TTC after recurrent miscarriage

Kimmi
I was on the low dose aspirin from bfp in my last pregnancy and also took part in a progesterone trial up to wk 16 of the pregnancy. Unfortunately that pregnancy ended in a Stillbirth of my little girl at 27 wks but already been assured that is completely unrelated to the aspirin or progesterone. I will be pushing to get both in next pregnancy. I know loads of the other ladies are on one or both of these too. I was nervous about them but figured that after 2 mc’s I would try anything.

Thank you all, been feeling up and down. I’ve still not naturally passed the pregnancy and still have a week to wait until next EPU appointment. I’m so impatient just want to move on now but feeling stuck.

I went for a private consultation and he has recommended I try progesterone and aspirin (75mg) next time I get BFP. Anyone had any luck/ comments on this? (Sorry if already been spoken about on here I did try and look back over posts but there are lots)

Huge congratulations Mog so happy for you. X

Ah mog, hats fantastic news! Really happy for you

Think I've ovulated early! Must be because we had plans for a sexy weekend and few things ever go to plan

Half term is going well but I'm exhausted! Children and lots of public transport and crowds is a tiring mix. But we're having fun.

Great news mog! Will you have any mote scans or wait until your 12 week one now?

Lisa should be able to start again in 3-4 weeks. Although the consultant said she wanted to do a 3D ultrasound 5 weeks post-op and I'm not having much success with getting that organised which is frustrating!

Great news mog. How many weeks is that?
Yeah the epu people are lovely but you hate to be there all the same.

Eek scan showed heartbeat and measuring about the right size. Very shocked but happy. I had convinced myself it was going to be bad news and was feeling very stressed before the scan. I hadn't realised how scared I was of the idea of having another miscarriage until then. I also hate the epu. They are lovely people who work there, but such horrible memories!

Sorry to hear about period Fox.

Hello Kimmi - sorry to hear about your miscarriages. I was expecting my scan to show I'd had third miscarriage of the year too. It's a lot to go through emotionally and physically in short space of time. I hope you are feeling OK.

Keep - Wow that's a quick turn around from one marriage to another. Hopefully it is the right choice for him.

Are there a few of you going into FW soon, if you are still in sync?

I've never been able to get on board with pearly barley although I do like the idea of it. I just find it a bit tasteless and chewy.

Sorry for your losses Kimmi. I hope you find some support here.

Not much to report from me. Starting to get impatient now and want to get back on with TTC. DH is in uproar because one of his friends got engaged on Friday and is planning to get married in December. He was engaged to someone else at the start of the year! Anyway, the weekend their getting married is when we were planning to have our annual Christmas party. And it'll be in Cardiff and we live in the North East. I think it is quite good that he has got someone else's dramas to occupy himself with!

I hope everyone has had a good weekend.

So sorry for your losses kimmi

There's a lot of support on the miscarriage board on MN for people going through this which you might find helpful.

A few of us have had RMC testing and it varies a lot across the country.

Everyone feels differently about how much they choose to share. I've shared some but not all of my mcs with friends and family and real life support can be hugely helpful if there is anyone you can open up to. The miscarriage association has a number you can call too to discuss options. Look after yourself.

Hi All,
I’ve never actually written on a forum before today. I am currently going through my 3rd m/c found out on Thursday so I am playing the waiting game, to see if my body will do it naturally.

I do have a beautiful DS who is 2, but now 3 m/c in a year. Don’t know what’s going on with me. I will be referred for testing now.

Don’t know how mentally I will feel about TTC again, this last pregnancy I wasn’t hopeful and felt very robotic about it.

Glad I’ve found somewhere I can talk about it as we have kept our losses fairly quiet.

And I agree with keepon, Lisa, you have to do what you need to minimise the pain of other people's new arrivals. It was a thoughtful sensible plan to contact someone to arrange gifts. And I hope your brother and SIL are sensitive about theirs. Take care of yourself first x

I love pearl barley, good choice! And what a pointless, stupid, thoughtless thing to share. Some people... Glad DH handled it. Does she often come out with tripe like that?

Hope your UTI is on the way out and you're feeling okay Bertie.

Glad you're bearing up Miami. I'm not in any way suggesting painting your nails or taking a walk is going to heal your pain, of course not, but there's a lot to be said for feeling like you're looking after yourself, even just the little things. In the wake of my mmc I made a point to myself of taking nice baths and making myself get up, putting a good book by the sofa in case I felt like diving into something, and checking in with nice friends.

Nothing to report here, got busy few days with the DSC for half term, then a nice night away next weekend just us which coincides with FF predicted ov day. Going to follow the age old advice of having a few drinks and a lot of sex .

Hi guys
I hope you don't mind I've had one m/c but I've just been no where near as brave as you all to try again ! But thought i would share this about a girl who was at my school who was in the local paper

Haha, sorry for the confusion - you are all very nice to have replied even though you had no idea who my alter ego was!

Not pathetic at all Lisa. I just remove myself from any pregnancy/baby related situation these days, or at least as much as I can. Not always easy but you need to look out for yourself, there is no point doing something you will find upsetting or that makes life harder than it is. Buying baby presents definitely fits into those categories. My new-baby-present these days is flowers and chocolates so I don't need to go anywhere near the cute baby clothes and toys.

Oh Miami I think it would be impossible to stop yourself thinking about how many weeks pregnant you should be. It is so horribly unfair that you aren't still pregnant. I still do it for time to time with my last pregnancy and it is over 5 months since my MC. Maybe just try and acknowledge it each day somehow? Please be kind to yourself.

I was totally wondering who Carbella was too!

Lisa you are not pathetic. I am also one of life's organisers and generally DH and I are responsible for arranging group get togethers. I think if there is someone else who can do a job which would be difficult for you then why not. And well done you for asking them to rather than just grinning and bearing it.

I need to get myself back on some folic acid. I did take Pregnacare conception for a while but I always spot for a few days before AF and for some reason when I was on it the spotting would start a week before. Went back to bog standard folic acid and it settled back down. I'm taking Ubiquinol too. I ordered some online from Woods recently and they had a 3 for 2 offer so it was a bit better. But as you say, if it helps it'll be worth it.

Oh, rubbish Bertie, hope the antibiotics kick in quickly.

Miami the vitamins cost a ridiculous amount! I alternate ubiquinol with CoQ10 which keeps the cost down a little bit but they all add up. Sometimes I think about how much I have spent on acupuncture in the last 2 years and it horrifies me. Like you say though, it's one of the only things that helps me so it's worth it.

Ooh intriguing scary! I'm at the docs because I've got a uti again. I thought it had gone but apparently not, so antibiotics it is. Sigh.

Oops, that was me posting above as Carabella - changed back to old username to post on an old thread and then got distracted by this one . Confused today as temp usually plummets on 14dpo and AF starts but instead it has gone way up - I'm now googling all the "late BFP" stories. I am ridiculous!

We've come up with an amazing holiday plan though so as soon as AF arrives, we're booking!

Hope everyone is doing ok today xx

AF came but not really a surprise as I've been spotting for three days.

Feeling quite positive and almost like this waiting may have a purpose today. A lady in the BT facebook group mentioned that she was having a Percept NIPT test done, which is currently only available in Australia and it came back clear for her which was lovely to read. So I was reading up about these and this one in particular is really new and works for all translocations, which actually gives me some hope for now. All of these changes in the science/technology are happening so fast and it kind of makes me think that the waiting will have been worth it if it means we have access to better information.

I do think I need to get DH back on the vitamins. I'm sure he was taking them the first few months when we conceived easily.