TTC after pregnancy loss - Thread 30 - huddle up and bring on the BFP's

@Lilimum7 I'm really glad you are getting stable temps and you have a high already! I have had stable low temps so far this cycle and have very low reading opks at the moment (like 0.17 readings), I usually have a peak around cd 14.

Have you tried anything different this month? I've had my second reflexology session last week and I feel I came out like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, no explanation for it! Gradually got used to the vile conception supplements (they are ok with a ton of fruit juice).

Fingers crossed you get your peak and can make the most of it.

Morning all. Sorry to see new names on this thread, and still so many familiar ones - I wish more of us could bugger off onto the graduate thread and never return.

I'm 5DPO and I've been so busy with work I've not had time to think about TTC at all. Another batshit week at work this week and I'm thankful for the distraction 😊

First pic is on the 11th and last one is today. Or am I imagining a line? Or have heard of evap lines before too. Head is wrecked

I'm thinking I might've had a cp.. AF was due last Wednesday/Thursday and have been POAS all week. The tests from a few days ago show the faintest line ever (shining my phone light through them) and now after poas yesterday and today, there's nothing or is my cycle just totally messed up since mc?

@pinkoi that sounds hopeful for implantation

@Squiff70 no I think just BFN it's not even a squinter!

This was my first month using progesterone supplements from 7 dpo so am quite glad to miss tonight's dose and hopefully AF will appear in next few days.

@strawberrye I think you are on the progesterone going forward. It gave me what felt like PMT/early preg symptoms. Knackered and sore boobs, but otherwise has been ok. Deffo a bit confusing in 2WW

Good luck ladies testing tomoz! Fingers crossed let me know how it goes xx

Hi @fnej01

I'm sorry it wasn't the result you were hoping for but I'm glad that you are in some way comforted by the result and you have a bit of time to recover.

I think AF was due Yesterday for me based on OPKs and a 12 day Luteal phase. I had a hint of brownish tinged mucus Wednesday and Thursday but it's gone now. So I guess I just wait a few more days and see.

Last month was so confusing I just don't trust anything right now. I got my BFP 5 days after a 5 day "period" and then started to miscarry the following day...

Aww @fnej01 I'm sorry. It might be a bit early perhaps?

AF late but not getting my hopes up. I've been POAS and getting all bfn.

Are cycles messed up after MC? My first AF after mc took 6 weeks to come. And now I'm late, was due on Wednesday

@Squiff70 @pinkoi I buckled and tested a while ago after a 4 hour hold and it is the brightest whitest free BFN you have ever seen. The positive is this it is our first time of trying hard and not conceiving, (all 4 other pregnancies have miscarried ) which implies my lining wasn't being very discriminating in what it implanted. Obvs I am a little disappointed but cracking on to my next cycle with an aperol spritz.
Good luck for you testing tomorrow xx

Hi @Multiculti and sorry you've found yourself here. I'm 35 and miscarried my first pregnancy last month after a year trying to conceive. My cycles are irregular too to the extent that I had been referred for fertility treatment because it appeared that I never ovulated. On the month we stopped 'trying' I fell pregnant naturally so looks like I must have after all! I'm hoping that I start to ovulate regularly going forward, but if a few months pass without anything kicking in then guess I'll go back to my GP to broach the fertility treatment subject again.

Wishing you lots of luck and hope that you see your rainbow soon x

Welcome @Multiculti sorry you find yourself here.

Finally in the fw, and DH announces he has to go away with work. Managed to get it down to one night away and late back the next night - better not be too late!

Had a response from the drs too from my referral to the gynaecologist - to take aspirin from bfp through whole pregnancy and get some bloods done before I see them in August/September. There isn't an official rmc here (Suffolk) - just seen by gynaecology. I still feel conflicted about the aspirin though! I'm not sure what the bloods are for but I assume one is for sticky blood so hopefully that would confirm whether or not to take it, will take it in case I guess.

Some of you have been told it takes 6 weeks to work I think I remember? So I wonder if I should just start taking it. Why does this all have to be so complicated!

Sorry wrong thread

@KnitKitty @coconutlatte44

Excellent news for both of you- long may this continue.

@coconutlatte 44 please don’t let the measurements concern you, no reason to be concerned at all- at this stage it is easy for the sonographers to be a bit out.

Have a great holiday @VenusStarr!

Thank you all 💜 you are all so understanding. I'm off on holiday in the early hours, so I'll see you soon. Good luck to everyone testing soon 🤞 xx

@fnej01 I'm going to test on Sunday too. I've been pretty chilled this month about TTC whereas he last two months I was frantic and had a CP last month too so I haven't got my hopes up. Best of luck to you for Sunday - let me know how you get on!

*professor quenby

I’ve just seen this article on the bbc news website about a couple who have a baby after 13 miscarriages, under the care of Professor

bbc.in/2RcE30O

Also I think it’s a lovely idea to have a baby shower after the birth and raise money for charity instead of gifts.

Hi everyone
I’m on the graduates thread at the moment 15 weeks all ok as it stands following 2 mmc back to back.
Anyway been following in the shadows a while now and have decided whatever happens I won’t be TTC again. On that note I have quite a few CB digital sticks and IC opk left over and and happy to post to anyone that wants them. Please DM and I’ll pop them in the post this week.
You are all in my thoughts and you have all helped me through some truly awful times. The women on here that are so incredibly brave and stronger than you realise. Thank you for everything and wishing you all the luck and baby dust xxx

Hi everyone, just popping in briefly before I enter the desert! I’m going to Death Valley today :)

I’m probably going to hold off on taking aspirin until I see the rmc team next month only because I don’t know how it will interact with ivf if I start taking it prior to bfp.

I bought raspberry leaf tea from Holland and Barrett as it’s meant to be good for your womb and any hormone imbalances. It’s quite nice!

I’m on cd2 now which means a 23 day cycle. A bit on the short side but it took ten weeks for my period return so it looks like things are settling.

On the testing early side, I didn’t have any frers on holiday and they are costly ($18!). I must say I feel vastly better not testing early and would really recommend it.

Sorry for not replying individually but I am thinking of you all.

Please think of my pale skin in the 45 degree heat! 🥵

Hi,
I’m new here, hope that’s ok!

I’m 32 and had a missed miscarriage in March at nearly 12 weeks (looks like it stopped growing at 6 weeks or was a blighted ovum). It was our first pregnancy after trying since September.

It was a complicated miscarriage, it wasn’t happening naturally and the pill also didn’t work (and they didn’t give me the right painkillers so I felt it all - ouch). In the end I had an MVA as I really wanted to get back to work & normal life, for my own mental health.

I’ve ovulated twice since and we’re still TTC. My period is due on Sunday and I’ve started spotting so I’m feeling quite low. Every day since ovulating I’ve been waiting for pregnancy signs, especially breast tenderness as I had that before I knew I was pregnant the first time, and every day I feel so disappointed.

I’m using Natural Cycles to track my temperature and log my OPKs, as my cycles aren’t very regular.

Lots of love to all of you TTC!

Hello all. Work as gone mental so not reading much and trying not to dwell.
It turns out I couldn't bring myself to take a month off, but also can't be arsed with OPKs atm so I'm in wirh a chance this week and am leaving it at that.

I'm feeling the pain of those of you trying not to poas to soon. Fingers crossed for happy news soon.

@pinkoi @Squiff70 DH did a whole step away from the tests this morning - which I managed to do, but really wanted to test. The mental struggle is real. Nice to have some support. Fingers crossed for you both x

@fnej01
I'm sort of at the same stage as you. Ovia tells me to test from today onwards. IIRC from temping years ago I usually have a 12day luteal phase and I'm 12dpo today (did opk's this time to work our what was happening as my cycle was all over the place). Not had AF since my MC last month.

I want to test but also I also don't want to because I'd rather not know if I have a really early chemical, I think that would crush me. Might wait a few more days and see if AF shows...

It's such a mental struggle