Should I try this month? wwyd?

[mommymcnair6]

Good morning everybody. I need some sisterly advice : ) I had a miscarriage on June 26 and had a uterine infection two weeks after that. I finished my antibiotics from that about a week ago and am feeling fine and the doctor said everything is fine, though he did want me to wait until October to try and conceive again (the whole three month thing, I guess). I didn't have to have a D & C. This is my second cycle since the miscarriage (my first cycle was crazy) and everything seems normal so far other than that my period was pretty heavy from the methergine I took to clear the fragments from my miscarriage when I had the infection. I've been done with all the medicine for about a week and I am right in the middle of my cycle. I have tons of eggwhite right now and will probably ovulate in a day or two.

I am sorely tempted to try for another baby this month, but I don't know if I should since I had the uterine infection after the miscarriage. I am worried that my uterine lining may not be totally up to snuff since I had the infection and had to take the methergine a couple of weeks ago. But I don't know this for sure. I want to try so bad, but am totally scared of having another miscarriage. On the other hand, I want to try so bad since I *know* I am smack in the middle of baby-making time for this cycle! It's so hard to know what to do. I know what the doc said, but I'm still not sure what to do. I will be 37 in the fall.

What would you do if you were in my shoes? Any advice would be greatly appreciated : )

Thanks!

[Amydoula]

SO sorry about your loss:hug Personally I would wait, but that is just me. I'd want to make sure any effects of the med were out of my system, have time to be on probiotics and get my folic acid stores back up.

[Prism]

Oh, mommymcnair! We share so many similiarities, I had to reach out to you!

I miscarried my baby on June 26th as well. Though I didn't have a uterine infection, I did hemorrhage badly and had to have an emergency d&c. I was really weak for about 2-3 weeks and am now only probably at about 85%. This was my 2nd cycle as well.

I can't tell you what to do, only you know what is right in your heart.
But I can tell you that if you go for it, you won't be alone! Because of my age (39), and my other two kids are 3 and 5yo, I went for it.

I am terrified as well that my body may not have the blood capacity to make a good uterine lining, but, it's in Gods hands and I am ready to accept the consequences either way. I feel at peace with this decision.
Search your heart and let us know what decision you make.
Hope and hugs,
Prism

[mommymcnair6]

Thank you for your responses. I am so desperate to try again, but after a lot of thought today and consultation with my midwife, we have decided to wait to try in September. I was on some antibiotics that are not good for pregnant women (doxycycline) and two others and it is probably a really good idea to get all that out of my system before we try again. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I did get pregnant this month and ended up losing the baby. I would always think it was because I didn't wait one more month to try and that the antibiotics and infection may have had something to do with it. SO . . . we are going on vacation in September and we'll be at the beach for a good while and I should be ovulating around that time, so we are just going to wait and try then. Gosh, this is hard!!! But if I do get pregnant in September, that would put us having the baby next summer and I've had two other babies around that time, so maybe that is a good sign : ) Thanks again for the responses!

[jennifer_lc1]

i had a mc in sept. of last year and was preg. in nov. and had my baby boy on july 25th. i was aching to try again after the loss.. we did and it worked out great! do what you feel is best for you and good luck!