TTC after MC - Aug/Sept 2020 (Thread 12)

I'm excited for you all too! Not long to wait now. It's been a while since we had some testers

@BEESY90 I hope you are ok? Hopefully you see this and can quickly let us know how you're getting on

I'm so excited for you all testing over the weekend. Literally have everything crossed and sending lots of baby dust your way girls xx

Haha @Northernsoul90 @MrsK21 that’s me too! I can’t wait to hear all the BFPs over the course of the week eeek.

I feel proud of myself so far tbf as other months I’ve always worked out 6 days before and tested at the absolute earliest opportunity, so Saturday is good going for me ha. Xx

@Northernsoul90 I'm going to be 13DPO on Saturday and AF due on Sunday so I figure I'll just go for it and hopefully it's clear either way. I'd rather wait till AF turns up or not but I'm finding it a bit hard as the days go on so compromised with testing on Saturday. Hopefully I don't chicken out 🙊 x

Hi @familybythesea welcome to the thread and sorry for your losses.
I don't have any experience of those tests sorry but I get spotting before my period always have done since coming off the pill and nothing has ever been said to me about lacking in progesterone. I always count day one of my cycle when I get a full flow I don't count the spotting as the start of my new cycle. Xx

Sorry to hear about your losses @familybythesea. X

Hi @familybythesea I can’t help on being tested on the wrong day I’m afraid but am interested to see if anyone else can as I am wondering a similar thing. I had a conversation with a dr today and she said about booking in for blood tests 7 days before my expected period but my last few cycles have been really long at around 41 days. They are usually 31/32 days. I have managed to book in for blood test on Monday but that will be based on a 33 day cycle so don’t know if they will be any good. The dr also said about booking in for bloods on cd2 but doesn’t matter too much if it happens to be cd1 or 3 so to try and answer your question I’m sure you will be ok if you are a day out. X

@MinnieMouse4 @HappyVibes @Banbi @chloedancer897 @MrsK21 Eek so excited for Saturday! I actually won't be testing on Saturday as I'll be 12dpo at that point I'm going to wait until Monday/Tuesday to test if AF doesn't arrive 🙏🏼🙏🏼 fingers crossed for lots of bfps! Xx

@familybythesea Hello, I'm really sorry for your losses ❤️. I hope you will find lots of support and advice here xx

@Runnergirl1 @Sully84 @MrsK21 Thank you ladies 💖 I will let her know of the things you've suggested xx

Just catching up on the thread now! Hope everyone is okay xx

@familybythesea welcome to the chat ! I'm sorry you found yourself here. I can't offer advices on your two questions. But on second one, I drink grapefruit, pomegranate and plum juice a lot. It should help with tttc. So I think the juices have plenty of vitamins ;)

@BEESY90 I hope you are fine dear ❤️ and it all went well with your appointment.

@familybythesea there's a great YouTube channel called Fertility Homeopath and she tells you what supplements suit for certain things like PCOS, to improve egg and sperm quality etc. I also take Calc Fluor lol. I'm like a walking vitamin cupboard 😂

@HappyVibes I just think in TWW I'm so aware of every little twinge that I'm feeling. Last month I got this right sided sharp pain that I've never had before and then brown staining around 11DPO thinking it was implantation bleeding but AF came right on cue. So now I'm thinking this same pain is my body letting me know AF is coming as opposed to being pregnant. Also, apologies, I just can't allow myself to be hopeful anymore so I'm so negative all the time. I won't even tell DH when AF is due because I can't bear to think of him getting his hopes up either

Thanks @chloedancer897 - I was wondering about omega 3 and coq10 myself but worried to try too much at once. I might add them in after the next cycle.
I hope this is your month!

Thank you @MinnieMouse4 @Banbi @MrsK21

@HappyVibes that sounds familiar - and I hope you do get to go and say that! It's annoying when you end up with tests that you know are pointless! And thanks for the supplements list.

Ah @chloedancer897 it’s so hard to read the body at this stage isn’t it with AF symptoms being similar to PG symptoms? Also, so hard after MC I feel to understand ours bodies as for some reason it changes things. Whereas pre MC I could read my body and cycles pretty well I felt. Don’t take your twinges as a full write off lovely, they could very well be twinges for a different reason 😉 xxx

Hi @familybythesea so sorry for your loss and welcome to the group. Many of us take lots of different supplements on here so it's about finding the right balance for you.
I take a prenatal, omega 3 and coq10. My husband takes coq10 and a men's fertility vitamin. I do seed cycling and drink pom juice after ovulation. I've also cut caffeine out of my diet but allow myself one cup of milky tea a day. I hope you find some answers soon.

@HappyVibes don't get too excited for me. Started getting my cramping pinching pains last night. This is what I had last month before AF came. So weird because before MC I never had this pain before. So not very hopeful.

@MinnieMouse4 @Banbi @chloedancer897 @Northernsoul90 @MrsK21 this is exciting six of us testing in the same period of time woohoo! Lots of BFPs to add to the list over the course of the next week 💫 💓

@familybythesea welcome lovely! I have had my CD23 bloods done recently - although I don’t think they will be helpful as I hadn’t ovulated then - which is what they’re designed to detect. The nurse was reluctant to do any later as she had been instructed to do CD23 only. So I have my gynae appointment next week and expecting them to say I hadn’t ovulated. Hoping I get to go and say well actually I’m pregnant hehehe.

In terms of supplements - I have been taking Macca powder, Methylfolate (instead of folic acid), d3, calc fluor, inositol...& drinking Pom juice & grapefruit juice. Fingers crossed.

Good luck with everything lovely. Sending you lots of positive baby dust vibes 💫 💓

Good luck @MinnieMouse4 - here's hoping we're both testing on Saturday

@Banbi AF twin! According to Flo app AF is due today for me and according to Clue app AF is due tomorrow xx

Hi @familybythesea welcome to the thread, sorry to hear of your losses, that must have been so tough going through that during the covid situation too.

I've not had any experience in these blood tests being done on a certain day but I'm sure someone will be along shortly who has. It's so hard when you don't know where you are in your cycle!
I know one of the ladies who is on the BFP list @SmileyT took vit C!
Hope this is a lucky month for you xxx

@HappyVibes Today! Not a top day for concentration...

Welcome @familybythesea

@Banbi ooh when is your AF due? This is exciting! Xxx

@MinnieMouse4 oh goodness! Absolutely! The early tests deffo have to be FMU and also, they are such low percentage of accuracy too early on. That’s why I talked myself out of testing today thankfully. You’re well and truly still in the game without a doubt girl. Saturday is our day 💓💫

@familybythesea welcome - sorry that you have found yourself here.

Unfortunately I don’t have any experience with what you are going through but the ladies on here are very knowledgeable and should be able to provide some advice and support. X