D&C and TTC

I would like to choose the surgery for my miscarriage but worried about the risk not being able to conceive straight after it…is that true?

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Omg no!! When I had my MMC in Jan 24, I was bleeding and losing clots for 3 weeks because I was scared of the surgery but I ended up having it anyway (wish I’d done it sooner). Everyone’s different of course, but I had my first period 2 weeks after, and conceived my son (now 17 months old) 2 weeks after that! You’re more fertile after a miscarriage, just as you are if you carried and birthed to term. Good luck to you and I’m sending you lots of baby dust 🤍

Sorry you are going through this. I’ve conceived and gave birth to my baby in less than 1 year from last D&C. I had 3 MMC around 8-11 weeks in total before my little one conceived and was born.🤍 I found the D&C much kinder to me than the alternatives that led me to two emergency sweeps due to pain and an angry cervix’s on both occasions. Trust your instinct on what is right for you. X

There is a small but real chance of a d&c causing scar tissue that can become a serious and sometimes intractable problem for ttc. Personally I’d say try the drugs first but if you’re keen on the Surgery ask some questions, I hear the suction kind is less risky. And make sure they know you need to avoid scar tissue because you’re still ttc. Like I say the risk is small but worth considering

I fell pregnant after my first period after my d&c. Choose whatever feels right for you. Take care x

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Hey girls! Has any one got experience of this? I woke up this morning and felt a small trickle down my leg as I walked to the bathroom. I’m 37+3 so not worried if it has gone but intrigued!

I’ll call triage but just wondering about others experiences.

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Hi mommies! So obviously this is just a funny topic, it’s really not that deep but just thoughts which cross my mind as we are thinking of growing our family. I’ve been wondering what I’d like to do differently next time and the only thing which has come up for me is to try not have another September baby.

Ok so my daughter is a September baby and apart from her being the oldest in her class when she’s older, which in my mind doesn’t always mean anything, I’ve really not enjoyed the month she’s was born it just felt really meh. It was a hot summer leading up to September and being heavily pregnant was utter crap. Once she was here going into the autumn/winter was heavy with a new baby, the dark nights felt really claustrophobic and definitely added to the night time scaries. When she started nursery after her first birthday she went straight into germ season (October) which was rough. I felt like she didn’t have time to build up any resilience. So yeah if I had my time again I think a nice March baby would be lovely. You’ve got spring starting with summer just on the horizon, lots of pram walks. By winter you’d be feeling healed, less shell shocked from being freshly pp and just ready to tackle the darker nights with a more slightly older baby.

Anyone care to add any thoughts? Maybe I’m wrong and maybe I haven’t thought of something? Remember it’s just for fun it’s not a competition of who has things harder.

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So every time I’m pregnant I get these ungodly cramps in my calf I’ve tried everything but it keep coming at night when I’m sleeping and don’t really go away they start to get a little better and then the cramp comes back I look DUMB out here limping around all the time lol does anybody have literally ANY tips on what helps them cuz idk what else to do☠️☠️