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I'm very sorry to hear that. My heart goes out to you. I've had two m/c and each time we were told to wait a few months, mostly to let your pregnancy hormones come down to normal and your cycle return to normal. Good luck.

I had a silent miscariage in January at 14w4d but was told it was a personal decision. Doctors prefer you to wait at least one cycle so to determine correct dating of another pregnancy etc but they will also say a few months to allow for you to grieve properly. I fell pregnant in April and am 17w2d today an so far everything is fine although the worry still hasn't gone away just yet. I guess it is due to having no symptoms that anything was wrong last time that I can't completely trust my body now. Do what is best for you and your partner/husband. I had my first m/c at 6weeks and fell pregnant straight away with my third son who is 15 months old. Good luck sweetheart and may your next pregnancy be a sticky long nine months.

Hello, may I ask what a missed miscarraige is? Is it the same as a silent one? I've never heard these terms before.

Hi, I had a missed miscarriage last year. I wanted to try again immediately, so I went back to my fertility clinic to give it a go. I had my blood levels tested every week to see when I could start the treatment. I was astonished at how long it took my HCG levels to fall below a "not pregnant" level - nearly six weeks. So even though I felt I was ready, evidently my body was not. I was advised by one Dr to wait a full cycle before trying again because after a D&C your uterine lining may be thinner than normal, but other doctors I have talked to say this isn't true, so who knows...

Mpear I am so sorry for your loss. I dont have any advice or suggestions but just wanted to let you know that you and your family are in my prayers and thoughts. ((hugs))

another_Karen, to answer your question, a missed miscarriage is when the fetus dies but your body fails to recognise this fact, and you continue to create hormones and experience all the normal symptoms of pregnancy without any signs of bleeding or miscarriage. In my case I thought I was having a great pregnancy until I went for my 12 weeks ultrasound and found out that the baby had died at 8 weeks (that was the size of the fetus and sac). My body just didn't want to let I guess. It is an extremely traumatic experience imo, more so than a regular miscarriage (which I have also experienced) only because your body fools you into thinking everything is okay. You will generally have to have a D&C.

Iqtoo, thankyou for that, geez I couldn't imagine how that would feel. The best way to try and cope I spose would be the knowledge that what our bodies go thru to produce a baby is so truely amazing and driven by the instructions of hormones. Surely it must know what it's doing and for reasons that will prevent heartache in the future. That's some fine words from someone who hasn't experienced it tho.