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Pregnancy after MMC

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Bells993 · 04/05/2020 10:55

Hi Everyone,
Unfortunately I had a MMC on our second pregnancy last month. (I have a 1 year old)
I should of been 9 weeks at my Scan but baby was only 8 weeks 4 so it had just happened. 3 days later I had a private D&C as I didn’t want to risk the hospital/ the trauma of dealing with it at home with my little boy.
I had bleeding on and off for 2 weeks after (6th of April was the D&C) I had regular bloody tests, my last one my HCG had come down to 70 so 3 days later I got my first negative test.
I had an internal to confirm no retained pregnancy and was given the all clear to try again straight away. I’ve had cystitis this weekend to add to my problems and now I’m getting this on my tests. Had anyone experienced anything similar, what are your thoughts? Feel like my body’s just giving up on me haha! I’d love to be pregnant again but I’d just be surprised if it could all happen within such a small time scale
Thanks everyone

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MrsTtobe · 28/05/2020 18:02

@Bells993 any sign of AF yet? Hope not?! Did you say you will text on Wednesday? 🙏 x

MrsTtobe · 28/05/2020 17:59

Thanks @msanne yes I hate dtd after arguing but oh doesn't mind either way. 😜😂
How you feeling now? Any more unusual cm? Hopefully no AF?!
I've still got lots of ewcm so going to have to dtd again tonight! This month we've literally give it everything we've got! 😔😴🙏 x

msanne · 28/05/2020 11:28

Goodmorning all.

@itssquidstella - sorry for your loss. Please do push for the extra tests - we owe it to ourselves! Good luck.

@MrsTtobe - got my fingers and toes crossed for you!! I know it's awful isn't it when you have to be so intimate after you've been fighting. I am rooting for you!!

TMI - I woke up today and have lots of mucus (a bit yellowy - I feel wet all the time) and has a pink tinge to it. So I think AF is coming (SOB!) as I think it is too late for implantation bleeding...?! Never had this before though and have no cramps whatsoever so just playing the waiting game. Hopefully not too long to wait either way.

How are the rest of you? xoxo

itssquidstella · 28/05/2020 09:11

Hi everyone, can I join this thread? I had an MVA yesterday at 10 weeks for a blighted ovum/mmc and I'm hoping my cycle will get back to normal quickly. This is my second miscarriage (first in January) so I am going to push for blood tests with my GP, as I'm 35 and don't feel like I have time to waste.

MrsTtobe · 28/05/2020 08:20

Hey @msanne that's so strange. How many days late are you now? I would give it till Mon and if still no AF or bfp then definitely call GP again or yes ring EPU! If you be upfront with how anxious it's making you then surely they will do something!

CD 14 - I'm pretty sure ive always ovulated around day 9 (dd was definitely conceived cd9 as it was the only day we dtd) but last night I definitely had ewcm so had to drag oh to bed after I'd been awful to him. 🙈 So does that mean ive already ovulated or im about to? Im so crap with all this and don't know what's supposed to happen and when. 🤷‍♀️ Help! 😂 xx

msanne · 27/05/2020 09:39

@MrsTtobe - I'm doing ok. Still no AF and still feeling very "pregnant" but without the positive test to prove it!

I am on a POAS lockdown. Am not going to do another test until Saturday at least.... so far, managed since yesterday morning.....argh!!! Debating calling the EPU and seeing if they will do a scan of me as think the GP will just brush me off.

I wish patience was one of my virtues!

How are you today? Feeling any symptoms yet? Which CD are you?

xoxo

MrsTtobe · 27/05/2020 07:44

@Leaf87 glad you're ok. Yes I would definitely find some comfort in knowing why my miscarriage happened too! It would definitely help my anxiety with not having a clue why it ended as it did. So can definitely see your thinking. Please keep us up to date. ❤

@msanne hey lovely. How you feeling today? X

Leaf87 · 26/05/2020 14:38

@Bells993 & @MrsTtobe I think even tho I have had Af I have not ovulated as HCG levels are to high to Ovulate. A little bit like when you have a period on the combined pill.
Next blood test should be in about 10 days and that will be requested by charring cross. You can not get pregnant untill they are happy no cells are still growing. I have had a follow up internal ultra sound to check there is nothing left (before we found this out) and they are happy that all is good. I think with a mole pregnacey even if just a few cells are left (to small to show on ultrasound) In time they would start to grown and give of HCG that's how the hospitals monitor.
It's all been a bit strange to find out as I thought we were all done and sorted! I do feel ok actually, I find it comforting knowing a reason this happened and that it shouldn't happen again!!

msanne · 26/05/2020 14:03

@MrsTtobe - you are so right.

I have promised myself that I will wait at least 48 hours before doing another test...hopefully one or the other will show up by then!

xoxo

MrsTtobe · 26/05/2020 13:38

@Leaf87 literally what @Bells993 has said. She's just asked all the questions I was going to. 🤣 Hope you're ok and glad you sound positive. 😘

@msanne try and keep positive and don't waste the week wishing it away to Friday. I feel like ive wasted so much life wishing the tww time away. That's 2 weeks of my life on hold every month and that's not good. 😔

@Chicken123 hope you're ok lovely. It is so stressful isn't it 😭 I'm CD 12 and thinking ive probably already ovulated and what's done is done for this month. It's an anxious time. Xx

Bells993 · 26/05/2020 10:55

Morning Girls,

@leaf87 just been re reading all of your posts. I’m so confused (I bet you are too) so you still have some HCG? You’ve had a AF aswell haven’t you. That’s crazy, I’ve never heard off all these things before, so sorry you are going through this. Just another smack in the face isn’t it. Try and keep postitive, have they given you a date to go back for your next one? It’s good they’ve managed to do this with everything that’s going on. Have they strictly told you to not get pregnant? Could you request a D&C to defo make sure everything’s out or does it not work like that? Xxx

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Leaf87 · 26/05/2020 10:07

@msanne very annoying, however I do feel much happier knowing why I had a MMC alot of women never know the reason and that was one of the things I was really struggling with. Hoping my HCG levels reach under 5 within the next month.

@MrsTtobe yes confirmed partial mole pregnacey so now I just have to wait for charring cross to get in contact hopefully should be 5/7 days! I think I have to have 0-5 HCG levels for at least a month before they will sign you off. I am hoping we should be able to start TTC September time maybe. May as well sit back and relax for the summer!
I will of course be here for all you lovely ladies and hope we get baby news soon

msanne · 26/05/2020 08:35

HI Ladies - another sunny day - yaaaayyy - that's about the only good news so far.

@Leaf87 - I hope you get your results speedily. I hate that they think you can wait, but I suppose the NHS is under a lot of pressure right now. At least you know if you start feeling off to go straight to the hospital, so it is good that you are aware of the possibility so that you can treat swiftly. I know it must be disappointing to put you ttc plans on hold; we all have these plans we make for ourselves and it sucks when we can't realise them. Plans never go to plan - the irony! I really hope they find out what's wrong and give you the all-clear soon xoxo

@MrsTtobe - today is day 4 past AF due date and still no sign of her. My cervix is really high and soft, but all I am getting are BFN. It is so shitty - I am really going to focus on not testing until Friday or something as I am literally throwing money down the sink. I must have ovulated later this month, that's all I can think of now....

@Chicken123 - symptoms are awful aren't they?! I don't have sore boobs but I have everything else. I am cramping all over (even my hands). Hopefully you will get your BFP in 4 days!

Sending you all lots of love xoxo

Chicken123 · 26/05/2020 07:00

I also had a dream last night that I was asleep in bed, woke up and had come on really heavy too. When I woke up, that was the first time I checked when I used the toilet. But nothing. Due on in 4 days

Chicken123 · 26/05/2020 06:55

Morning ladies,

My breast pain eased yesterday to the point that when I squeezed them, they didn’t hurt (amazing as breast pain is the worst)
Woken up this morning and MY GOD they are killing me! I only have to touch them in the wrong way and they hurt!
I’ve also woken up feeling incredibly nauseous!🤢

MrsTtobe · 25/05/2020 22:06

CD 11 and praying. 🙏🙏🙏

MrsTtobe · 25/05/2020 22:06

@Leaf87 Been thinking about you lovely. Been out all day but you have been on my mind.
So they didn't confirm or anything? What have they said to do? It's all so confusing for you.
Just take it day by day. When will it be you hear from Charring Cross? Xx

@msanne hope you're ok. So strange. You would think we would know our own bodies so well but mine still baffles me after living in it for 35 years. 😔 x

Leaf87 · 25/05/2020 20:46

Hi ladies, just been catching up, sorry everyones cycles seem all over the place. Fingers crossed for some news soon.
So I have been at the hospital, not much more to report I have to wait to hear from charring cross. My local hospital did my bloods HCG at 12 (little confused as first response say they can pick up from 6.... I got a negative with that Wednesday.) I should hear from charring cross by next week they will request bloods and will keep monitoring untill they are happy with my hormone levels. I think in all honesty we are on hold TTC untill at least the Autumn.... Confused
I hope you have all enjoyed the sun today!

Frankincense88 · 25/05/2020 16:32

Cd17 here and still no bloody peak ovulation day! Did a cheapy test as well this morning and the line was barely noticeable so I've either ovulated already much earlier than expected and CB didn't pick it up or not ovulated at all! We've DTD 6 times since last Sunday just to be sure 😂 I've freaked myself out by reading about short luteal phases - went down a bit of a rabbit hole so I've decided no more testing from today and will just see what happens. AF due around 5/6th June so we'll see! Xo

Tbug · 25/05/2020 12:05

It's all so confusing isn't it, did my test, strongest line I've ever seen, so weird, maybe it'll take a few weeks xx

msanne · 25/05/2020 10:40

Hi @Bells993 - I had a termination back on the 25th March due to Edwards syndrome. I had once cycle already (confirmed by a negative PT) and AF showed up on the 25th April. This month AF was due on the 23rd but she still hasn't shown up.
I took out the strip from inside the CB digital yesterday and there was a faint line inside. Then when I tested this morning with FRER, no line. I have no idea what's going on. I have all the symptoms, I can feel my insides stretching but the tests are getting me nowhere.

I will wait until Friday - if not AF shows up I am going to go to the Dr's as it is not usual for my cycle to be so out of whack.

I've been reading about the "double hook syndrome" but it sounds rare and I don't want to get my hopes up. I just want to either be pregnant and have a straightforward pregnancy or start AF so I can reset myself.
xoxo

Tbug · 25/05/2020 09:44

In gunna buy a test today I think and see if it's negative, hopefully it will be ☺️

Bells993 · 25/05/2020 08:45

Welcome @msanne Ahh I’m sorry, nothing worse. Was your MC just before this cycle? A short month seems to be very rare for everyone after a MC as your body just needs time. Maybe give it a another week before you test and an early morning wee. I think I had hormones left in my blood for nearly 5 weeks with those tests that I thought we positive on the very first test. It’s like a kick in the stomach ever time you get a negative. Just hold on you never know 😀 Xx

@Tbug welcome aswell hun. Sorry for your loss, i think as long as you get a definite positive then your good to go (that’s what my doc said) she said it was a waste of time DTD before that moment aswell and to save ourselves haha! But saying that someone people seem to get pregnant a week after so all depends on your body I guess. Have you had a negative? I can’t get back onto the previous page without loosing all this haha.

Still nothing girls or any symptoms! Day 50, I’ve been good and not taken a test yet. I’ve only got one first response left and I don’t want to waste it. I’m thinking Wednesday if I can hold out.

Hope you all day a good weekend xx

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Leaf87 · 24/05/2020 16:58

@msanne fingers crossed and wait a few days you never know!!!
@Frankincense88@ @MrsTtobe glad to hear you have both been busy
@Tbug sorry you have found yourself here but this group has been amazing over the past few weeks nice to have people to speak to.
I am ok trying not to think to much about anything I will wait and see what the hospital says tomorrow!

Frankincense88 · 24/05/2020 14:27

@msanne oh no! Sorry to hear that my lovely. Maybe give it another couple of days and try again? You never know xo