Re: miscarriage after 2 babies
From: Michelle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:36:28 -0500 (CDT)
Thank you for your response. I am hoping to get pregnant as soon as my
body thinks it is time. It is a little scary thinking about
miscarriages but everything I have read and heard says that I should be
ok trying immediately after. So here is hoping! I will let you know!
--
Michelle
At Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Mars, wrote:
>
>Hi Michelle,
>
>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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Michelle
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