Women, eager to reproduce but whose pregnancies are botched due to unwanted circumstances, need not sulk on the drama and wait for three to six months to conceive again. According to a study by the National Institute of Health (NIH), pregnancy after miscarriage is possible even after resolving to self-heal the emotional setback fast. Conception is more likely to happen again and with such a better result -- giving you a healthy and a bouncing baby.
Published in Obstetrics and Gynecology journal, the said research found out that 765 couples out of 1,000 conceived successfully and gave birth to live babies within three months after the miscarriage. "While we found no physiological reason for delaying attempts at conception following a pregnancy loss, couples may need time to heal emotionally before they try again," Karen Schliep, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the NICHD Epidemiology Branch at the time the study was conducted, said.
She also explained that their study countered the "conventional recommendation" of the World Health Organization (WHO) to wait for six months after pregnancy loss. With their findings, this idea "may be unwarranted."
The research team likewise found out that after the follow-up period there is actually more than 76 percent of the women attempted to conceive within three months after a miscarriage. Findings also show that they are more likely to get pregnant, compared to the women who waited longer than three months before attempting to bear a child again, figured at 69 percent versus 51 percent, respectively.
While the WHO recommendation of waiting for six months after miscarriage is more of concern to heal the woman's emotional setback brought by the miscarriage and for the womb to recover before pregnancy, the new study is an encouragement for the eager mothers-to-be not to delay decisions if they know they are emotionally and physically prepared for the role.
