- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
Pregnant after a Loss
Pregnancy after D&C
I'm sure there are posts about this somewhere on here, but I figured I'd start a new one...
We
unfortunately lost our first pregnancy at 8weeks. I didn't find out
until our 11wk ultrasound because I had no bleeding or cramping. I had
my D & C yesterday, which I guess went fine. I've been finding a
sense of peace in a lot of the posts I've read about women getting pregnant
after a D&C, but I'd love to hear more stories on here (even if
they are not happy endings, that's fine). I want to know what to expect
from here on out, and how soon I might expect my first AF and BFP!
Although I do know everyone is different, it's nice to hear about the
experiences of others.
Thank you in advance for sharing your stories and experiences. I appreciate the community during this tough time for my husband and I.
KCBFP #1 6/23/12, MMC at 8w2d, D&C 8/19/12
BFP #2 10/17/12, CP 11/1/12
BFP #3 12/26/2012, hoping for baby #1!
This discussion has been closed.
Re: Pregnancy after D&C
Try to hang in there and not get discouraged. Good luck!
I didn't get AF until 12 weeks after D&C, and that was with Provera. I ended up being irregular afterwards until we did Clomid for 3 rounds which seemed to "trick" my body into regulating itself. I got my next BFP about a year after D&C..
However, I don't think I'm the normal story - I also found out that I have PCOS which I'm sure was/does play a factor.
I am so sorry for your loss.
I lost my first pregnancy at 9.5 weeks, but like you had zero m/c symptoms, and did not find out until much later, actually at my NT scan. I had a D&C at 12w6d, and bled for weeks and weeks after. When the bleeding finally slowed to a barely-there spotting, I got AF (six weeks after D&C). DH and I waited another two cycles and then conceived right away on our first TTC cycle.
With that second pregnancy, a yolk sac was detected at an early u/s, but no fetal pole ever developed. At 8+ weeks, I had a D&C. The bleeding was much lighter and ended much quicker than my first D&C. AF came quicker too, at four week after D&C. I got my BFP first attempt after the D&C (two cycles afterwards).
Now I'm 20+ weeks along and so far, everything is looking good. I wish you a quick recovery from your D&C and am sending lots of T&P your way.
First, I am so sorry for your loss. (((HUGS))) Take your time easing back into TTC and be easy on yourself. I found that the emotional healing took significantly longer than any physical healing.
I had the the almost exact same experience that you're having right now. With my 2nd mc, I had a missed mc that showed the baby stopped growing at 8 weeks but I didn't find out until 12 weeks at a routine OB appt. They couldn't find the hb with the doppler so they decided to try the ultrasound. No heartbeat. I had a D&C a couple of days later. At my 4 week checkup after that I decided to go back on the pill b/c I wanted to take a break from trying for about 6 months. So I started the pill that weekend and didn't think about anything else. Until my period never started when I had finished that first pack. I bought a pregnancy test and took it. Positive! I was floored. So then I was worried b/c I had no idea how far along I was. I made an appointment with a new OB (best decision I ever made) and he did an ultrasound. Turns out I had gotten pregnant right around the time I started taking the pill again. And that was my first pregnancy that stuck. I don't know how common that is but it worked for me! I'm not saying you should start TTC immediately b/c I will admit that I never had a decent chance to actually grieve like I should have and it made me crazy through the whole pregnancy. I was scared every second of every day for the whole time I knew I was pregnant that something would happen. It never did and the pregnancy was textbook perfect but I made it so much harder than it needed to be. But pgal brain is a crazy thing and I have a feeling it would've been the same no matter how long I had waited. I hope that when you do decide to start trying again, that it happens quickly and you have a happy, healthy 9 months
Good luck and take care!!
I am so sorry for your loss. The ladies at TTCAL were a godsend to me as I moved forward in the TTC process, and you might find some comfort there, as well as on the miscarriage/pregnancy loss board.
I had a missed m/c last October at 11w, followed by an emergency D&C due to hemorraging. It took 70d for my first AF post loss. My normal cycle pre-loss/pg was 25d. I ended up having to wait 2 cycles based on my doc's advice (my first few cycles after my AF were shorter than normal 21d/23d). We ended up conceiving on our 3rd cycle post-loss. I was 40 at the time.
That said, everyone is different. Be sure to follow your doc's advice in terms of how many cycles to give your body to get back to it's new normal before TTC again. Also, make sure you are emotionally ready to TTC. I'm not going to lie TTCAL is a tough road and PGAL is even tougher emotionally in some ways.
GL to you.
Hello,
My story is kind of like yours, except unlike you I had a blighted ovum. I went in for my 8 week US and it showed an empty sac measuring 5 weeks. Went in two weeks later and it was no different. We had a D&C mid December. We were advised to wait, but we decided to try after my first cycle since it took us 6 months to get a positive the first time around. 6 weeks after the D&C I got my first cycle. I started keeping track of my cycles more accurately as well taking ovulation tests. It took us from January until June to get a positive. So far everything seems good. I'm at a little over 10 weeks. Good Luck to you! I hope you get a positive way before we did!