Follow-Up With My OB, And Should I Hold Out Any Hope of Getting Pregnant on Our Own?

D&C follow-up appointment with my new OB today. Really like my new doctor, she just has a very kind way about her.

Not much to report, which is a good thing. I'm still bleeding a little 2 weeks post-procedure, which she says is normal. She says I should get my period 2 to 4 weeks after the procedure, so sometime in the next 2 weeks. I am FINALLY allowed to have sex and hot baths again...yay!

My doctor also told me it would be fine (no danger to a new baby so soon after miscarriage) if I got pregnant between now and when we do the FET (which we think will be July). And told me the story of a patient of hers who tried for 11 years to get pregnant and had 2 failed IVFs and then got pregnant TWICE naturally. I hear stories like this all the time. A dear friend of mine actually had this happen...9 years of trying, a successful IVF, and then after she got pregnant naturally. 

So of course a little part of me wants to get my hopes up. It's so hard to have that hope, though, because it means I'll be disappointed when my period comes. So much easier just to assume it won't happen and not try and just plan for the FET...then I don't have to deal with the disappointment/letdown. Plus my husband needs a break from all this...no way are we going to be timing things etc. over the next few months. It's hard to know where to land here.

Oh, and yay...I've lost 6.5 pounds in the past 2 weeks (I've been trying hard, too, really watching what I eat and exercising). That's the baby weight...now I just need to lose the 10 pounds I gained from the IVF drugs and I'll be happy. I didn't really mind gaining the weight when there was a baby involved, but after the miscarriage I hate it, hate it, hate it. 

There should be more information when we meet with our RE next Friday...