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Expert Q&A

	By Robert Jansen Fertility Expert

I was wondering, I had a miscarriage the second week of June. Is it more common for someone to get pregnant again very soon after the miscarriage or does it usually take a while? Is it true that you are more fertile directly after a miscarriage?

If you conceived quickly, chances are good for a successful pregnancy happening soon. If your miscarriage was preceded by a long time trying to conceive, then it's not much reassurance, and further infertility usually follows.

There is no good information available as to whether you should wait one or more months before trying again. In general I believe it is best to leave this to Nature. Pregnancy is unlikely to happen before you are ovulating normally again and the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) is back to normal, so once the bleeding has stopped and you feel comfortable again, go ahead and have sex without contraception. You can never be sure there won't be another miscarriage but there is no information that says it will be more or less likely if you conceive again quickly.

The one cause of infertility that is suppressed by pregnancy and so makes you more fertile directly after is endometriosis. Endometriosis, though, is not usually a cause of miscarriages.

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