Just a little hope.. maybe

alexnyc39 · April 2012

I found this on a website...which I since lost so can't post the link.

It's nice to see a study where no one who experienced a miscarriage, experienced a loss in their second time being pregnant.

I know doctors differ on how long they tell you to wait before trying again. My doctor told me just 1 month (maybe my age..I am older!). Below they say 4 months which seems too long but I see the reasoning in getting your body in optimal form.

Best of luck to everyone going forward.

>>>>>The natural approach to miscarriage, particularly when there is no medically diagnosed cause, has proved to be very effective. A study conducted by the University of Surrey showed that 83 percent of couples, with a previous history of miscarriage, who made changes in their lifestyle, diet and took nutritional supplements, conceived and had a baby within the three years of the study without experiencing another miscarriage. The national average for miscarriages is 1 in 4, so one would have expected to see some miscarriages, especially in those couples who had already experienced a miscarriage. However, none of the couples who became pregnant during the study suffered a miscarriage. Those statistics speak for themselves.

It takes at least three months for immature eggs (oocytes) to develop to maturity. At this point they are ready for ovulation. As a result, there is a four-month period in which you can take steps to ensure that all of the factors necessary for a healthy conception and pregnancy are present. This is called the preconceptual period, and it is essential that you look upon this period as one that is as important as the pregnancy itself in terms of your lifestyle and diet. It also takes at least three months for sperm cells to mature, ready to be ejaculated, so your partner needs to follow the recommendations below over four months as well.

So take four months off. Don't even try to conceive over that time and spend those months achieving optimum health before you try to get pregnant again. Make sure that you and your partner have corrected any vitamin and mineral deficiencies and that toxins (for further information about toxins, see how to access the full chapter on Miscarriages below) are avoided as much as possible.

MWoodside · April 2012

I am totally not trying to be pessimistic here, but I question that study. Was it a super small # of couples?

There are plenty of women that have multiple losses. I obviously wouldn't wish that on anyone, but it does happen.

kelly321 · April 2012

MWoodside:
I am totally not trying to be pessimistic here, but I question that study. Was it a super small # of couples?

There are plenty of women that have multiple losses. I obviously wouldn't wish that on anyone, but it does happen.

This. Unless it was a small number of couples, it is statistically very, very unlikely that none of them experienced another miscarriage.

katharine25 · April 2012

I think I've seen this "study" It's some natural conception program from the UK. The sell you a program to "get healthy" and claim no one has had a miscarriage after starting their program. I call bull sh!t. or maybe they just don't have any clients, which would also be true, since 0 people participating = 0 miscarriages.

OP, I'm glad this give you some hope, and while there is definitely benefits to leading a healthy lifestyle, taking all the necessary vitamins, and waiting 4 months (for your hormones to regulate), that in itself will not guarantee not having a miscarriage it is not a good practice to provide such information with out linking the source.

Laurakat81 · April 2012

I'm sorry OP but I call BS on this study too.

I truly am glad that if offered you some hope. But personally, I kind of find the article offensive, like its saying that I could have prevented my losses if I'd just taken better care of myself.

Honestly, step away from Dr. Google. He's full of lies and worse case scenarios. If you're going to look up studies, then look up the actual studies, not some unknown authors synopsis of a study. If the author can't actually cite the study then chances are they know they aren't giving an accurate description of the findings.

alexnyc39 · April 2012

Hi All- I guess my old friends didn't nickname me 'Hope' for nothing.

Blind hope is really all I am going on..See I am 39 and this first pregnancy which ended in a horrible m/c I hope will not be my last.

It was some UK site that I was on- so it must have been that UK study that you mentioned..and yes, probably trying to sell things.

I just got out of the denial stage and this seemed to make me feel better. When I told my (all to realistic) bf about the study, he said, 'well, how many couples were i the study - 5?". So I see what you're saying. And hell if I'm waiting 4 months! 1 cycle like my dr. said sounds perfect. Next time around I'm going to try not to be a nervous wreck, and know even if I do everything right, a pg may not make it. But hope and faith will go a long way and hope is what will get me through.. So I will leave with my favorite quote from Shawshank Redemption:

"Remember hope is good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

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