TTC after MC - August 2020 (Thread 9)

@VP91x have fun at chessington
@Bellabubble sorry to hear about perhaps impending af. Def speak with your gp - I’m sure nothing to worry about but if it gives you peace of mind and gets you in the system why not
@Pugprincess yay that’s such good line progression. Keeping my fingers crossed for you
@MichT4 enjoy the sea today
@2020wish yay! Wishing you all the very best and that this journey continues to be healthy
@Tink20058 oh wow! 18 weeks that is great. Wishing you all the very best
@Bl0ndi3 @Lemondropsandgumdrops so sorry to hear about your losses but as others have said this is an amazing group of strong women! So you’ll have all the support here that you need. Give yourselves time to heal and be kind to your bodies. Our bodies and minds are very strong. Men wouldn’t have the physical or mental strength to carry a baby or go through such horrible losses as we have. Trust that your bodies are working for you in overmode and that these strong bodies will bring you healthy babies!

I’m back to BBT this morning / took my temperature ay 6.30 as usual. It was 36.61 so slight less than the other two days at 36.74 but still above cover line so I think that’s still good if I remember @VP91xs words of wisdom correctly
Have a great Sunday ladies
Xxx

@VP91x @Pugprincess @Firevie @Northernsoul90 @2020wish @SmileyT @scrambledeggy thank you - pets have a funny knack of worming their way into your hearts don’t they! I started spotting yesterday too (which is my new post-mc way to start af) so it’s been a bit of a pants week - finished off today by going to my friend’s baby shower who (if I hadn’t had a mc) was 2 weeks ahead of my pregnancy.

@MichT4 your pupper is so cute! My sister has a collie too :)

@Jazper I’m considering contacting my gp now as I am about to enter my 7th cycle post mc and my last few cycles have been a bit shorter - I don’t know what counts as too short, but I am 36 so think I should get in the system quicker rsther than later.

@VP91x Have fun at Chessington! Xx

@Pugprincess Definite line progression 🤩🤩🥳🥳

@Bl0ndi3 it is hard getting a negative after 😔 at least it means your body is recovering though and you can start ttc. Its totally up to you with the opks, I didn't get a negative test until 6 weeks after my mc it took forever I then started doing clear blue digital opks on the day of my negative and I ovulated 3 days later. My cycle was really long though because of the hcg being in my system for so long so my body was probably waiting to ovulate. Xx

@VP91x Yeah I think I will do I'll just see if they can do offer anything even just for some reassurance! Xx

@Pugprincess that sounds sensible, let us know how you get on!

@2020wish so happy for you! Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly and we can all share in some of your success this month.

@Bl0ndi3 I know what you mean about it feeling like a really difficult game. I wish I could ask family if this has happened to them and if they have any advice, but I don't want to let them all know I'm TTC! @Wishingfornumber2 maybe you are on to something with this laid back approach...thank you for your good wishes

@MichT4 thank you, it's really muggy here today and it rained a bit overnight so I'm hoping that will at least make all the weeding I have to do a bit easier!

@VP91x it was OHs Dads birthday celebration yesterday and it was so lovely. We were sat outside at first but had to move in as it was too hot!
Yeah we drove down last night because we knew it would be busy this morning. Just ready to head out early as it'll be hard to get parked I think. So should be a nice day by the sea

How are you? What's planned today?

My temp went up a tiny bit last night - celebrating the small stuff xx

@scrambledeggy no didn’t use opks this cycle as went for the completely laid back approach but it still has me wondering about things lol! I used cb digital last cycle and didn’t get a peak ( I have had a peak when using it before) and so that was stressing me out waiting for the peak that didn’t come and I then ran out of test sticks. So thought wouldn’t use them this cycle but I think I will again next time just so I know where I am.

It’s so tempting to test isn’t it but hang in there and fingers crossed you will be rewarded with a bfp! X

@Bl0ndi3 @Lemondropsandgumdrops sorry for your losses, it's really tough to go through. This group is amazing and I think you'll find lots of comfort. It definitely helps to get through such a hard time.

@Pugprincess great progression! So pleased for you lovely.

@scrambledeggy glad you had a lovely day yesterday. Another hot one to enjoy today!

@Tink20058 how are you doing?

Hope everyone is ok? And has lovely days planned? xx

@2020wish thanks lovely that chemical must've been tough straight after your MC ♥️ amazing that everything is going well this time for you xxx

@Tink20058 18 weeks - amazing and thank you that gives me such hope and makes me feel a little better ♥️

@scrambledeggy thanks lovely sorry for your loss too ♥️ I'll start OPKing this week just need a few more days to get my head straight I think and then I need to get my head in the TTC game again. Urgh.

@Pugprincess OMG yes it was extra amazing the two times we DTD when I was pregnant so I definitely agree with you on that must be a thing! 😂

@2020wish @Pugprincess congratulations on your milestones dears😘

Feel like I have hit my final milestone! Yesterday was the day I had my furtherest along loss. Feeling officially over that feels good

@Pugprincess omg yes!!! Progression!! Congratulations! So happy for u xx

@Bl0ndi3 I started trying straight after my mc without waiting for AF and I caught again, unfortunately that ended in a chemical and then nothing the next month. But caught again on the 3rd month and now nearly 7 weeks and seen a strong heart beat last week at my 6 week scan . I also took aspirin this time around, I took it on my own accord and just made me doctor aware and then during my scan the midwife advised me to start taking it straight away. Fingers crossed it works for u x

@scrambledeggy no I will call gp tomorrow because they said before next time you get pregnant ring us and we will refer to back to epau. And I will ask about this aspirin x

@Bl0ndi3 Yh if it makes you feel any better I feel the same way about dtd now. But to be crude I don’t think we can last that long without it 😂 the extra blood flow down there makes it amazing I found lol. But at the same time I daren’t. I will have to see how things go and last as long as we can. Also after we first dtd after MC I cried so defo emotional. It got easier though in that direction.
I’m going to ring my doctors tomorrow for a phone app and ask their thoughts on if I can take aspirin. I’m using progesterone cream and the supplements/Pom juice I mentioned before. X

Had such a fun day yesterday, but got back and was too knackered to do much of anything, sorry for disappearing. Was out all day driving to picnic spot and then picnicking, also left my phone at home, oops...

@Lollol86 I'm 9dpo at the mo, so will be 14dpo when I test...if AF doesn't get there first! I'm holding off because I don't want to be disappointed, and I know my cycle is still sort of off.

@Wishingfornumber2 do you use OPKs? I get really anxious about ovulation, and they have been really helpful this cycle at working out where the heck I even am!

@Bl0ndi3 Welcome, so sorry for your loss I also had an early miscarriage on my first pregancy last month. I echo what others have said about waiting for the bleeding to stop and waiting for your test to turn negative. I found myself probably ovulating (peak OPK, BBT up) just a few weeks after, and am now waiting until Thursday to test. This is despite me usually having quite chaotic cycles, so it was so reassuring to know that your body can bounce back in its own time.

@Lemondropsandgumdrops that sounds like quite an ordeal, I'm sorry that you had to go through that. Whatever happens, my advice is to listen to this lot, being on this thread for a few weeks has me feeling really empowered whereas before I felt a bit lost.

Courage and luck to all those testing in this coming week! I have a busy one coming up, but I can feel that FRER in my drawer calling me already @Tink20058 I can only hope we're as lucky as you, what a lovely story! Wishing you the best for your pregnancy

@Pugprincess such a dreamy progression, have you got yourself booked in for anything at the GP/hospital yet?

@Bl0ndi3 I miscarried on 6th April and got my bfp on 4th May ☘️🌈 I’m 18 weeks on Wednesday xx

@Pugprincess I'm so so glad you've caught so quickly after it taking you 5 years the first time wow. Everything crossed that this is a super sticky bean for you ♥️🤞🏻 the doc told me to take aspirin soon as I get another positive test as it can help prevent miscarriage or something?

I passed a really bizarre piece of tissue in a urine sample I gave at hospital on Tuesday a few hours after my bleeding first started. it honestly looked like a red and pink fabric square but the nurse said it wasn't pregnancy tissue 🤷🏼‍♀️ I took a video of it to show OH because it was honestly so weird!!!

My scan on Friday they said there wasn't anything there anymore and I'd passed everything which tbh by the amount of clots and that weird tissue stuff i had from Tuesday til Friday I was not surprised by that. It's such a devastating experience not only emotionally but physically with the bleeding, cramps, clots, tissue, loss or symptoms which I found really difficult, even down to having to take a test and get a negative I mean there's something really sick and cruel about that and I felt it this morning getting that negative result.

I'll give it a couple days and might ease back into DTD just for fun until I start OPKing and to freshen up OHs swimmers 😂😂 we last DTD the night before my MC I won't blame that for it because I know it wasn't the cause but I reckon I might be a little anxious DTD when early pregnant again.... sorry OH! I still feel so heartbroken that it feels wrong to even think about having sex again to try and make a baby I hope that passes soon

Morning all hope everyone is coping with this heat! So much to catch up on will try and do a proper read through later!
Congratulations @Pugprincess that progression looks good!

I've been testing away with my CB and this morning I got my 😀 it's CD11. Never been so happy to see a smiley face! First cycle using them so hoping that they help us out I think our timing has been all wrong 🤦🏼‍♀️

@fafi thanks hubby will be pleased he said he doesn’t want to waste another £40 odd quid on tests lol. Our boilers just packed up so that’s another expense now lol. Normally I would freak out but I think my mc has taught not to care about things so much x

@pugprincess don't waste your money on a CB digital - you're pregnant and that's all you need to know!

When I got my BFP I tested every 2 days with my Fermometer HCG tests and when I got to 6 weeks I now test weekly - but only because I've got loads of tests left after buying a box of 25 before we got pregnant! Otherwise I wouldn't have tested so much.x

@Bl0ndi3 I’ve also caught straight after my mc. My mc started 9th July so by my calculations I think I’m technically 4+2 today if docs will use that as my cd1. If not I know when I ovulated and I’m 14dpo today so defo 4 weeks today by a 28 day cycle. I won’t worry cause they can date at a scan if I get that far. I honestly worried I wouldn’t get preg again as it took us 5 years before the first one. A few nights ago I was in a right state crying myself to sleep and all sorts so it just goes to show how quickly things can change. Yes I didn’t dtd until everything was back to clear/white discharge. My mc bleeding went on for about 8 days but that’s not counting all those brown days. The hospital scanned me and told me I had ‘passed the worst of it’ and I had a complete mc. I’m not sure about that now because when I went home I had worse pain days later and I passed a sac and placenta so I don’t see how that was complete myself, surprised they didn’t see on scan. Your plan for this cycle sounds great to me 🙂 we dtd a lot, probably I thought too much, like morning and night around ovulation lol. I just wanted to make sure there was loads up there lol but then I worried I was weakening his stuff x

@Tink20058 wow congratulations, that's so amazing - I can only hope I'm that lucky 🤞🏻