'When Can I Get Pregnant After Miscarriage?' OBGYN Answers: Should I wait? Get pregnant right away?

“When Can I Get Pregnant After Miscarriage?” Find out if there is a best time after miscarriage to get pregnant. Learn what missed miscarriage, threatened miscarriage, spontaneous abortion all mean.

0:00 Intro
0:38 Kinds of first trimester miscarriage
3:08 When can I try for pregnancy again after miscarriage?
3:36 Having sex after miscarriage
4:35 Studies on pregnancy after miscarriage
8:13 My comment as an OB-GYN

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**Video is for educational purposes only and should not be used as personal medical advice. Please discuss anything related to your own health, diagnosis, and treatment with your own medical provider as information in this video may not pertain to your individual and specific situation. **

[chloemurphy-ritland]

My OB told me to wait 3 months after a miscarriage to try again. I then had an appointment with a fertility specialist the same week (had had 3 miscarriages) and he told me to absolutely try right away. Luckily I had a positive ovulation test strip the next day, and now have the most perfect little one week old I’m holding in my arms now. Ultimately, my husband and I made the decision that was best for us, and we are so glad we did! Everyone’s story is different though. Thinking of all the families out there still on their fertility journeys. 💙

[myproudmelanin]

Confirmed my miscarriage today at 8 weeks and 6 days and it is definitely a lot to process as it would have been my first child. 😢 I pray for each and everyone who has had to go through this.

[noinoi]

Going through a miscarriage right now, was my first pregnancy. Hope to have our rainbow baby soon 😞🤍

[RennStreaming-mcwz]

Just had a miscarriage yesterday. It’s my first and very heart breaking. I know we will get through this.
Prayers for everyone who have been through this.

[valentinaci]

I miscarried at 5w4d (blighted ovum). Started bleeding naturally, but the doctor prescribed misoprostol too. Bled for 5 days, then 2 daysbrown discharge. Day 7 an ultrasound showed uterus was clean, all tissue was eliminated. Day 10 got a positive ovulation test. Day 11had sex. Got pregnant. Now I am 8 weeks 3 days pregnant struggling with nausea. Praying for everything to be ok. At 7w3d had some bleeding and ultrasound showed a hematoma. Haven't bled again til now.

[azizahmuhammad]

I had my first miscarriage (and hopefully my last) at 9wks and 6 days. The pregnancy was so unexpected as I thought I was done even being ABLE to try since I’m 42 and haven’t had a child since my fraternal twins 15yrs ago.
The loss is incalculable.
And yet…
Apart from the grief, I’m realizing I want another & started doing research on how quickly I could try again.
Thanks for the information. I hope-pray all moms who know this pain heal physically and mentally and are granted blessings and brighter futures with healthy babies to care for.

[elizabethmichaud]

Being pregnant again after a missed miscarriage is one of the scariest things Ive ever had to go through. Im at 19w now and i am starting slowly to become less anxious. But it's nerve wrecking for sure. I had a missed miscarriage at 10w but found out at my 13w ultrasound. Went through a D&C in january 2022, then they found out the same week I had HSILs, did the biopsies, CIN3 came out as the result, i had a leep in june and finally got the ok from my OB and from the people testing us in for genetic abnormalities (having a miscarriage at 25 years old from a down syndrome positive foetus apparently freaked out my doctor so she asked us to get tested for a bunch of things) to get pregnant in september and we were really lucky, I got pregnant on the first try ❤ waiting for our rainbow baby due in june 2023.

[stringsss]

I got the heavy miscarriage symptoms at exactly 12 weeks, and started bleeding 2 days before that.
I'm 25 and we weren't trying with my husband, I just missed a day of pill and found out I was pregnant pretty soon after that. It was my first pregnancy and I was very excited but also very scared.
Now I just feel agonising pain, I guess I didn't know how much I was in love with this baby until I lost it.
Now I know for sure, I really want to be a mom, but I'm so scared of not being able to .
In this pregnancy, I was spotting every few days, which I read is quite common and no reason to be alarmed but now if this happens to me again, knowing myself I will panic and binge read mumsnet posts.
I just hope this was the most difficult part of my "becoming a mom" journey, and I hope to soon talk to my belly again ❤

[bethanysummers]

I had a missed miscarriage, I hate the word abortion for a miscarriage. To me a abortion is a choice to end the pregnancy. I was shocked and kinda offended when my doctor said I had a missed abortion. I had never heard it being called a abortion before. I think it shouldn't be used when talking to women going through a miscarriage. Its hard enough as it is. Personally I didn't feel ready just after my miscarriage at all, my body feels all over the place with hormones, waiting until my period to decide if I will even try again as im 45. I have 2 older kids already.

[kcamp]

I was told to wait until my hCG was back to zero before trying again so they could tell the difference between old and new pregnancy. 🤷‍♀️ starting trying again before that...Miscarried Oct 2020 and conceived again Nov 2020 with my rainbow baby.

[estherkavubya]

This is the most tomenting issue than ever, , may God help us all

[karinaparra]

It was recommended for me to wait at least 3 months before trying to conceive after my miscarriage due to psychological issues. They said it would give me time to accept and mourne my loss. I got pregnant withing 3 months. I don't regret waiting, but it probably would have been better to wait as I have never recovered from that loss and suffer anxiety and severe panic disorder since then. It's been 9 years.

[akaojoan]

I have been trying to have a baby... it's now 8 months after my second miscarriage.. praying to have a child..

[queenawest]

I had a miscarriage last week and I’m open to participating in the study.

[iamAusja]

Currently going thru miscarriage at 5w4d, I am really just wanting to look forward into trying again

[suchlovelylullabies]

This video was so helpful! Thank you! I've recently experienced a miscarriage at about week 6, and now a few weeks later it seems like my body is gearing up for ovulation. I've been using expectant management. So, hearing about these studies, while not robust is incredibly helpful to better understand what may be happening with me. Thank you for making this content, and yes! please do further research espeically if it's an easy project as you say with our modern health record keeping and it being SO common of an experience for many pregnancies.

[jessicafreitag]

I wish you were my OB… you talk like I do! 😂 You’re so much more relatable than most doctors!

[gabriellamorrow]

Had my first miscarriage November 7th 2022… had a d&c November 17th 2022.. waited to have sex for three weeks. Had one period .. and fell pregnant accidentally after my period from December 20th-24th.. conceived somewhere from December 26th/27th. Currently measuring 6 weeks today.. but definitely anxious allll the time. Trying not to feed into the negative energy.

[Eliszzyy]

I really hope you or someone else conducts on study on this because it would be incredibly useful to parents who are already going through an incredibly difficult time. Thank you for making this

[maemillan_]

I just had a miscarriage a week ago and I am honestly scared to try again. I was told by my OB that I don’t have to wait 3 months to try again. I was 6 weeks pregnant and had no idea I was even pregnant.