TTC after MC, ERPC anyone want to join me??

Hi yellowtomato, welcome even though I am the only one you missed out Can I still play? I'm sorry things haven't worked out for you so far, a year is such a long time to then undergo such heartache, and twice! Third time lucky, eh? Your erpc was so recently, I hope you're ok. Like brought said I kept having "this time last week/a fortnight ago....." moments, but my maths is a bit shite so I've had to stop that now. However, I did manage to work out this morning that I was on the Due in April thread, now I'd make it onto the October one at a push - that's half a year! Fingers crossed for everyone that this time next year we are all in a happier place (no, not Disney!)

Hello ladies

Nice to see you broughthimround wonnay nurse and star good to see you are all progressing. I am going to monitor this cycle and then start again after.

Hello to pink and rach

To recap for those who don't know me I'm 37 ttc my first. Started 2 years ago, have been pg twice (took a year each time) and had 2 mmc. Last one ended in ERPC last Friday.

I am v keen to get on with it again but don't think that starting this month or next will make much difference given my history, looks like I'll be in for a bit of a wait. Mind you a number of you seem to achieve it a much quicker so maybe some of that will wash off onto me? [clutching at straws emotion]

wrt to opk's etc I have tried them but not found them particularly reliable. My cycle is pretty consistent and I usually get egg white CM 2 days before ovulating so that's all i need to know really!

Am having acupuncture to try to improve things, we'll see how it goes. And also going to have some blood tests to try to find any causes for the mmcs.

right, I also promise to be less boring, long and rambling in the future!

Hi pink and all,

Hi everyone on here already and thanks nurse for starting this up.

I'm not quite sure I'm ready to launch in fully to this thread so will lurk for a while, if you don't mind, and join in with gusto when I'm feeling more back to normal (ERPC was 4 days ago - no DC yet, that was 2nd mc after natural mc back in June).

Good luck to you all and look forward to hearing lots of positive stories!

:o!!!!!!!

oooohhh i took us to page two... Love it!!

well if thats the case i think i have ov,d already, i find with me im kinda off sex for a week during my cycle and thats the week i generally ov in, my hubby said that why i got preggers so quickly the last time... Nothing to do with him wanting sex everyday!!! Men ay??
My body feels messed up since my mc, and nothing feels normal, so im taking this month, my second cycle as my test cycle b4 we go ahead and ttc.
Starting my temps last nyt, though id give it ago to see whats normal???
Im 33 next month and i know that relatively young i have the 35 question mark looming in the back of my head!!! Stupid i know....
Welcome pink and brought xx

Hi Pink!! Have you had any periods since June? Just wondered as you mentioned erratic cycles.

Haha, Nurse, it all sounds so romantic. With the 2 kids i already have, i didn't even try to do the deed when i ovulated (i wouldn't have known when that was anyway), we just didn't use contraception and luckily caught within 2 months of coming off the pill. I'm a bit worried about things returning to normal following the ERPC which is why i feel like i want to keep note a bit and also would be nice to conceive at the first possible opportunity. Obviously, this would mean keeping check on ovulation before i get my first period. We'll see.....

Hello nice ladies, is it ok if I lurk here? I'm trying for my first, I'm 28, and had a MC at 8 and a half weeks in June. I post on the other superfast thread but thought it would be nice to hang around here too if you don't mind? Last month I started temperature charting and using a clearblue fertility monitor to try and figure out what's going on with my increasingly long and erratic cycles - if you're thinking about charting your temperatures I'd really recommend Taking Charge of Your Fertility - it's about £10 on Amazon and I feel much more empowered now as it explains about how your cycle works and I'm embarrassed to say, I had no clue about any of that stuff before - I got very lucky last time I was pregnant....

Hello nice ladies, is it ok if I lurk here? I'm trying for my first, I'm 28, and had a MC at 8 and a half weeks in June. I post on the other superfast thread but thought it would be nice to hang around here too if you don't mind? Last month I started temperature charting and using a clearblue fertility monitor to try and figure out what's going on with my increasingly long and erratic cycles - if you're thinking about charting your temperatures I'd really recommend Taking Charge of Your Fertility - it's about £10 on Amazon and I feel much more empowered now as it explains about how your cycle works and I'm embarrassed to say, I had no clue about any of that stuff before - I got very lucky last time I was pregnant....

I feel ok Rach. I'd say i'm pretty good considering but have little moments when i have a minor wobble (that no-one ever sees) when i think that even though it wasn't a baby, it was our DNA that was developing and could have been something.

Sparkly you do make me laugh and i've only seen a few of your posts. :o x

DH turned 30 this summer Brought and surprise surprise, we were in Disney again!!! Went to a lovely restaurant called Seasons 52 with all organically, locally produced food and nothing on the menu was over 400 calories.....great!! I panicked a little when we all rolled up to find out it had valet parking though (i felt like i was on the hills!!) and saw it was a, not snobby, but you know, pretty nice verging on posh restaurant and we had a just 7yr old and 2 yr old with us. I did fear the worst but they were pretty good really. We've been the last 3 years on the trot and love it. Did you get chance to look at the Disney planning website/forum i mentioned? Where are you staying?

Nurse would you stick with branded then if possible? As i said, when it comes round to it i'll maybe pass on ovulation testing but you never know....

Hi Girls,
I'm not joining you yet as we have now booked a holiday to disney in february, hopefully you ladies who are trying will be successful by then and on the anti-natal threads. My miscarriage was "natural" at 8 weeks, but is it ok if I stick with you guys who I already know from Jue in June and keep up with your progress? Feel like a kid saying "can I be in your gang"!!
Waves at Sparklywine and rachk32.

sorry for your recent loss star, how are you bearing up?
Meant to say, i got 10 pg test, 10 ov test and the thermometer for £6 off amazon inc p&p.

Hi all, I managed to get the thermometer and ov sticks from amazon, £6.00 for the lot!! bargain..
So going to give it a shot next month...
never had to do it before as got pregnant on our 2nd cycle after our wedding in may.
i find it all very daughting to be honest.
Been lurking around on MN for about 8 weeks now as i felt it was my only means of support, friends and family seem to want to ignore my mc ever happened... it doesnt help my SIL is pg, only 3 weeks in front of i would of been...
im now on day 21 of my cycle, not sure if ive ov'd this month to be honest, its all new to me.
So any support would be great. x

I took my niece to see Peppa Pig live and the auditorium smelt of poo. I'm not squeamish, don't mind changing the cat litter or nappies, but was taken aback slightly. The childless are usually spared such things, no-one warns you! Nurse, I don't even know about cycles really! I had an implant for 6 years, and when it came out I had a period almost straight away and then got pregnant. Who knows when I ovulate? Need a stick covered in wee to tell me, clearly I planned to guess it was around about when I felt like having sex, nature being the cunning fox that it is! At the moment, this is rare (the hot water bottle in bed, reaking of rubber, is a real turn off ) Star, I'm 36 so haven't the luxury of waiting if I'm honest, my fertility is meant to have fallen off a cliff, so once this period is out of the way I shall be on ov alert!

Sparkly. I have just bought in a couple of bottles of vino this morning actually and lots of ingredients to make yummy home baking for DS's school for Children in Need on friday :) This may, or may not, come off successfully. I'm a bit hit and miss with my cooking :o. I was just thinking of getting a couple of cheap tests to use after i've stopped bleeding, before we have sex again to make sure i've got rid of all hcg. I want to make sure that has all gone before we try again.
Does anyone know of any good places on the net that do decent tests (pregnancy and ovulation)? I've never bothered with ovulation tests before but i'd like to try them this time perhaps so i have some indication my body is still working instead of having to wait to get my period. I'll probably be far to lazy to do it in reality but i like the idea. x

I'm swinging from trying again straight away to leaving it til next year.
Due to DH's work, we can only holiday June time and possibly at the end of May. If i were to get pregnant now i'd be 20 odd weeks along come that time and although i'd be able to travel, not sure if i'd fancy a bit flight (We're looking at Disney and Australia). I could still go but i'd be so gutted at not being able to do all the rides etc because i'd be pregnant. The other option is postponing trying until we go away next year. The downside to that would be that we'd be looking at a spring 2012 baby and that just feels so far away and out of reach at the moment. Decisions decisions.....

My posts won't always be so indulgent long and boring detailed by the way!

Welcome rach32, I've seen your posts on other threads, sorry you're going through such a hard time. It will get better, and MN is such a great support, although I perhaps have information overload through too much lurking, so with comfort brings the worry of knowledge! A girl at work announced her pregnancy practically before sperm had met egg, and I really envied her utter oblivious faith that all would be well. So I know what you mean Star (hi!), I'm going to be full of fear the entire way through the next (soon please!) pregnancy, and the thought of going to the 12 week scan and seeing a blank screen again fills me with horror.

Star, sorry to hear about your MMC, Sunday is so recent but you seem to be coping. Just have some wine chocolate on hand for shaky moments. I got some cheap pregnancy tests, ostensibly to check the hcg was out of my system but if I'm honest it was because immediately afterwards I wanted to be one of those cases I've read about on here, who get pregnant again straight away. How I'd have been able to tell it was a pregnancy and not leftover hcg I have no idea, I was fooling myself really. My first test, 2 weeks later, showed a really really faint positive (though that may have been a mirage ) and the following Friday it was properly negative. I suspect, so soon after your erpc, that you'd still have hcg in your system and it would test positive, which might be hard to take and give you false hope in a way. That's my take on it, only you can decide what's best for you. Wombat, good luck with your bean, fingers crossed and keep us posted. You can wave the flag for us newbies. Rach, I think I'm a way off a thermometer yet but where did you get the ov sticks? it can be my new Friday treat! Thanks for starting up the thread Nurse, it feels nice here.