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Help - Advice TTC after miscarriage

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snowcloud · 09/07/2012 22:06

Hello - new on here but wondering if others can help/shed light on this. Had a miscarriage and ERPC end of May. I was about 11 weeks. Since then we've been TTC the whole time through. It's now like 41 days since the ERPC and still no AF and it's driving me mad as to whether I've even ovulated or whether I might be pregnant or not and whether AF is just going to appear. I have been doing OPK throughout this cycle but not from the very beginning as I had not thought of using them. They have always shown negative until last weekend when a faint second line was there. Pregnancy tests show negative. I just want to know. Confused

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snowcloud · 13/08/2012 21:31

Thank you Ill pop across. xx

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cartoonface · 13/08/2012 11:22

ops didnt mean to post yet, maybe u could join us here. a few of us are ttc after mc etc

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snowcloud · 11/08/2012 22:12

Thank you so much for your replies it really helps. Yep I'm back on with the ovulation sticks now and feel like I understand what my body is doing a bit more now than before. I'm tracking everything and trying to chart too so I can see what's happening. Has anyone used Evening Primrose Oil tablets to help?

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cartoonface · 10/08/2012 13:39

thats really good snowcloud get some ovulation sticks and ur good to go!

JaffaSnaffle · 09/08/2012 22:15

snowcloud, hcg level of 1 means you are definitely not pregnant, and are very unlikely to have anything retained from your miscarriage. Anything under 5 is 'not pregnant'. Anything over 25 is. You have a clean slate! Any positive pg tests you get from now on are true positives.
I am a poster on the metallers thread, for people ttc or pregnant after mc. We call what you have been through the WTF cycle, because it can be so weird and unpredictable! Your body can take a few cycles to get back to normal post mc, but the first is usually the worst.
Are you taking any vitamins? Would recommend a good pregnancy or conception vitamin that has lots of B vitamins in, they are meant to help you get your cycle back on track. Lots of good food, sleep, and nice things too to help you feel better.
I'm very sorry for your loss, and for all you have been through. X

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snowcloud · 09/08/2012 22:02

I got my blood results back and HCG levels were 1 so can anyone tell me a bit about HCG levels. Hope hope hope I'm getting back on track xxx

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Munchin · 08/08/2012 13:03

Hi snowcloud glad to see you have got af back finally. I got my af too after a marathon 103 days!!!! Never so glad to see the old witch. Best of luck ttc.

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snowcloud · 06/08/2012 22:09

Hi, it all seems to have stopped already so the BD begins again. Wishing you luck too xxx

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Almond301 · 05/08/2012 18:52

Hi Snowcloud

I have been lurking on your thread and just wanted to say yeah to getting your AF! Seems a weird thing to say congrats for but it must be a relief. I had a MC a week ago so my waiting game has just begun. x

teaandchocolate · 04/08/2012 21:37

Sorry I totally missed your other post! Thanks for your concern. I'm doing ok really, quite up & down but today's a positive day! Clinging onto the fact that even after 2 mcs I am still statistically more likely to have a baby than a mc next time...

Anyway really pleased your AF arrived!! At least you know your bodys doing what it's supposed to do. If you do find your cycles a bit messed up I definitely recommend accupuncture. Seemed to really help with ovulation...even if it couldn't get the bean to stick! Good luck!

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snowcloud · 04/08/2012 20:59

Day 66 and AF arrived. Need some hope now for a fresh start x

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snowcloud · 01/08/2012 21:25

I'm sorry for your losses. I hope you are ok. Thank you for your reply. I rang up the doctors to day and got an appointment straight away this time so went and she took 2 blood tests I think she said it was for HCG levels. Will have to wait a few days for any news I think.

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teaandchocolate · 01/08/2012 12:17

I think the progesterone acts a bit like the pill - builds up the lining of your uterus while you take it & when you stop you bleed. The dr should check you're not pregnant 1st by a scan or blood test (if you know by dates when you DTD etc that you couldn't be pregnant.). It's not the taking it during a pregnancy that would cause a problem, it's the stopping it and having a bleed. After the scan the dr said that my body was trying to have a period but my hormone levels just weren't surging enough.

Although I do think it's pretty normal for your cycles to be messed up after a mc. It's just very annoying. After my 3 rd I had a period after 6 wks then nothing for about 8 weeks. I then discovered I was pregnant (so must have ovulated on day 50 or something ridiculous). I unfortunately just lost that one too so actually wish I'd waited for my body to get back to normal properly before ttc. Not sure if the latest mc & mad cycles are related.

Also definitely found accupuncture helped regulate things so that might be worth a go too.

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snowcloud · 01/08/2012 10:37

Hi, thank you so much teaandchocolate. I'm day 63 now still nothing. I've not been back to the doctors yet. I kept thinking I might get some news before I have to go back. How does the Progesterone work? I would be worried if I'd managed to get pregnant and then it got rid of it. x

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teaandchocolate · 30/07/2012 22:26

Hi snowcloud. Sorry you're having such a rubbish time. I just wanted to say that after my 1st erpc I didn't have a period for months. Erpc was in April and by August id had no af just random brown spotting. I went to a private gynaecologist as was sick of getting fobbed off by my gp. Private dr scanned me to check I wasnt preg & then prescribed progesterone which I took for a week or so then stopped & had a 'period'. Ended up getting pregnant with my DD 2 weeks later!! The dr told me my cycles were probably messed up due to stress but it's impossible not to stress! I also have pcos which doesn't help. Unfortunately I've recently had my 3rd mc & the consultant I'm seeing now said that no period for 12 weeks is totally normal after a mc...just soooo annoying!

Anyway just thought I'd add my experience as you could reuquest a progesterone induced period which I think helped clear me out & kick start my cycle.

Good luck with it all - mc is hideous!

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snowcloud · 30/07/2012 21:55

Day 61. x

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cartoonface · 30/07/2012 11:39

oh u poor thing mine came yesterday. 4wks and 2days.
has the doc checked you over?

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snowcloud · 29/07/2012 21:39

Day 60 now x

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snowcloud · 28/07/2012 20:18

No AF here, - day 59 now. I'm really hoping that I get an indicator soon. xx

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cartoonface · 27/07/2012 10:29

still nothing ladies? im currently on the look out for af. im 4wks since d&c today so am expecting her anytime. it was exactly 4wks last time but i did start to mc naturally before my d&c so i dont know if that made a difference

Munchin · 27/07/2012 08:40

Still no AF here either snowcloud!!

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snowcloud · 26/07/2012 11:05

Day 57

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snowcloud · 25/07/2012 10:39

Hi backwardpossom! How are you doing? Good I hope.

I'm still the same today. xx

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backwardpossom · 24/07/2012 16:59

Hi snowcloud - just thought I'd wave hello (it's mossop from TES) Small world Wink

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