PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 1999: Re: miscarriage after 2 babies

Re: miscarriage after 2 babies

From: Mars

anonymous@obgyn.net

Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:56:35 -0500 (CDT)

I'm sorry to hear of your loss. :-( I'm glad you didn't have to have a d&c, I think it is better for your recovery time to not have one as well. It would take some pretty strong-arm tactics to get me to submit to one if I thought it was the least likely unwarranted. :-) Anyway, I've heard also stories of people getting pregnant right away after m/c. If it were me, I'd try to do it too. Some people don't want to because they are afraid of another m/c, or need time to grieve the loss, etc. There are a myriad of reasons to wait. I don't think there is a medical reason to, however, unless your doctor tells you to wait because of a known problem with your health. It just doesn't make much sense to me that there would be any increased risk of another m/c or any health problems for a baby conceived the next cycle after a m/c. I may be wrong, but its just from my understanding of how the body works and heals that makes sense to me. I mean, after you have your m/c, your uterus is cleansed out just like after a normal period or after giving birth, and then a new growth of endometrium grows to prepare for another pregnancy, another egg is released, and there you go, another chance to get pregnant. There would be nothing lingering over, the only possibility that I can think of would be hormones, but that would serve only to delay the ovulation. As your doc had told you, 2-4 weeks for ovulation to occur again. For a normal cycle after your period begins, you'd ovulate in two weeks (on a 28 day cycle), and if there is lingering hormones from pregnancy (which prevent further eggs from being released), give it an extra week or two to get out of your system and to start over. Perhaps because of this timing issue it would be more difficult to get pregnant right away the next cycle, but not impossible. But all this boils down to WHAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE with, and by all means discuss it with your doctor. Tell him/her that you don't want to wait 3-6 mos, and then tell him/her that if you don't wait you're afraid it will mean another problem, etc. Good luck whatever you decide, I hope by giving my personal opinions on the issue that it helps you make your decision. Let us know how things go and what your decision is, and what your doctor tells you.

-- Mars (edd #1 2/10/00, so glad to be past 8 weeks!)

At Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Michelle wrote: > >Hello, > >I have 2 babies (a 3 & 1 year old) and was 8.5 weeks pregnant when I >started bleeding on Sunday. There was no cramping for the first couple >of days (not until last nite). Went to the hospital on Monday due to >one or two clots (blood - they never found any "tissue" that they could >tell)& they did an u/s - they found the uteris walls thick but no sign >of a fetus. No d & c was done (felt it was to invasive and better for >my recovery time without one). I feel bad as I have already two healthy >kids at home, but I wanted this baby so badly. I am wondering how soon >I can try to get pregnant again? The doctor told me I would start to >ovulate in 3 - 4 weeks and indicated that I can start again then. I >always thought you should wait 3 - 6 months (which I really don't want >to) to try again. I have read through the archives that a few women >have gotten pregnant immediately after miscarriage & was wondering how >it is going? Were there any complications due to not have one "normal" >cycle before trying again? I am anxious to have my children close >together and am not anxious to wait 3 - 6 months but am scared that if I >don't I might miscarry again. I am healthy and had no complications >with the first 2 pregnancies. > >Thanks! > >-- >Michelle >

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