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My OB told me that with a normal miscarriage, there is not enough evidence to say waiting is necessary. She did advise waiting 2-3 cycles, though, just to give time for us to heal emotionally. (I had a D&C with no complications).

Sorry for your loss. Both of mine were in the 6 to 7 week time frame and happened on their own. I suspect those are factors in determining when to try again. We were told by the OB after both that we could try immediately. He did a scan to make sure everything was gone and said that my body woul not release an egg if it were not ready. After the first we waited until AF appeared and then tried. It took two more cycles to get pregnant again and then we lost that one too. The OB said it has nothing to do with how soon we got pregnant again. He did however reference some studies suggesting you wait six months, but that he did not believe in those studies. I am too old to wait six months, so we will try again right away. I wish you all the best in your journey.

I skipped one month after my mc and got pregnant the next month we tried (and now have a 7 mo old). Good luck!

My M/C was between 7-8 weeks and I had a D&C a week after that.
My doctor told me I could try again right away (next cycle). But EMOTIONALLY I was so not ready for that. People that knew would say "you can try again right away, that's great" and I'd look at them like "are you nuts?!? Why would I want to do this to myself again???" I think it was a combo of the hormones and that I had awful MS and it just felt worse that there was no baby and I still felt awful.
About a month later I felt like I at least wanted to be pregnant again, but still not "ready".
We didn't actively start TTC until April (MC was January with D&C in Feb). I'm now 8w1d

sorry for your loss i had a natural m/c with no complications so technically could have started trying again once my cycle came back but my doctor advised 2-3 cycles but it was more for emotional reasons. I'm not that young and wanted to try again right away but ended up waiting a few months... I felt I needed that time to heal physically and emotionally. Best of luck to you!

I'm really sorry for your loss.

We weren't TTC but I got a after my 3rd cycle. It took a month exactly after the loss to get AF.

My OB gave us the go ahead after 12 weeks, but we had complications during the first D&C which resulted in me getting an infection and staying in the hospital for a week after my second procedure. Initially, we could've TTC after the first cycle.

I was pretty shocked to find out we were pregnant, as it took me awhile to get over the loss. We're 13w2d now and things are looking very healthy and happy Best of luck to you!

So sorry for your loss!
My midwife told us to wait 2 cycles before trying and we did.

I'm so sorry... I had a check up 3 weeks after my d&c and they said to wait for my cycle to return and then I could start that second cycle. Maybe it depends on how far on you were?

Sorry for your loss.

I had my D&C in April, and we got pregnant on the first try in June. I can't remember if it was one or two cycles we waited. I probably wouldn't rush it, even though i know it's such a pain to wait.

Sorry for you loss Personally, I wanted DESPERATELY to be pregnant immediately after my miscarriage. I felt this hole in my heart that I just wanted filled. I began temping right away even though they told me it was a waste of time (body needs to regulate in order for temping to work....for the record it was a waste of time but made me feel like I was actually doing something which kept me sane) I got my period about 1m after my miscarriage but dont think I ovulated. The doctor then put us on an additional 1 month wait to treat an infection she thought I had. After the dust had settled and my desperate need to be pregnant again had faded I wasnt really sure I wanted to try again right away. It took us about 11 months to conceive the first time so eventually I thought we should try because I figured it wouldnt happen that fast anyway. Well it did. After one time. And I mean that literally...ONE time. Lol. Who would have thought? I was thrilled but at the same time because I hadnt properly dealt with my feelings about the miscarriage I spent my first trimester in a constant state of stress. To make matters worse I spotted all of the time which did nothing for my anxiety levels. Moral of the story: have hope that it will happen again and can happen quickly but make sure you are emotionally ready for it when it comes Good luck!

my doctor advised 2 cycles, but mostly because of the emotional side. i would have started as soon as possible.. and did.. that just ended up being 3 months unfortunately before i had my first post-mc period.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I may have told you earlier, but I didn't have a period between my first and second miscarriages. I got pregnant about two weeks after my first natural mc at 4 weeks. I lost that baby at 6weeks, though there is no evidence that getting pregnant so quickly causes a mc. We waited a cycle after the second, both for physical and emotional reasons. We are in cycle 2 and ntnp now. We will be back to full fledged TTC next month.

I hope you get your sticky baby soon!

My NP said we could immediately start trying after our loss at 5 weeks, although they are still doing testing every 48 hours to make sure my HGC levels are dropping and there isn't something else going on.

@cavalierkcs: Good luck and hoping for a sticky baby for you soon!

I had a miscarriage and conceived on the next cycle. The back up OB my birth center used said that's fine, you really don't need to wait if you have a natural miscarriage (as opposed to a d&c).

Granted, the baby I conceived was stillborn, but it had nothing to do with the fact that I conceived on that cycle.