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how soon trying to get pregnant after miscarriage

I've read in my prgenancy books and on forums and I've been told by doctors to wait 1 to 3 cycles before trying to get pregnant again after having had a miscarriage recently. But there doesn't seem to be any research to back this up...no one can tell me if there's a medical risk if I get pregnant sooner. Does anyone know? I am 36 years old and had a m/c on my first pregnancy last month and I'm eager to try again. If it's for emotional reasons that people say to wait, well getting pregnant again will make me feel better as that was my goal, but I don't want to have an increased risk of another m/c by getting pregnant too soon. But time is an issue b/c I am 36 and just starting to have children now. I know this all may be pointless if I don't ovulate again soon, but hoping thinsg get back to normal soon. I had a natural m/c and my hcg levels are almost back to normal or zero. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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hey i know that feeling i also had a m/c on sept 11,2010 it was not planned but my husband nd i were very excited about it until we lost it dont get worked up with all this we are actualy trying to have a baby again i hope for the best for u and ur man
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Pregnancy not planned i was on the pill but appearently all my family has had pregnancy while on some sort of b/c...i had a m/c 4 days after my 19th birthday (oct.5) . i didnt now i was pregnant until i was like 6 weeks and i only knew because my period didnt come... i had my m/c when i was 8 weeks.. it started out as bright pink blood and since i had sex like right before the blood my friend told me not to worry then i caled my obgyn and they told me not to worry also... well the bleeding gets darker and heavier so i go to tmh er... well they run some test and my hormones were at 1446... so they didnt do an ultra sound since it wasnt at 1500.. so they send me home... right as soon as i get home i go potty and when i wipe i noticed a clot that didnt look normal i freaked out crying yelling at my best friend and boyfriend who were in my room that i miscarried go to er next day hormones are at 300... my boyfriends way of coping i guess is to act like nothng happened... so its a month after my m/c i stopped bleeding on oct.12.. we havent been using condoms and on the 12th had unprotected sex but is using spermicide now but it last an hour and our sex usually last an hour and a half if not longer and have forgotten a few times... lately i have been feeling sick and tired and still havent gotten period yet... idk if im pregnant but my boyfriend doesnt even want kids til hes 32.. hes 26 right now.. i secretly hope i do get pregnant though...
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I had a m/c 3 weeks ago and I was 6 weeks. It wasn't a planned pregnancy b/c I'm in my third year of college and he other the other hand, has a gf. So yeh totally not planned!! But when I actually saw the heartbeat, that moment changed everything for me. I also lost my baby the saturday before I was scheduled for an ultrasound the following wednesday. I went to the emergency room b/c I had lower back pains so I thought it was just a urinary tract infection but then as I waited on the doctor it progressed and moved to the front, right under my stomach. As they were doin the ultrasound in the emergency, they thought it would be fine. But at the very end of the u/s, it moved from my uterus fundus to my cervix. That night when I got home, I went to use the bathroom and it jus slide right out. I cried so much. And now 3 weeks later, I think I'm pregnant again. This time I think I kind of did it on purpose b/c I felt empty.
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hello.
i am also 20 and i have alreaddy one son who is 2,5 years old.so..i and my husband desade about one more baby.we was trying for 11 mounths to get pregnant and finely we get.i went to emergency in hospital,when i was in 5,5 week,because bleeding was start and i was sure its not good...well they send me to early pregnancy unit and i got ultrasoud,and doctor said everything is fine,go home....so thets what i did.i wasnt cocnect my GP cause i am new i this cauntry and i just dont have GP.so,plan was next day go to GP and inform him about my pregnancy.but thinks start go really wrong..i start get cramping,and pain like delivery pain-i know how its feels like cause i have child.so,bleeding was 2 days like brown,and even werry werry black,i chek in internet its old blood,so its good.i was sleeping in the bad few days,but then i feel thinks are more worst cause bleeding was gooing red and dark red.i went again in emergency and again i get same, early pregnancy unit for ultrasoud,but this time i get bad news-baby is inside but dead.
now my beeeding is almost gone,and next week i am gooing for chek is eveything is cleane.
but....now i am worry -can i get again baby,and how soon i vill get?and how soon pain vill be gone from our  hearts.
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im 20, i hadnt planned on getting pregnant until my fiance and i were married. things jus happen for unexplainable reasons. i lost our lil jelly bean at exactly 9 weeks, i had gone to the doctor that very day and felt fine until that evening. its very hard for me to see my friends who are pregnant and have babies going thru what i wanted so badly once i became pregnant. even worse its hard to stomache people around you ooh-ing and ahh-ing over others bellys and ultra sounds. i go to the doctor tomorrow for the first time since i lost my baby and im dreading it but its comforting to know im not the only one out there with these feelings toward other mothers. i would not wish this on anyone ever but its very hard to see and hear about these mothers who do drugs and abuse their bodies while pregnant when i took good care of myself and watched everything i did and still had this terrible tragedy.
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I had my daughter by c section & got pregnant 8 weeks after & miscarried at 11 weeks. I saw heartbeat & bloodwork was perfect. I had light brown spotting for two days then miscarried. 3 months later I got pregnant again & at 11 weeks in the middle of night, I got bad pains. I thought it was gas. I went to bathroom. No bleeding nothing,but all of a sudden baby came out then i started bleeding. Strange...
my Dr told me to wait & after normal menstraul try again.  I am. Also I always get pregnant first month of trying....

Crossing fingers!
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