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Conceiving a Rainbow Baby: 10 Tips to Help You Get Pregnant After a Miscarriage

Glow • Wed, Feb 04

A rainbow, the beauty that comes after a storm and a symbol of hope, is a description women lovingly use for their babies that are born after a miscarriage, still birth, or infant loss. For women who have experienced a loss, conceiving a “rainbow baby” doesn’t make them forget the loss, take it away or diminish it, but it does give them hope for a new chance at motherhood. The mechanics of getting pregnant after a miscarriage are not much different than conceiving a baby at any other time, but there are some things you may want to know if you are trying to get pregnant after a miscarriage. Here are 10 tips to help you get pregnant after a miscarriage.

Take a prenatal vitamin daily

The National Women's Health Information Center lists taking folic acid as one of the most important things you can do before getting pregnant. Women are recommended to take a prenatal vitamin with at least 400 mcg of folic acid starting three months before they plan to get pregnant. Folic acid is important, not just for the prevention of neural tube defects, but according to the University of Maryland Medical Center, there is evidence that it may reduce your risk of miscarriage as well. Research from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development supports this conclusion. They found that women with low folic acid levels had a higher rate of miscarriage and were more likely to have fetuses with a chromosomal defect (one of the most common causes of miscarriage).

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