We lost our Lilly on August 7, 2010 at 28 weeks. My doctor has said that we should wait 2 cycles before trying again and although I understand the logic in that - we are at 2.5 months - 1 week from Lilly's due date and I have not yet had a period. Would anyone mind sharing how long it took to have a cycle after a stillbirth? I'm just hoping I'm not the only one who has dealt with this. I'd previously been so "regular"

I lost my daughter on July 13th. I got what I consider my first "real" period in September, and even still I don't think they are normal. Before my loss, I was always regular and always the same. But not so much now. Our bodies will heal differently. Your body may just need some extra time.

I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you find comfort.

I am glad you posted this Molly- I have the same interest everyone's responses. I am 6 weeks out and have neither ovulated nor gotten a period.
I guess I am hoping to catch ovulation, get lucky and never get a period.
Wishful thinking.

Molly, I'm so sorry for the loss of your daughter Lilly.

I'll add another data point: My daughter was stillborn on June 5th (cord accident at 36 weeks). I had postpartum bleeding for about 3 weeks, and then a period about 3 weeks after that (so, 6 weeks postpartum). My normal cycles are 21-24 days and they've seemed normal since then. I don't temp or use OPKs so I don't know for sure that I'm ovulating, though I'm assuming I am. We've been ttc again for the last few months, but our timing has been terrible, so who knows.

I hope your period returns and things get back on track very soon.

I'm glad you posted this too, Molly. I've actually been wondering how normal or not normal my experience has been. My son was stillborn at 41 weeks in June. When my period had not returned after 9 weeks, my OB gave me Provera to induce my period. My first cycle was 14 days and was anovulatory. Now I'm 4 months postpartum and am on CD47 of my 2nd cycle with no ovulation. I am taking Provera once again to induce my period and start a new cycle. If I do not ovulate in this next cycle, my OB wants to start exploring other ways to help me get pregnant.

Although I've had long and occasionally cycles in the past (my usual cycle is around 35 days), I have not had fertility problems before. I am only 32 and my son was conceived on the first cycle we tried. It's driving me crazy that I am not ovulating. I'd give anything at this point just for a chance at the 2WW.

Anyone have anovulatory cycles for this first time after their loss?

Oops, I meant "occasionally irregular cycles"

And also wanted to say that I'm very sorry for your loss and I hope that your cycle get back to normal as soon as possible.

I had a full term loss in April and my period came back at 8 weeks (Looking back I understood why I had excessive CM at my 6 week check up, sorry if that's TMI) I have been charting ever since and my cycles seem normal (28-29days) although it has done me no good. I thought because I spent the time to learn about my cycles and do the OPK's and temps, I would have no problems getting pregnant again. Despite good timing every month except the first one after AF came back, nothing has happened and I am more than a little bitter.

Lost Gabriel at 21 weeks, bled for 3 weeks, and ovulated as the bleeding was tapering off. At the time, I didn't believe it was ovulation, but sure enough, a monster period arrived exactly 12 days later. . .

I lost Micah at 37 weeks in mid January and my period came back in late February - about 6 weeks later. My luteal phase was really short in the first few cycles back, but it made it back to normal (for me) by April.

I'm so sorry for your loss Molly, and I hope everything gets back on track soon. It's so hard just waiting.....waiting.....waiting for your body to cooperate.

This is gonna be long, becauase I have had three losses, the latest of which was at 20 weeks. But I wanted you to see that every time, it's been different, so there is just no predicting. Anyway.

I have always been super duper regular. My first loss was around 11 weeks, and we induced the miscarriage with Cytotec cause I was tired of waiting for it to happen naturally. I bled for about two weeks, tapered off for like two days, and then had a period. It was completely ridiculous and made no sense. Then, I cramped like a mother for two weeks, then it tapered off for two weeks and then I had another period (so regular, but with weird ass cramping). Every single period I had after that loss was like that......cramping AFTER my period, with no cramping before or during. Annoying annoying annoying. But then I got pregnant again, no problems, but we terminated that pregnancy at 20 weeks due to severe birth defects. Now with that one, after my son was born, I ended up having a D&C because the placenta wouldn't come out. I bled for about three weeks, and then nothing for three weeks and then a period. No cramping afterward this time. And then I got pregnant again before I had another period, but lost that baby at around 7 weeks. That was about a month ago. I bled for about two weeks. I am pretty sure I ovulated just based on mucus (tmi, gross, sorry) two weeks ago, and I have been crampy all weekend so hopefully AF is on her way. If AF shows up this week, that will be about 4 weeks between m/c and period this time.

So as you can see, there is just no telling. And I think the later your loss, the more time it probably takes. What I will say is, I know you are anxious to try again but your body needs to heal. So while it is so damn frustrating just waiting and waiting and waiting.....think of it as giving your body time to get back on track and ready to support another pregnancy. I will be thinking of you, I hope everything gets back to normal soon, and know that there are lots of us out here that are waiting too. xoxoxo

I had a full term loss, my baby died just after birth. My period started again 8 weeks out. It's taking time for it to normalize, my cycles are all over the place, and my periods have been super heavy, but it's within a normal range.

If your breast milk hasn't dried up yet that can affect your cycle.

I was frustrated and anxious waiting for my period to start up again. We were told to wait three cycles before trying again, and I wanted the process to start. It takes time though, and every woman is different.

Charlotte was stillborn at 26 weeks on June 6th. I had postpartum bleeding for about 2 weeks. I had my first period around July 9th and it has evened out to average 29 days since then. We were told to wait 3 cycles before trying again. Then I had some funky antibody screen results, so I had to wait another month. So this is the first month we started actually TTC.
I had been on Depo Provera for years, so I don't know what to expect. I took my last shot last June, so it was gone in Sept. I didn't start a period until Nov and then we TTC in Dec. Boom, got pregnant right away. I doubt we'll have the same results now. I don't have any expectations this month... at least I'm trying my best not to. I guess if it doesn't work, I'll have to do some more stuff like charting, temp and OPKs. But we'll see if it comes to that.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I know your body can be especially frustrating during this time.

My son was born at 29 weeks back at the end of March. I literally got my period two days after the post-partum bleeding stopped at 6 weeks. Since then my cycles have been between 28-32 days (before pregnancy I was consistently 28 days).

My son died at birth, 38.5 weeks, on June 13. My cycles returned 5 weeks later and have been as regular as clockwork since. I wish I was ttc.

it took my body four months after our son was stillborn at thirty-seven weeks. and actually, it probably would have been longer had i not demanded my doctor give me something to force a period.

i know the only thing that seems logical right now is to get pregnant again. IMMEDIATELY. please, please, please allow your body to bounce back on its own. i rushed into a subsequent pregnancy and suffered a miscarriage at eight weeks. it devastated me. and if i can help one person NOT go through the hell i did, well, it's worth it to me.

i know i can't change the way you feel, but i do know the ache in all of your hearts. be gentle to yourself and your body. it will happen. it will.

j:

I know this is an old thread... but I'm trying to find answers and still haven't.

I lost my daughter at 41 weeks July 13th... I got my cycle back the end of August. I was having gallbladder attacks and ended up in the ER with Pancreatitis from a gallstone blocking a duct or something... I got my gallbladder out end of September. I have had not ovulation--- just annovulatory bleeding every 26 days since. It is now January 2nd. 5 months since my loss... almost 6... and 3 months since my surgery.

I am loosing heart and don't know what to do.

I'm sorry for all your loses.
My son was stillborn at 36 weeks beginning of February 2018.It's September now and I havent started my cycle.My OB wants me to try Norethisterone to induce my period.Waiting patiently