Hi Jenn

I am in the same boat as you. It has been about 7 weeks for me and I have not gotten my period yet. It's really hard to move on emotionally when you physically don't feel ready. My hcg level was at 29 as of last tuesday and I just got it done again today. I will know more tomorrow after my doctors appointment and get back to you.
Don't be worried about it just yet. If it doesn't come in 2 more weeks then I would definetly go see your ob. But I think it'll come soon when you relax and are not expecting it.
Good luck!

Hi I am in the same boat. I am waiting now for 6 weeks and nothing, I have all the signs (mood swings, No libido, irritable and normal PMS signs) but I also just want a normal life back. I want to try and get pregnant again after my loss but how can I move on if my body don't want to move on... I am praying for you and hope we see it coming soon.

I'm so sorry you're going through this :(

I was an absolute wreck after my MC, as we all are. I actually kept spotting and bleeding off and on for weeks - about a month. I went to see the ob/gyn and had a frank conversation with him: basically, I couldn't emotionally handle things going on so long, and not having my body back to normal. I was frustrated, anxious, scared and angry. Luckily, he was willing to put me on some low-dose hormones for three weeks, to get my period to return. Doing the math, it worked out to being about six or seven weeks after the MC to wait for my period, assisted by the hormones.

I know how frustrated you are with the wait. Look at me: I couldn't even stand to wait; I cracked at about four or five weeks and asked my ob/gyn to do something. You could try doing that, but you've made it so far - if you went my route at this point you'd wait another month, anyway.

Every day feels like a week when you're waiting on this and all things MC, but if you can make it two more weeks, you might just be surprised. And if you're not at the end of those two weeks, then get checked out. And don't be afraid to tell the doctor that it's the emotional aspect for you - your mental health and emotional wellbeing are just as important as your physical health.

As far as waiting goes, the only way I can cope with it is to have plans. I'll go running on this day; we'll go shopping this evening, and to a movie on this one, etc. Give yourself things to look forward to, and that can help the time pass more easily.

And keep posting on here, because that will help you as well as us :)

It has only been a few weeks since my D&C and I am also anxiously waiting for AF. We conceived through IUI and want to try again soon. My doctor told me between 4 and 6 weeks after D&C. I would call your OB and just ask the nurse. I have called them numerous times during all of this to ask questions and it definitely gave me some peace of mind.

My D&C was 4 weeks ago and I am waiting and wondering also. I know exactly how you feel...you just want to know that your body is back to normal and functioning. I would wait another week and if you really cant wait anymore, maybe the OB can give you something to trigger your cycle. Good Luck to everyone :)

Ladies, I know exactly what you are going through. I had my miscarriage & immediate D&C on Oct 17, 2008. My MD told me it would take 6-8 weeks to start a cycle, then we could start TTC again. After 8 weeks, nothing. I went in on Dec 18th for an ultrasound to 'check everything out'. However, I went to give them a urine sample so they could make sur I was not pg - yep, I started bleeding. Still had ultrasound, ovaries and uterus were ok, no cysts. However, bleeding only lasted 1 day. My MD said since the D&C cleaned me out that I maybe only had enough to shet for 1 day's worth. So, hang in there! But definately make a MD appointment if it has been 8 weeks just to go get checked out. My fingers are crossed for all of us!

Well, I think I may be getting my period.... I had a little sign when I went to the restroom at work today.
I have never been so happy about my period... and getting a sign rather than it just all of a sudden being full on!
I am hoping it is really here and the timing is good... I don't work again until Monday!

Thanks again for all your support... I will feel so much better when i am all crampy!

I know how excrutiating the wait is. And it was the hardest transition for me to make - going from crying every time I got my period to desperately hoping for it. It will happen, and I'm hoping that after your last post, it has started for you. Hang in there!

I am so frustrated...
Thursday I had some brownish tinge traces and I thought it was a sign of an oncoming period but Friday nothing, Saturday a little of the same thing, and today a little of the same thing. I don't know whats going on. I just want to have AF return so I can feel like I am actually healing...
I am dreading it on one hand because the last time I saw the sight of blood I was losing my baby and crying everytime I went to the bathroom. I am scared of all those feelings rushing back, but I want to move forward. If I have to take a step back to that for a short time to be able to take two steps forward, so be it. I just don't want to sit here waiting, that feeling of having no control like during the m/c is just terrible.
I am scared of one more thing... hubby and I were intimate 19 days after m/c. We didn't use protection but we used the pullout method (sorry if tmi)... what if? I don't know if I just wait one more week until it has been 8wks post m/c or if I just ease my mind by taking a pt.
I know there is not much advice you can give, but I needed to get this stuff out of my own head!

I did have the brownish spotting off an on for 1 week before my 1 day period, if that info helps you any. Sounds like it should be coming!

Hi-I'm having the same problem. I had a D&C 5 weeks ago this friday. I went to my ob last wednesday for a check-up he said i should be getting my period any day. Still nothing not even any symptoms. I also have been worried what if i am pregnant. This is our 2nd loss the first D&C I start exactly 4 weeks later. So i don't know what to do or think????

Hi-I'm having the same problem. I had a D&C 5 weeks ago this friday. I went to my ob last wednesday for a check-up he said i should be getting my period any day. Still nothing not even any symptoms. I also have been worried what if i am pregnant. This is our 2nd loss the first D&C I start exactly 4 weeks later. So i don't know what to do or think????

That is frustrating. My first period after m/c was very emotionally and the waiting is hard too. It does sound like a small chance you could be pg.... there are definitely some sperm (but not many) in pre-ejaculate fluid. I can't tell from your post if you are hoping to be preg or not, but I will say after I had a natural m/c in 2000, I got preg right away (4 weeks out, no period) and now have a 7 yr old daughter :-) . I would be inclined to test since there is some chance... I think the test results would be less stressful than the waiting game. If it has been 19 days, a test should be definitive. Good luck either way... keep us posted.

Going through the same thing here. Really nervous about what my period is going to be like. Feel like it should be differant that it has been for the past 17 years Just because I feel like my body is differant after this pregnancy. I'm having very faint pinkish brown spotting for three days now. I also had the thought"What if?" As the spotting is so similar to implantation spotting. It's hard to say but I'm going to just keep waiting for it to come. It probably will soon.

I know nobody likes this frustrating waiting game but at least I'm not alone! It makes me feel less like a freak! LOL

Sadbelly, I do not know what I want. I know I want to ttc again soon because of my age (35) but all along I have felt like I NEEDED to go through seeing a period and having that emotional breakdown as I re-live the m/c to really reach the closure on the loss(that is what I am expecting anyway, the tears to come flooding back when I am in the bthroom).
If it does happen that I am pg I will not be sad, I think I will just feel very emotionally torn. I am still ga-ga over the baby that I lost, still thinking about the fact that we should be having a baby the week after my kids get out of school, still thinking about the fact I know I should have been feeling baby flutters soon. I still want that one! Ahhh, sigh.
As for the chances, My hubby told me he wasn't sure what we were supposed to do as far as "that" goes, so he said it was really kinda half/half. If that makes sense. At the time, I just didn't want to talk about the m/c or anything having to do with it. The thing is I know that when we concieved our first child who is 11 today there was one night possible and we were paracting the pullout method, which we fondly refer to as "the parent" method!
Since I am quickly approaching 8wks post m/c and will need to do something I think I will pick up a hpt on Friday since I don't work and will be home with hubby while the kids are at school. It is scary either way- I worry about there being something wrong with me and I worry about going through a m/c again even though I know many women experience one and go on to have a successful pregnancy.
No matter what I know, it is nerve racking!

Thank-you you all for your replies!