Getting Pregnant After Miscarriage: How Long Should You Wait?
In this video, Dr. Natalie Crawford breaks down every type of pregnancy loss and what has to happen before you can start trying to get pregnant again. This video is perfect for anyone who has had a chemical pregnancy, a miscarriage, a missed miscarriage, or an ectopic pregnancy and wants to know what to expect, what to test, and how soon they can try again. Dr. Crawford has been through four pregnancy losses herself, so this one is personal.
You'll learn why a chemical pregnancy counts as a real loss and how it shifts your cycle, why you need a negative pregnancy test before trying again, and what retained products of conception are and why they matter. Dr. Crawford also covers the difference between misoprostol and a D&C and what each one actually feels like, when to advocate for a saline sonogram before trying again, why two losses is enough to qualify for a recurrent pregnancy loss evaluation, and why methotrexate for an ectopic pregnancy means a three month pause.
Timestamps:
00:00 Trying to Conceive After a Miscarriage
00:47 When Can You Try Again? It Depends on the Loss
01:05 What Is a Chemical Pregnancy?
02:15 How a Chemical Pregnancy Shifts Your Cycle
03:30 Trying Again After a Chemical Pregnancy
03:55 When You Need a Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Evaluation
04:20 Spontaneous Miscarriage Explained
04:45 Why You Need a Negative Pregnancy Test First
05:20 Retained Products of Conception
06:05 What Is a Missed Miscarriage?
06:55 Misoprostol (Cytotec): What to Expect
07:40 D&C: Risks, Recovery, and Why I Chose It
09:20 Why You May Need a Saline Sonogram Before Trying
11:00 Second Trimester Loss and Uterine Scarring
11:30 Ectopic Pregnancy and Methotrexate
12:40 Why Methotrexate Means a 3 Month Wait
13:05 My Own Loss and What the Pause Gave Me
13:30 You Are Not Alone