Ovulation After Miscarriage

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» left by Anonymous (3 years 113 days ago.)

The statement that "nearly 1 in 200 women" will experience a miscarriage is simply wrong. The miscarriage rate is unfortunately MUCH higher than that, with many experts now believing that virtually ALL women will experience a miscarriage at some point in their reproductive lives. Many of these occur very early in pregnancy, and not recognized by the woman who thinks she merely had a late period.
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» left by Anonymous (3 years 95 days ago.)

This piece seems like it is rife with inaccuracies. The miscarriage rate among recognized pregnancies is around 15 percent. Also, HPV does not _cause_ miscarriages, as this article seems to suggest. This article is not very informative.
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» left by Anonymous (2 years 226 days ago.)
Never before have I commented on a random article out there but this one shows how you can't trust everything you read, and unfortunately this is the second time I have run into this article. It seems many others have been wronged by reading Elizabeth Morgan's inaccurate articles. I know I won't read another one.
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» left by jkhkh from ghjh (2 years 191 days ago.)

simply wrong
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» left by Anonymous (1 year 363 days ago.)

i dont believe that ovulation can occur within two weeks after a miscarraige, because the body needs much time to adjust to a normal cycle before releasing an egg. it takes over a month for nomal cycles to retrun.
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» left by Anonymous (240 days 6 hours ago.)

Actually, ovulation can follow a mc very quickly.  My eldest son is a testament to that.  I had a mc on April 4th, 1995, on May 12th, 1995 I had positive pg test at the health dept.  Ironically, my mother was the administrator of the dept, and was the one who performed the test. 

 

She walked down to the hospital lab to speak with the Med Tech to see if it was possible to get a false positive approximately 5 wks post spontaneous mc.  He replied "highly unlikely", and sure enough he was right.  Turns out, I ovulated before the 2 wk window that this article suggests.

 

My doctor sent me in for sono, bc she wanted to make sure it wasn't a false reading due to retained tissue in the uterine lining.  I was reported to be "approximately 5 wks" into gestation, and bc they couldn't go off of my LMP date, they used the start date of my mc.

 

Don't mistake my reply as a defense of this article.  You are right in stating that there are several inaccuracies, and yes, the mc rate is much higher than this reports.  The difficult part of reporting statistics is this:  Some women never experience a mc (or at least a known mc) and some experience 5 or more. 

 

Statistics in this area will always be off, because of the "unknown" miscarriages that occur.  The most accurate rates I've seen are 1 in 5 women (so approximately 20%), and I think that number to also be grossly underestimated.  However, what I think, and what can be medically proven are two entirely different things.

 

But, as I said at the beginning of my note.  It most definitely IS possible to ovulate within 1-2 wks post mc.  Most women don't conceive on that first ovulation bc they either weren't ready to return to having sex, or never suspected that it was possible for it to occur that quickly.  I assure you it is.  I have a 13 yr old son to prove it...lol.

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» left by Anonymous (6 hours 44 minutes ago.)
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I disagree with this comment. I miscarried 30 days ago and I'm already pregnant again.

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» left by Anonymous (1 year 94 days ago.)

I don't agree with much in this article either. Even in my small circle of close friends, several of them have had a miscarriage, so that 1 in 200 seems WAY off base to me. Also, you will not ovulate until your hormone levels are less than 5, and for me, it didn't reach less than 5 until four weeks after miscarriage.

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» left by Anonymous from longview, tx (1 year 37 days ago.)

Please mrs. Elizabeth read some books or something, if your not sure about something research it before posting wrong info for your best interest thank you!

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» left by Anonymous (1 year 34 days ago.)

Not helpful. An apparently healthy woman who has regular menstrual periods still may not be ovulating. A competent reproductive endocrinologist can evaluate the matter. And 1 in 200 women will have a miscarriage? Please. Are 195+ of those women celibate?

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» left by Samantha from Mississippi (324 days 15 hours ago.)

The facts in this article are very inaccurate. To those of you out there who are like me and just experienced a miscarriage, please do NOT take anything you read above as a fact. You do NOT always ovulate two weeks following a miscarriage, so do NOT be discouraged if you do NOT. It is very common for you not to ovulate until after your first cycle following a m/c. Your period may take 4-8 weeks after the m/c (depending on how far along you were), then, your ovulation will take the normal 10-16 days after the first day of your cycle to occur. Please DO NOT believe what you read on this site!!!

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» left by Anonymous (240 days 6 hours ago.)

Actually, the "normal 10-16 days after your cycle begins" isn't a true statement either.  You don't necessarily ovulate 10-16 days into your cycle.  You do, however, typically ovulate 12-16 days prior to the start of your next cycle.  In other words, approximately 14 days before your period starts, not 14 days after it starts.  Women with 30+ day cycles don't ovulate on day 14, they typically ovulate on day 15-18. 

 

So if you are having difficulty conceiving, and you are one of those women with longer cycles, it may just be a matter of misinformation about how your body actually works.  Your most reliable indicator of ovulation is cervical mucus, so pay close attn to that.  Also, you may find yourself naturally more sexually attracted to your partner.  Listen to your instincts, pay attention to your body and see what happens once you get the hang of it.

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» left by Bn from uae (193 days 5 hours ago.)

Yes it was quite helpful. Thanks. the info about ovulation and causes of miscarriage were quite helpful. As for the no. of miscarriages, it is quite low in some countries, so maybe the data covers a wide demography.

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» left by Anonymous (119 days 19 hours ago.)

HPV does not cause infertility. This woman is way off base.

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» left by michelle from helsinki, Finland (113 days 5 hours ago.)

Miscarriage is much more common than Eliszabeth says as we all here know. I have one 17 month old son and then went on to have two missed miscarriages in a row. (last one 9 days ago) the doctor said to me that they have women in their office every day who are on their second miscarriages. But most of these women go on to have healthy babies.

Ovulation and when it happends all depends on the woman and how far along she was in the pregnancy before it miscarried.  some women's hcg returns to 5 or under within a week or two while some other women dont get to 5 for many weeks. While this does in my opinion atleast  have effect on ovulation it is being debated in some places that you can ovulate before you get back to 5 or under hcg as long as the hcg is coming down but it is a debate and I guess we have to choose which we believe ourselves.

My conclusion personally is that every woman and how her miscarriage went is different and the time it takes to ovulate and fall pregnant again is individual. some within two weeks and some longer

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