Pregnant 2 weeks after miscarriage?

MarilynMonroe_2

notanewuser wrote: »

She's a lover of the tall tales.

I'm really happy for her and her partner. Just had no idea it could happen so quickly after a M/C. I thought the body would need more time to prepare for another pregnancy.

It just depends. As long as you ovulate you can pregnant straight away again. She was probably desperate for it to happen too, I'd be happy for her x

MarilynMonroe_2

notanewuser wrote: »

Crikey. The thought of sex 6 weeks after having my daughter was scary enough!

A miscarriage in the early days is not like giving birth.

notanewuser

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

A miscarriage in the early days is not like giving birth.

Physically, no. But in terms of mental trauma? I'm sure it would work very similarly in my mind - and I wouldn't be wanting to do the thing that caused it for a significant period of time!

MarilynMonroe_2

notanewuser wrote: »

Physically, no. But in terms of mental trauma? I'm sure it would work very similarly in my mind - and I wouldn't be wanting to do the thing that caused it for a significant period of time!

Obviously everyone is different, but you made it sound like a physical thing.
Personally I just wanted to be preganant asap afterwards.

notanewuser

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

Obviously everyone is different, but you made it sound like a physical thing.
Personally I just wanted to be preganant asap afterwards.

Thank you for sharing with me. I appreciate the insight from someone who's been there.

MarilynMonroe_2

Thats ok. As it happens I got pregnant the next cycle and now have a lovely daughter

SkipE

Same happened to me and my son was 1 yesterday. I wasnt convinced I had actually miscarried and had all the tests bloods etc and it was a new pregnancy.

It did however totally mess with my mind and I was convinced I would miscarry at every stage of my pregnancy. My 12 week scan I was crying so much I couldnt speak. In hindsight I should have waited longer to try again even though it wasn't entirely intentional. I think for my own state of mind I would have been better to wait.

*BigBird*

Yep, definitely possible. I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks on 12 September and am now 9 weeks pregnant. It wasn't a physically traumatic miscarriage as it was so early, more like a rather odd and heavy period, so no physical recovery needed. Like MarilynMonroe, I just wanted to be pregnant again, so when I had signs I was ovulating the following week we went for it and Bingo!

MentalMinnie

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

It just depends. As long as you ovulate you can pregnant straight away again. She was probably desperate for it to happen too, I'd be happy for her x

I was just going to say this.

Nicki

notanewuser wrote: »

Physically, no. But in terms of mental trauma? I'm sure it would work very similarly in my mind - and I wouldn't be wanting to do the thing that caused it for a significant period of time!

When I had my last miscarriage, I started trying again immediately, and was part of a long running thread on baby and bump with over 100 regular contributors who all did too!

It is a very very common reaction to pregnancy loss to want to start trying to conceive again immediately, so much so that about 2 years ago medical advice was revised and women are now told that there is no medical reason not to do so if that is their choice (in the absence of other factors such as the need for an ERPC or a molar pregnancy).

I think you are running the risk of losing a friend to be honest if you are letting even the slightest hint of this mistrustful attitude show in real life. Miscarriage is an incredibly painful thing to experience, pregnancy after loss is also very tough and women are incredibly sensitive to any hint of unkindness or criticism in such circumstances, including any hint they have been a drama queen over their loss/fabricated their former pregnancy/rushed into a new pregnancy unwisely.