!) so I ended up taking the misoprostol the following day as I was instructed to do on Saturday (my appointment on Friday morning showed everything was still in my uterus). It didn't really do much of anything, I mostly just bled lightly and it's seems to be just about finished now. I'll have a follow up on August 11th to make sure everything is out and my HCG is back to 0. It was I think a blighted ovum, because the doctor said at my scan there was only a gestational sack, no yolk or anything.

I'd really like to make some friends on here who are in the same boat. I don't really want to talk to people much about this in real life, as it's happened twice now, and I don't want to have to tell them it was yet another MC, because I don't like people feeling sorry for me and asking over and over if I'm okay (I really am!) and telling me to have hope and be positive when I KNOW my chances are nil and I shouldn't be getting my hopes up when my HCGs are low and slow...

I'm planning on trying this month because...why not? We seem to be very fortunate in that I seem to be able to get pregnant if he so much as looks at me funny, so I guess we just keep trying until one of them sticks? If it doesn't work, it doesn't work.

I've been referred to a fertility specialist in Toronto who does a lot of research on recurrent loss. Planning on taking extra folic acid and prenatals while I wait for the appointment and taking it VERY easy after I ovulate. Hopefully it will help :/ I hope the doctor has some other suggestions, I've heard anecdotally that progesterone helps, but haven't seem a lot of solid evidence. I'm willing to try anything!

 

[Lynny77]

Hi ladies,

4077girl I'm in the same boat as you. Blighted ovum and I had to take the mysoprostal. So today is cd11 for me. I'm still spotting but only when I'm physically active. I usually ovulate around cd18 or 20 so I'm hoping ovulation this month isn't too delayed. It took us 10 months of hardcore ttc to get pregnant and the timing of it was just so perfect but here we are back ttc. Hopefully it won't take another 10 months to get lucky again. I had just started at a fertility clinic and they found I have an arcuate uterus which is a bit heart shaped rather than triangular and is an easy fix. Hopefully that can be taken care of soon though I haven't heard from the clinic since my loss so not sure if I have to wait a cycle or not. I just want to be pregnant again- right now! lol.

 

[Chrissi1981]

It sucks doesn't it ? But it WILL happen one day and if with a little help so be it. Will you both wait a cycle ? We started straight away TTC I think I ovulated last Monday so we will see if I get my BFP. I'm a huge health freak so I'm guessing it's just one of those things. At least I hope. Have you ladies had you progesterone levels checked ? Just for precautions I started using Emerita Progest Cream so if I do conceive hopefully it develops and sticks.

Can I ask one thing. What are your diets like ? I'm a huge believer that our diets make a massive difference to how fertile we are and to how our pregnancies are affected. I only eat organic chicken, fish and a load of vegetables, beans, nuts, lentils and complex carbohydrates. I do eat chocolate from time to time lol and sweets oops !!! But eh. My health has Been immensely important to me over the past few years.

Hope to hear from you soon xxx

 

[4077girl]

@Chrissi1981 - I was eating healthy while TTC and during the early parts of pregnancy, but once I found it out it wasn't working I started eating complete junk (I'm an oreo addict :/ ). So I really should start eating better and KEEP it up until I have a baby!

I'm planning on trying again right away, I'm impatient and the doctor didn't tell me not to.

This progesterone cream, I assume you need a prescription for it? I don't know if I've ever had my progesterone checked, the doctor has never given me any numbers for it, but maybe that's because it's always been ok? I'd definitely like to try it if there is any chance of it helping.

Good luck I hope you get your BFP!!

@lynny77 - I hope you won't have to wait so long to get your BFP this time!! Everything I've read says that you're more fertile for a while after a MC, so get to it I hope it happens quickly and everything goes perfectly for you

 

[Chrissi1981]

You don't need at prescription no you can buy Emerita Progest online. It will tell you when and how to use it. Hoping it'll work for me. Did you have 2 blighted ovums ? X

 

[Lynny77]

Hi Chrissi- yes I am starting as soon as I can! No waiting here Just waiting to have a couple days spot free before we start to bd again.

Hopefully this is your lucky month! Everything is crossed for you!

We are fairly healthy as well. Not perfect but we eat a lot of good, non processed food. We have a fabulous farmers market close to us every saturday and it's crazy how much better the food tastes. I also like to be fairly active. Hopefully that'll help with getting a bfp again sooner rather than later. I do hear a lot about progesterone on the boards. The clinic had tested mine and all was good.

 

[Chrissi1981]

The UK is so rubbish. They won't test you unless you go private . Health makes a huge difference yes. I never eat processed food either and supplement daily with herbs, minerals and vitamins. I hardly drink and before I fell pregnant prior to our loss practiced yoga on a day to day basis. I also am a fairly positive and spiritual person who loves meditation. I don't understand blighted ovums though. Hopefully, next time will be a sticker hehe xxx

 

[4077girl]

You don't need at prescription no you can buy Emerita Progest online. It will tell you when and how to use it. Hoping it'll work for me. Did you have 2 blighted ovums ? X

I think so? The doctor never said blighted ovum to me, but with both pregnancies, every times I had scans they said it was just a sack and I never saw anything like an embryo come out of me either, so I am guessing that's what it was??

 

[Lynny77]

That would be a blighted ovum. From what I've read it happens at conception. Some chromosome thing goes wrong. Hopefully it won't happen again!

 

[Chrissi1981]

There is also a chance that blighted ovums can be caused by hormonal imbalances. If you'd been on the pill for a long time this could have caused issues. Then sorting out the estrogen - progesterone ratio is best advised. But yes chromosome issues are more likely. Just try to stay healthy. Supplementing with DIM which is a substance found in crucificiuous vegetables is found to help with progesterone production. As well as using Chasteberry. Try to avoid soy products and too much diary even organic dairy if you think you have an issue with estrogen. By the way I'm no doctor. This is stuff I've tried myself in the past which had helped me deal with my then hormonal acne. Xxx

 

[4077girl]

I've haven't been on the pill in 7 or 8 years so I don't think it would be related to that. I had my a bunch of hormone levels tested a while ago for acne, and the doctor said everything lined up perfectly with my cycle but I can't remember what all was tested, and I'm sure things could have changed since thing. I am going to ask about all this at the fertility specialist if he doesn't bring it up.

In the mean time, I've read a bunch of journal articles about different supplements given to women having unexplained recurrent miscarriage and decided to up my magnesium, d3, and selenium in addition to taking my nfh prenatal. Who knows, maybe that will help? I've made sure that the amounts I'm taking aren't too high assuming I'm not deficient but hopefully high enough to help if that is the issue. I had a urinalysis many years ago and I seem to recall that I was nt absorbing enough of a great many things, so maybe this is the issue.

Re: progesterone- If I haven't had my progesterone tested, is there any harm in using a cream if my levels are fine? I'm wondering if I try to get pregnant this cycle before my appointment with the specialist if I should use it "just incase" or if that could cause harm?

 

[lolly25]

Hi all I'm new to this group I had a miscarriage at approx 5w3d July 14. Our BFP was a shock but we where happy about it now decided to try. I got a neg hpt this morning (2 days ago was very faint pos still this on a 10miu test) I'm still lightly bleeding, well I had nearly stopped bd last night and now light pink 😳 hoping it will settle soon xx