PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for August, 2000: Re: TTC after Miscarriage

Re: TTC after Miscarriage

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:42:41 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 31 Aug 2000, mollie wrote: >
>We have just miscarred, so obviously we will not start trying right
>away. We need some time to deal with this emotionally, which I suspect
>will take at least a couple of months.
>
>Just trying to make sense, though, of all of the different things I have
>heard about when it is OK to try again.
>
>My Doctor says that after a NORMAL (meaning definitely of the usual sort
>you would experience, nothing odd) period or two, it is perfectly fine
>to start trying again, even though I have had a D & C.

Yup!!

>
>Elsewhere I have heard/read that getting pregnant only two or three
>months after a D & C leads to increased risk of miscarriage and/or
>controllable (but bad) pre-term labor. Many people suggest as many as 6
>months of rest for the uterus.

Old time thoughts with no research to back them up.

>
>Is this just another case of the sorry state of research on women's
>reproductive health--i.e., no one really knows.

Nope just an example of how long it takes to get misinformation out of circulation after it has been disproven.

. . or are there some >solid answers out there? What would the doctors and nurses on this board
>recommend?

Physically, there is no need to delay at all. Emotionally, one needs to take as long as it takes to work out the grieving over your loss. We used to want people to wait until they ahd had one or two regular periods so we would have a good last menstrual period to base dates on. Now with Ultrasound, we don't need to worry about that.

RDB

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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