Are You More Fertile After Miscarriage? True or False

[BearHitch]

Hey ladies... I recently had a miscarriage and DH and I are looking to try again.  I've heard that you are more fertile after a miscarriage- does anyone know if this is true or just rumor for someone who would really like that to be true (me)?!  The bleeding has pretty much stopped, though it picks up a bit after sex but then stops again, so I think my body is done getting rid of everything...  Has anyone else had a m/c and conceived shortly after?  I'd love some stories that would envoke hope :)  Thanks!

[AUSIE SHELL]

HI I HAD A MISCARRAGE IN DECEMBER 2004 THE FIRST TIME WE WERE TRYING FOR A BABY IT HAPPENED THE FIRST MONTH... WE WERE SO EXCITED, I WAS 11 WEEKS PREGNANT AND HAD JUST STARTED TO TELL FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS AND I STARTED BLEEDING THE DAY AFTER... WE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT CONFIRMED I WAS PREGNANT AND JUST BLEEDING THE HEART WAS THERE AND IT WAS FINE I JUST HAD TO TAKE IT EASY.. I STAYED IN  BED FOR 2 WEEKS AND THE BLEEDING CONTINUED VERY MILDLY, TWO WEEKS TO THE DAY I LOST THE BABY, I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL AS THE PAINS WERE SO BAD AND HAD A D&C (CURETTE) TO REMOVE ANYTHING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT OVER, TWO MONTHS AFTER I HAD HAD THE MISCARRIAGE WE STARTED TRYING AGAIN. IT TOOK US 3 MONTHS TO FALL PREGNANT BUT WE WERE TRYING SO HARD THIS DAY AND THAT DAY IT WAS BECOMNG STRESSFULL AND WHEN WE SAID THAT THIS WAS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WE DIDNT PARTICULARY TAKE NOTE OF THE DAY BUT KNEW ARROUND THAT TIME IT COULD HAPPEN. WE HAVE A VERY HANDSOME BABY BOY (BLAKE JOHN)... HE WAS BORN 10 POUND 10 OUNCES... SHELL...

[msneicynola]

sometimes true and sometimes false. It depends on if the baby did any damages to your body. but sometimes if you are lucky. Yes you are a bit more fertile than usually. that's one reason why they tell you after a miscarriage wait some weeks before trying again

[glb25]

That's what I was told after M/C and after the birth of my DS. If you don't want to get preg again be VERY careful. If you do then still be careful and let your body heal and get back to normal before trying. Otherwise it could result in another M/C. At least that's what the doc told me. Good Luck...

[pfeiferbaby]

I can say that yes it is possible to get pregant right after i had one last year in jan. and 2 days into after i passed it i got pregant with my now 9  month old son and i am trying to have another one with my new husband and we are having trouble now if anyone can give me some input on this please feel free to

[baby_gift_from_God]

Hi, Just to share my experience.  I m/c naturally in mid april 06 at 5 weeks and bled for about 7 days.  Once the bledding stop we resume our sex activity.  Priase God, after 1 week from my m/c i got pregnant immediately after 1 try.  God is amazing and He gave us this wonderful surprises.  So all things are possible.

[mb2006]

Well, my story has a different outcome unfortunately. I had natural m/c very early on end of May with no D & C. I felt good after bleeding only a week and went ahead with trying to get pregnant again when I knew I was ovulating 2 weeks later. Here I am 2 more weeks later and had positive pregnancy test a few days ago but another m/c started last night. Again, very early so hopefully symptoms will be mild and natural discharge. People had told me to wait but I was eager to try again and worried more about waiting long time as I'm 36 and just trying for first time. My midwife was surprised I got pregnant so fast after first m/c so don't know if b/c more fertile after 1st m/c or just like that in general. The first time I got pregnant on 2nd month trying so maybe just my body and nothing to do with m/c. I wish you luck with pregnancy after m/c! I now am eager to try yet again but will wait 1 to 2 months though I don't agree with it. There's really no research to support waiting if natural early m/c. Remember 1/5 women under 35 and 1/4 women over 35 have m/c so it's not that rare to start with. Good luck!

[bee3]

i have just had a m/c last week at eight weeks. i never thought i could get pregnant without help as i have low level of ovulation. however now i am so scared of falling again and going through m/c again how can i get over that fear. my heart goes out to anyone with these bad experiences.

[Brandy702]

the doctors say i had a miscarriage, well 2 doctors and it has been almost 2 weeks ago now, what i have read from some other posts are they conceived again only a week later! how can you're body do that if you were prego and that halts you're eggs from dropping???

really curious, cause if it's true i want to try it!

also i have a question i hope some of you can help with!!

MY HCG LEVELS KEEP RISING, and it has been close to 2 weeks now! shouldn't they have started to drop like soon after???

it has the doctors stumped even!!

they have done numerous ultra sounds and have said they can not find anything in my tubes nor uterus no gestational sac was ever found, that my uterus has thinned back to pre pregnancy size....i only bled for 3 days, but it hurt like heck!! i was 5 weeks along...

can anyone shed some light??

Brandy

[CherBear04]

Your HCG levels should not be rising if there is no pregnancy found. Checkout misdiagnosedmiscarriage.com for more answers

[stonerose3883]

I am pregnant after miscarrying twins in Nov. of 07.  I am shocked because my boyfriend and I used condoms everytime we had sex.  Anyway, my period has come down 4 times in a month and a half.  What in the world?  Huh, my doctor put me on birth control pills to regulate my cycle, but now I am pregnant, what gives?  

[Melanie824]

I had a molar pregnancy 7 months ago.  I had no idea what this was but it turns out that cancer can form (even after a d&c) if not all of the pregnancy is removed/passed.  The only way to tell if you have the cancer is if your HCG levels rise.  The good news is though, that it has a 100% cure rate with a small dosage of chemo in shot form.  Ask your doctor about a possible molar pregnancy.  I wish you the best as I know how hard it was - so emotional.  We had to wait 6 months and then could start trying again.  Best wishes!

[hayleycam]

i had a missed misscarriage at 16 and half weeks.. had my d&c 3weeks ago and am still bleeding..been to the hospital 4 a scan and they said that all was fine but i had a slight blood clot on my uterus was just wondering if there anyone whos had the same and what the outcome of theres was.

[gemz20]

i had a complete misscarriage 1 week ago, im only 20 but eager to try again:( would a baby stand a good chance if you started trying straight away? only had some light bleeding for a few days and not much pain minus the stress/worry.

[Kim1989]

there have been plenty of women who miscarry and then get pregnant right away and everythings ok. but doctors suggest waitin a cylce or two before trying again

[JonahsMommy]

I have read several post online and even spoke to my doctor.  I miscarried almost a week ago, and he said we could start trying again asap. I was only seven weeks along so he said I wasn't far enough for it to bother anything if I did get pregnant right now.
The reason they use to tell you to wait 3 months is so your body could regulate and start a new cycle and they could track the due date. This later became wait one month so they could track from your LMP but now with Ultra sound Machines they say it doesn't matter because they can track it. I have heard you are more fertile after an MC and you can get pregnant fast. As some women have to wait until their cycle resumes to become fertile again.  I wish you all the best ! GOD Bless!

[slc03]

Hi , I had a m/c on the 4th july i was 7 weeks so i expected my cycle to be like normal but my cervical mucas appeared later than normal and has stayed much longer. Does this mean I am more fertile or is it my hormones playing up. as I should be due for my next period now but I get the feeling it's nowhere in sight. What's going on?
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[sara129]

i had a missed m/c and had to have a medical management of a m/c yesterday it was the worst thing i have ever gone through and the pain was terrible i had morphene which was a life saver i was only 5 weeks gone but we had been trying for a year, it is so unfair and we wanted this baby more than anything in the world i feel so empty this morning and i dont know what to do with myself !! we want to try again but im so scared that it might happen again or that it might take another year because my cycles were so long before hand around 45days!! has anyone with irregular cycles who have had a m/c found that it helped your cycles or made them worse or the same?? and how long can i expect to bleed for?? thankyou

[millymay33]

I had an ectopic or (tubal) pregnancy in July.  I was 6 weeks.  The dr gave me methotrexate to stop the growth of the baby.  I bled for about 5 days very heavy though.  I had my blood tested every week until my hCG was back down to zero.  The dr gave me the green light to start trying right away.  I don't think I've ovulate yet, but I haven't been really paying attention.   We have been trying for about a year.  I was taking a lot of fertility medication and think they may have had something to do with the ectopic from some of the articles i've read.  We are going to try on our own for about 6 more months then maybe IVF.  
  This has been the saddest thing I've ever been through. It's been about a month ago and I still feel really empty and sad everyday.  Best of luck to all.  

[keshakanee]

last sunday I spotted and cramped for about 3 hours. I went to the hospital and they told me I was pregnant and was probably miscarrying. I had a positive test monday and tuesday and negative one wednesday and thursday negative. I went to the doctor today and he said that that the line was so faint and said that I was probably not pregnant and to come back in 6 weeks. I am so confused because most of you have said that that you bled for days and I only spotted for a few hours. The other thing is that when they take my lood I show up pregnant and when they do the urine it comes up negative.

[Yamycal]

I had a misscarriage at 5 weeks, i bled a little than the rest came out and a few days later i had more of it come out i bled for about 7 days and had cramping for most of that. It was hard for me to get pregnant in the 1st place because of my tilted uterus so therefore i have to either put pillows under myself or tilt my body to even get pregnant i have been told that you were more fertile after a miscarriage and am hoping I get pregnant again with out having to do the tilt! anyone else have to do this to get pregnant and have had the same expierence

[polorolo]

hi
i had a miscarriage 5weeks ago i did a preg test 2weeks after as told this was negative so we decided to start trying for a baby again.
yesterday i did 2 pregnanct tests both posative i was so happy to be pregnant again so soon but when i saw my docter he told me theres a chance im not pregnant that its my hormons still high from my micarried pregnancy 5weeks ago im booked in to to have blood samples taken to see if my hormones are increasing and i also have to go for a scan but i wont know for sure for three weeks.
has anyone els been in this situation ? what was the outcome?
im going mad not knowing. does anyone know what my chances are please let me know many thanks xx

[Zett6370]

Hello, Im thirty-eight years old. Married 10yrs (second). A physical trainer. I was told 12yrs ago that I could not have anymore children. My son's are now 19 & 16. However, during that time I had went under infertility to clear up the endo that was located in my tubes and became a cement wall that did not allow sperm to get through. Anyways, after two laps. I was told that there was only 1% chance of ever having another child...again, that was 12yrs ago. Surprisingly in March...I noticed that my period was late..something that had never happened before...but I was told by my Gyno that I was most likely going through pre-p-menapause. Seven days after that news...I went to a FP clinic...took a test, and two hours later..found out I was pregnant! six and half weeks!  Excited was an understatement! Called my husband and my mother first...They told the rest. The pregnancy was going smooth, great infact..I reached my 14th week, was having a little tugging going on below and my stomach had strunked..Sooo, went to the doctors...they had taken some urine and blood...then told me they needed to take an US...I knew something was wrong...just did not know what...Long story short...As the tech was doing the US...she was pushing down hard...There was no heartbeat...NO HEARTBEAT!! all I seen was his little body, but no signs of life...They tried to shock him...three times...Nothing..They had me carry him for two weeks and three days..Dead..They would not give me a D&C because it was a still birth and he was still connected...Finally I had him June 6th, 08...The lost was hard...but wanting to try again...Here it is Sept 08' and my husband will be flying back down during the OV time and hopefully...we once again...our final time...Succeed. Im praying that GOD will allowed us to bring another angel in our lives to stay,  because one of his angels he took.  back...  Nervous but Hopeful....        

[beci84]

i had a miscarriage on sunday i was about 6 weeks gone according to the docs dates i have very irregular periods an it is very hard to track ovulation,  i was thrilled when i became pregnant after 8 months of trying then when my baby was taken from me on sunday i couldn't contain myself i am longing for a baby.....i want to start trying asap the bleeding has nearly stopped is it safe to start trying again? i am sorry to hear the stories that every one has been through its a horrible tragic situation and i wouldn't wish it upon any one is any one can gove me any advice about this i would be very grateful thank you.  big cuddles for you all :o( XXXX

[Determined2try]

It is some what comforting to know that I am not alone in what I have been going through. I had a miscarriage a week ago today and it has been really hard trying to cope with the loss. I was only 7 weeks pregnant but i had just begun to get used to the idea when we lost it.

I was wondering if someone could give me their opinion on some thing. My job consists of looking after two toddlers. I have no problem looking after them but one of the moms just had a baby and the other is as pregnant as I was. The thought of going back to work and being surrounded with babys and pregnant ppl scares me to death. Is it stupid of me to not want to go back to work on Monday? Or should I just suck it up and deal with it. I'm confused as to what I should do and any input would be greatly appreciated.

Also, i want to start trying again, is it safe to say that once all the bleeding has finished it is ok to start trying again?