TTC after MC - November 2020 (Thread 15)

@MRJ86 thank you! Now I'm even more scared 😂😁

@SS123456 I got a BFP at 9DPO in October and thought it early - turns out it's due to carrying twins! Congratulations.... hope the pregnancy goes well xxxx

Thank you ladies! As I am sure you will all relate to, I'm super scared this time around but really hoping this one is a sticky!

@Hanbanxx I'm going to keep testing fot a little while as I am only 9dpo and want to see if the lines progress well 🤞🏻

@J785948 This is cycle 15 ttc no.2 for me (I am 37 with an 8 year old DS from a previous relationship). I fell on cycle 13 in oct but mc'd at 5 weeks so feeling quite nervous this time around. I am hoping that a bfp at 9dpo is a good thing as last time I only got my first lines at 12dpo

@SS123456 congratulations! Absolutely fantastic news 😊

@TheDaydreamBelievers ditto here, I never got into tempting as we've been lucky with conceiving, just can't keep a pregnancy. I've not had any bleeding for about 24 hours but not holding my breath it's over 😩. DTD a couple of times with protection as want to see a negative PT before but very much feel in limbo like you.

@SS123456 wow congratulations!!
@RichmondLady1981 my last cycle was 40 days but they have been ranging anything from 31-41 days. I had a mc in July 2018 so has unfortunately been a couple of years of TTC for me.

@SS123456 Congrats!!! Are you going to test again or are you going to call it a day there?

I am also 9/10DPO today but my husband wants us to wait to test for a bit longer!

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@SS123456 amazing! Congratulations ❤️ please could you remind us of your story? Xx

Congratulations @SS123456!

I'm still chilling around in limbo. Still bleeding after surgery. Started taking temps again just for the habit and they are so random it's almost funny (36.32 one day, 36.63 the next, 36.4 the next - like a yoyo)

Congratulations @SS123456 brilliant news for you!!!

@RichmondLady1981 fingers crossed for you x

Ah wow, this is amazing @SS123456 Congratulations lovely xxxxxx

Ladies, just poas on 9dpo. I'm so bloody scared!...

Thank you @susiebluebell and @Wishingfornumber2. AF due today so let’s see.

Wishing... how long was your previous cycle? What cycle are you on since you Mc?

Have everything crossed for you @RichmondLady1981! Day 48 for me, tested this morning and bfn. Just don’t know what is going on!!

Got my fingers and toes crossed for you @RichmondLady1981!

@HappyVibes thanks so much. Still too scared to test! 😬 due AF tomorrow and I’ve had a few of those achey uterus feelings today but let’s see. My BBT did jump up a bit this morning but who knows. 🤷‍♀️

At the moment I feel like I’m just going to sit tight and see if AF comes to crash the party.

Recently a few lovely ladies on here have been quite late getting their AF and still get a BFN so I won’t get my hopes up if I’m late either. If I can stay strong enough, I’ll just sit it out until Tuesday/Wednesday then test. (Unless I lose the battle of will and run upstairs and test later tonight!! Haha 😂)

@RichmondLady1981💓💓💓💫💫💫

@vitaminb33 I’m happy that you have got your negative, hopefully allowing you to move forward with your plans.

I completely get what you mean. Usually getting a BFN when you hope for a positive is so disappointing. But in our unfortunate circumstances, we want the opposite. It’s completely flipped the situation on its head.

Hi @Garman I hope you are doing ok.

I was in a very similar situation to you. I had a MMC as 9.5 weeks. One week post MC I had a very dark result on the pregnancy test. And my ovulation test said I was at my peak fertility. This obviously did not sound right so after much googling, I found out that the OPK measures LH. LH and HCG have very similar structures so this means the OPK is probably picking up the HCG in your system.

Apparently between HCG is at its peak up until 12weeks of pregnancy and then starts to tail off. Therefore, for women like you and I who miscarried closer towards the 12week mark, our HCG levels are very high and as a result will take longer to get back to “normal” levels.

Im now just over 2 weeks post MC and I’ve given up with OPK as I feel like it gives me false sense of hope. My pregnancy test has a faint positive result. I’m taking this as a good thing as it suggests my HCG levels are decreasing as I had hoped.

I hope that helps x

Good luck for your scan next week @Garman, it is really stressful waiting for it to fully over. I was told not to test until 3 weeks had passed, so I would try not to worry too much for now.

I had a bit of good news, my pregnancy test today was completely negative. I was so relieved but it was also a little bit hard, and felt strange hoping so much for a negative on a pregnancy test.

Thanks @J785948 🤗. Let’s see what happens tomorrow x

Okay thank you all so much for your input. I'm just living in fear of being told at my follow up scan next week that I need a D&C, I'm solo parenting most of December with no real back up support so literally couldn't cope if I had to add in a medical procedure just before Christmas too.

Yeah @Garman, like @bez91 after 1 week my test was just as strong as pre surgery

Can't add anything about medically managed MCs but I just wanted to say I'm in awe of you ladies who are going through / have gone through them. You may not feel strong or brave but that's how I see you - I don't think I'd be able to cope with that and I pray I never have to! Please look after yourselves, you're amazing x

@Garman I'd say that's a good sign that the positive is only faint after a week, I'm just over 1 week post MMC surgery and when I took a test on Wednesday I think it's a stronger positive than the one I had when I was actually pregnant 🤦🏼‍♀️

@TheDaydreamBelievers thats crap to hear about bleeding, if any conciliation mine has also ramped up also and I think I had mine 2 days after you. I just want it over with.

@Garman I was told for any type of MC it should be negative by 3 weeks after, so 1 week after sounds like it just tailing down.

@Emilu89 thank you . I'm just finding the uncertainty really hard and wanting the bleeding just to go away. It's not bad bleeding and no pain. Just feels endless and I keep thinking it's over and its not