Sixth Form Common Room part IV - ttc and pregnancy post mc

mouse I seem to remember when i was pg with the twins I was so utterly convinced it hadn't worked I freaked out on MN a lot. I had cramps and brown and was sure it was AF. Sorry you think it's not your month though :( Have you got any other tests in the house?

for good scan news yrmotb

How long til the driving test mummya

battery sorry wtf is being a pain, my first af was 10 weeks post erpc.

Sorry to hear you've got brown stuff mouse but looking back through my diary a had it every day from about 8 -18 dpo! It's so hard to be hopeful and remain realistic isn't it

Hello to all, I'm on my phone so can't scroll back - a disadvantage of the mn app methinks!

Exactly that - thanks mummya

is it this one?

www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html#female

mummya small request, do you still have that link to recommended hormone levels for progesterone day 21 test etc? A lady on the ttc on pred thread is concerned about her results.

Tina sorry about your due date, its a very rough time, hope you are being extra kind to yourself.

mouse suspenders are on!

YRMOTB for scan news!!! Hope you are feeling the weight slipping from your shoulders!

battery have PM'd you lots. Hope you are OK today. xxx

Has anyone seen Izzy recently? How is she doing?

Not much news here, still doing driving lessons, translating, looking after poorly DS and muddling through with life. Love to all. xxx

Yay YRMOTB lovely to get another squizz and I admire your restraint!

How is your campervan going Tomboy?

Digi we are also having a bday for DD on Monday - feeling a bit crap Mum as I just can't seem to organise myself to do anything for it yet - it is DH's birthday the day before and just the present buying seems to have done me in. Send any spare cakes and decs over this way!

Sorry battery that your wtf is truly living up to it's name - the not knowing is so frightening and frustrating. Big squeeze - I will make you a as I can't offer any useful advice!

Tina here is a for you too - there is so much going on for you at the moment isn't there.

Welcome ecow (tell us if the shortening is annoying ... it gives me a giggle everytime I read it - not sure why!)

LadyB can you send back some zen please - mine is a having a bit of a wobble at the moment, we found out this morning that we have a potential 8 week delay on the house and won't start until November. I just cried my eyes out - I have so linked the house and getting upduffed that it feels like we will never get this house built or baby born! My blood results finally came back - they are all 'normal' - I know I should be happy but when I asked what happens next Do I just try again and see what happens? the response was I guess so - said with a laugh

Waves to all ....

for yrmotb, for good scan and bonus scan! Dd did the exact same thing when they tried to see her heart valves, I just had to go back 30 minutes later, I didn't get to have another scan 2 weeks later. I'm a bit about going to France, it's to stay with the ILs but we're hoping to take their camper van out for a night which dd is very excited about.

Glad scan went well yrmotb

battery after one of my mc's my temps stayed elevated for a few weeks then dropped but no af. I think I ovulated maybe a week after the temps dropped so got af two weeks after that. I think it's much more likely you didn't ovulate rather than did but no af. Perhaps the cramping is your lining starting to build up and your ovaries starting to produce follicles.

Haven't told boss yet, colleague I told yesterday has just told me she is also pg. Nearly 12 weeks.

YRMOTB so pleased that Friday's news was all good, and pleased that you get another peek in 2 weeks time.

Mouse will have my FX for you all day xx

Battery so sorry to hear you are going through this stress. After my mc, natural rather than ERPC mind, I was convinced I ovulated, didn't temp, didn't check anything, though noticed more EWCM, just intuition. My Consultant, when I told him was fairly resolute that I wouldn't have done so soon after a mc, despite a text book 28 day cycle. His opinion was that my hormones would likely still be imbalanced so as not to ovulate but still to trick me with AF. So sorry to hear about your colleague at work yesterday. ((hugs))

Tina hope today is better than yesterday x

to everyone else

battery I found this- looks like the doctors don't really know either.

"More than likely you were not ovulating while the hCG levels were at a pregnant level. As far as whether you will ovulate with an hCG level of 10, I would say that would be dependent upon each woman and her specific cycle pattern and hormone levels. It is not a question I can answer with a 'yes' or 'no' for you. Is it possible - yes. Did you, specifically - I have no idea."

Sorry, sorry, I'm here! Had my scan, all was good, except I have a misbehaving baby who refused to cooperate for the final of the 3 heart views, thus necessitating another trip in 2 weeks time to try and get the other view needed. Plus side is another look at bean in 2 weeks! She did say that there wasn't anything so far to worry about though. I nearly cracked and asked her what flavour it was when DP and DS were outside the room waiting for me, but managed to restrain myself. And since then have been for a weekend away in a lovely old farmhouse in Shropshire for my friend's birthday. So sorry for the lack of updatage!

Who was asking about ov sticks? I found them really useful, mainly as I had a fade-in pattern. Quite uncommon, according to my research! But basically the sticks would start to darken around 5 days before ov. Very useful for timed shags!

battery I thought that HCG had to be less than 5 for 10-14 days before you ovulate? God knows where I read that though, but I will have a look for you to see if I can locate it again. Really feel for you, it's such a shitter not knowing what's going on. I waited nearly 9 weeks after my erpc, which was tortuous.

mouse you're still up there then. That's good. Fingers firmly crossed for you.

digi how was the party? It sounds like a boy's dream! Are you mainly in denial, or do you seem to be dealing with it ok?

tina Ooh, a holiday! Lush. And if AF due, then you get to either be pg or have a few drinks on holiday. Brilliant. Sorry about EDD. It is horrible, but you might feel a little weight lift after. Hopefully, at any rate. I know I did. It wasn't really a race anymore, IYSWIM.

Hi edwardsother Nice to get new faces in here, and it is quite calm, relatively, over here! Sorry to hear about your MC.

Waves to lily, kat, blackkat, loup, collie, ma, izz and everyone

Temps still above the coverline then mouse Have you tested today? I'm still crossing my fingers for you!

battery your wtf cycle is certainly a wtf isn't it?!

Thanks for all the kind words yesterday. I had a good cry when dh got home (after a huge meltdown row over cleaning!), I'm sure my current run of one in/one off/one in etc night shifts, plus hormones didn't help, nor did my friend's news that she's now an auntie or colleague's fb status about how she's got one week to go. I've still got my edd to get through next Tuesday too, the day we go to France. Of course a bfp before then would take the edge of a bit! (af due on Monday).

Anyone heard from yrmotb since her scan?

*digi8 I have been temping - albeit sporadically as I am not sure exactly when I ovulated as when I started checking it I was already post ov temps. I think it was about 3 weeks ago though. I have thought - what if i treid to Ov and didn't? I had my hcg done on the monday and it was 7 - then due to my tempsI ovulated about 3 days later - is this even possible? I have not had a scan but had my hcg done on monday which was less than 1. I am going to ask my gp for a scan next week pre - ov (I think) to check how thick my lining is. I have been reading lesley regans book which is quite reassuring too. I am trying not to get too panicked yet.

A colleague (male) who i have not seen for ages yesterday said to me -'I hear congrats are in order' and looked at my tummy. I promptly burst into tears. I am so tearful - and it is all to do with the fact my stupid crap body is letting me down again. :(

mouse still hoping for you xxx

mouse how long is your usual lp? Mine's quite long at 15/16 which I wondered was to do with long cycles (slow reaction to hormone changes?)

Am keeping busy. Had to tell colleague at work I'm pg so she could re-organise my schedule around the scan on the 7th (and organise cover just in case). At the same time I had an email from a freelancer friend who had to turn some work down we offered her because she'd had a mc . I told her I'd had a few and if she ever wanted to talk...

battery are you counting from cd1 again then? Maybe you should email Mr S and ask whether you should take the steroids this cycle. He'll probably offer you a scan - which will be v expensive first time - but if you can get your nhs cons to sort one out then he'll prob accept their findings. Have you actually had a post-erpc scan? Sorry if you've mentioned this but apart from cm and ov pains how were you checking for ovulation? Is it possible you haven't ovulated and maybe this cm is another attempt?

Tina (((hugs))) Hope you're holding up okay.

tina these days are always so awful, I hope you managed to get through it ok xx

mouse when is AF due?

digi no sign of AF. I am trying not to worry too much - I am going to wait till I should have AF again and see what happens. All my hormones came back normal which I thought they would. I do wonder if maybe my lining was so thin that there was nothing to shed this time? I know last time I fretted so much about my periods that I had a hysteroscopy which showed everything was fine. I am going to have a day 21 progesterone done after I have OVd so I can say to the dr - I am ovulating but no bleeding. I am also unsure whether or not to start taking the steroids next week when I think I will ovulate?

tina big (((hugs))) to you today, thinking of you xxx

mouse has temp dropped today?

Tina sorry today is such a sad reminder but as you say, chart is looking positive!

battery any sign of AF today?