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How long after miscarriage can I try again
I was wondering how long after a miscarriage (medically) can we TTC again. I had at D&C done this past Fri (11/19) and am starting to feel better. we really want to TTC asap.
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It was me who posted the article before, and here it is:
New Pregnancy Study
by SunWorshiper_26, Oct 12, 2010 02:47PM
Research Briefs from The Parent Review
No wait needed for pregnancy after miscarriage
For the best pregnancy outcomes, when should a woman try to conceive again after a miscarriage? The sooner the better, a new study suggests. Scottish researchers looked at data for nearly 31,000 women who became pregnant after an initial miscarriage. Compared to women who conceived 6 to 12 months after their miscarriage, those who became pregnant again within 6 months were 34% less likely to miscarry a second time. They were also less likely to have an ectopic pregnancy, a cesarean or preterm delivery, or a low-birth-weight infant. The highest risks of a second miscarriage and other pregnancy complications were seen among women who conceived more than 24 months after miscarriage. The findings run contrary to current guidelines by the World Health Organization to wait at least half a year to conceive after having a miscarriage, which affects approximately one in five pregnancies.
Source: British Medical Journal 341 (2010): c3967.
New Pregnancy Study
by SunWorshiper_26, Oct 12, 2010 02:47PM
Research Briefs from The Parent Review
No wait needed for pregnancy after miscarriage
For the best pregnancy outcomes, when should a woman try to conceive again after a miscarriage? The sooner the better, a new study suggests. Scottish researchers looked at data for nearly 31,000 women who became pregnant after an initial miscarriage. Compared to women who conceived 6 to 12 months after their miscarriage, those who became pregnant again within 6 months were 34% less likely to miscarry a second time. They were also less likely to have an ectopic pregnancy, a cesarean or preterm delivery, or a low-birth-weight infant. The highest risks of a second miscarriage and other pregnancy complications were seen among women who conceived more than 24 months after miscarriage. The findings run contrary to current guidelines by the World Health Organization to wait at least half a year to conceive after having a miscarriage, which affects approximately one in five pregnancies.
Source: British Medical Journal 341 (2010): c3967.
Someone posted an article on here somewhere that a new study stating that you could try immediatly after a miscarriage. I dont remember if that was also with a D&C req'd or not. I will try to find the post.
Usually it's recommended to wait at least 1-3 cycles after a d&c in order to allow your uterus and body time to heal and recover. If you choose not to wait that long, you could probably try again in two weeks. This is just to avoid any infections you might get if penetration were involved. Keep in mind though that if you do try again and your body isn't ready, you could risk another miscarriage. (the lining might not be enough to support a new pregnancy)
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(Health.com) -- When women have a miscarriage, one of the first questions they often ask is how long they should wait before getting pregnant again. A new study suggests that the sooner they start trying, the better.
Women who conceive within six months of a miscarriage instead of waiting up to a year reduce their risk of another miscarriage by one-third, and they also increase their chances of a healthy and successful pregnancy, according to the study, which appears in the journal BMJ.
Even though as many as 1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage, recommendations for getting pregnant afterward are all over the map. Many doctors tell women to wait until after a normal menstrual cycle, while others advise waiting up to 18 months. The World Health Organization recommends waiting at least six months.
The six-month window highlighted in the study is "faster than most people would have thought," says ob-gyn Catherine Spong, M.D., the chief of the Pregnancy and Perinatology branch of the National Institutes of Health.
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The findings don't mean that women should rush to conceive after losing a pregnancy, but they do suggest that women who feel ready to try again right after a miscarriage will have good outcomes, says Spong, who was not involved in the new study.
Much of the evidence supporting a wait of six months or more comes from developing countries, where medical care is less reliable and where women tend to get pregnant at earlier ages.
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In countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, by contrast, many women delay pregnancy due to career or financial concerns. And for a woman in her 30s who has experienced a miscarriage, the authors write, "Any delay in attempting conception could further decrease the chances of a healthy baby."
In the study, researchers at the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, in Scotland, analyzed the hospital records of nearly 31,000 women whose first pregnancy ended in miscarriage. Just over 40 percent of the women conceived again within six months, and another 25 percent did so between six and 12 months.
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Compared with the latter group, the women who conceived within six months were 34 percent less likely to have another miscarriage and more than half as likely to experience an ectopic pregnancy, in which the embryo attaches outside the uterus.
The women who conceived within six months also had better overall outcomes. They were about 10 percent less likely to have a C-section or a preterm delivery, and about 15 percent less likely to have a baby of low birth weight than the women who waited up to a year.
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This study is not the last word on the subject, however. Although the researchers took the women's socioeconomic status and age into account, it's possible that factors other than the time between pregnancies were responsible for the different outcomes. For instance, women who get pregnant immediately after a miscarriage may be more motivated and health-conscious than women who prefer to wait, the study suggests.
"We cannot really tell whether pregnancies conceived very soon after a miscarriage really do have better outcomes, or whether women (and couples) who conceive quickly following a miscarriage have better outcomes in a subsequent pregnancy than couples who take longer to conceive," says Julia Shelley, Ph.D, an associate professor at Deakin University, in Burwood, Australia, who co-wrote an editorial accompanying the study.
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Although this research is likely to influence the advice that some ob-gyns give their patients, Spong says, she stresses that the decision about when to get pregnant after a miscarriage is ultimately a personal one that depends on a woman's emotional and physical state, her family situation, and what -- if anything -- prompted the miscarriage. "You can't make a blanket statement," she says.
Still, she adds, the study sheds some much-needed light on a little-understood area. "It's clearly an important question that people need and want to know the answer to," Spong says.
Hope this sheds some light for you, So sorry for your loss and ssbd your way!