ttc after stillbirth

[Rozzie27]

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.

We lost our first child at 22 weeks. My doctor told me to wait two cycles before trying again, mainly to let my uterus heal as I had a C-section due to placenta preavia. It took over two months to get a normal period again anyway and I got pregnant on the second cycle (the first wasn't a normal one but I counted it as one anyway!).

I think the further along you are the more time you need to heal, so three months sounds reasonable to me.

It may take a couple of months to get back to normal anyway.
It may also take a couple of months to get back any autopsy results, and you may want to know if any problems were identified before you fall again, so if you need treatment etc you can get it.

Good luck, please join us in the TTC forum

Love Rozzie

[diannescruffy]

Hi,
I lost my baby at 24wks and was told to wait 6wks. We started TTC after my first cycle returned and feel pregnant after 4mnths.
I wish you all the luck in the world with your TTC journey and hope everything turns out well for you .

Regards,
Dianne

[trinh86]

Hi,
I lost my baby at 24wks and was told to wait 6wks. We started TTC after my first cycle returned and feel pregnant after 4mnths.
I wish you all the luck in the world with your TTC journey and hope everything turns out well for you .

Regards,
Dianne

This is so great to hear! So you have a nine month old baby now. I'm so happy for you and again, thank you for sharing.

So you said that you lost your baby at 24 wks. What was the cause(s)? And they only told you to wait 6 weeks to try again? Amazing how the info is different from doc to doc.

Thanks a millon for giving me hope

[trinh86]

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.

We lost our first child at 22 weeks. My doctor told me to wait two cycles before trying again, mainly to let my uterus heal as I had a C-section due to placenta preavia. It took over two months to get a normal period again anyway and I got pregnant on the second cycle (the first wasn't a normal one but I counted it as one anyway!).

I think the further along you are the more time you need to heal, so three months sounds reasonable to me.

It may take a couple of months to get back to normal anyway.
It may also take a couple of months to get back any autopsy results, and you may want to know if any problems were identified before you fall again, so if you need treatment etc you can get it.

Good luck, please join us in the TTC forum

Love Rozzie

Hi Rozzie,

Thanks for the advice. I hope you have a healthy pregnancy and please update me
You said I will become pregnant when my body is ready, correct? I heard that from a lot of people, but doctors say the opposite. Some even scare me. They imply that if I get pregant too soon, I could lose it. Anyway, I don't know when I'll get my period back, but do you think it's safe to have sexual intercourse after 6 weeks pp without using a condom or birth control?

[Rozzie27]

Trinh,

I don't know about whether it's safe to have unprotected sex at 6 weeks for you, it was definitely safe for me as I didn't ovulate until two and a half months afterwards (when I fell pregnant), I know this because I was doing OPKs. Technically you could be fertile at 6weeks so it might be better to be safe.

Did they find any cause for your loss?

Rozzie

[diannescruffy]

Hi,
My baby had Trisomy 13, a chromosone abnormality. Do you know the cause of your stillbirth? Again I wish you all the best.

Regards,
Dianne

[trinh86]

Hi,
My baby had Trisomy 13, a chromosone abnormality. Do you know the cause of your stillbirth? Again I wish you all the best.

Regards,
Dianne

Hi,

The causes of my child's stillbirth was unknown. I had a healthy pregnancy and have one living child. Ther was no cause found which is so scary. Thanks so much for your support.

[Lisa]

Trinh,
I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your precious little man Timothy.
I lost my baby boy Noah due to abnormalities of his urinary tract and kidneys at 20w5d in Feb 2006. We were "advised" to wait around 6 months to give me time to "heal". I knew I wanted another baby. We waited 1 cycle and decided to try on the 2nd cycle. We were unsuccessful and decided not to try on the 3rd cycle as that would give me a due date in Feb 2007 which would be too close to Noah's birth date. After not using protection the one time during the 3rd cycle, we found out I was pregnant. We now have a healthy, beautiful 18 month old little man named Harrison.
The only advice I can give you is to do what feels right for you. If you want to start trying again asap, then that is your choice.
From my understanding, they medical profession likes you to wait until you get a regular cycle before you start TTC. That way you have a LMP to go by... though from my experience, most Dr's like a dating scan done anyway.
Wishing you all the very best sweetie. I hope you get the BFP you're wanting when you're ready and go on to hold another beautiful baby in your belly that you will take home with you. Big hugs
Lisa