My understanding is that there is a very slight increased chance of miscarrying with IVF, but when you consider that everyone who has IVF has some kind of problem conceiving and or carrying to term, it's amazing that the increase is only slight. Also, because in IVF, the dates of possible conception are very certain, it means people get a blood test exactly on the earliest definite day that a BFP (Big Fat Positive) will be picked up, and that is a fair bit sooner than many people. That means that the really early miscarriages are picked up in IVF mummies, whereas with non-IVF mummies who get their blood tests a little later, some of them may just have 'had their period come late' and not even know that it was in fact a m/c. \So that boosts the 'chance of M/c' in IVF as well.

It's totally fine to ask these questions. In fact, I think most of us ask questions or tell our stories here in these forums that we have trouble speaking of in real life

If m/c does happen to you, you are still not alone. There is also excellent support in other threads for m/c and stillbirth. As you might see from my ticker, I was originally carrying twins, and one of them didn't make it. Not technically a m/c, cos I didn't lose anything vaginally, but a case of what they call vanishing twin. Emotionally, I still lost a baby that was very much loved and wanted.

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