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Needanewnamenow · 23/02/2021 08:18

I'm on a treatment plan for recurrent miscarriage and if I'm pregnant today I'm supposed to increase the amount of progesterone I take. I've never taken a test early before, only minimum two days late. I feel I can see a shadow of a second line hut I don't know if that is wishful thinking? Any thoughts anyone?

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NoCallerID · 27/02/2021 07:04

@Needanewnamenow oh right, I was not aware you could be referred directly for the trial from your gp. (Mine certainly had no idea this trial existed when I told her...)
Might be worth asking, even if it's to be told you're not suitable. I find I need to explore every possible option.

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Needanewnamenow · 27/02/2021 04:04

@NoCallerID yes I know about Tommy's referral under gp, for various reasons I didn't go down that route but I read you can be referred to the trial directly via your GP as well. Perhaps I wouldn't be suitable and that's why it wasn't mentioned although I guess there is no harm in asking. Thank you though, good luck to you.
@Wildflower28 you should start your own thread. I wish you well but I am sure you appreciate that any discussion about your, potentially, positive test, would be distressing to me on my thread about my definitely negative test.

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NoCallerID · 26/02/2021 22:34

@Needanewnamenow oh and yes, I've just finished it. I tested positive for chronic endometrisis (after a TFMR a year ago followed by 4 early miscarriages)

NoCallerID · 26/02/2021 22:33

@Needanewnamenow you get refereed to Tommy's by your GP. I'm under Prof Quenby, she's the chief investigator for this trial and I was sure I had read Prof Brosens somewhere in the paperwork... quick google says he is a co-investigator.... Are you seeing him privately? Maybe this could be why he's not mentioned anything. Or maybe he thinks it wouldn't be suitable for you. The way Prof Quenby immediately told me about it, I just assumed any patients of participating researches would be told...

Wildflower28 · 26/02/2021 16:06

Hello Smile

Just after a bit of advice please! I am due on my period tomorrow (I think). I had a miscarriage last year at 10 weeks and we have been TTC since. I have been feeling off and not myself so I have done a few clearblue 6 days early tests and I think I can see a line on the one from this morning but I’m unsure if it’s a positive or an evap line.

Can anyone see anything??!

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Needanewnamenow · 26/02/2021 15:27

@NoCallerID he did not, although i've just had a look and it looks like you get your GP to refer you. Is this something you are doing?

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NoCallerID · 26/02/2021 15:21

@Needanewnamenow hi, sorry to read what you've just been through....
You say you're under Prof Brosens at Cov Implantation Clinic... has he suggested the CERM trial to you?

VenusStarr · 25/02/2021 23:08

I'm sorry to hear that @Needanewnamenow I put mine down to dodgy tests, it was too upsetting to think of it as another early loss xx

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Needanewnamenow · 25/02/2021 08:31

Just to update, I did a test this morning and it was definitely negative. So I'm not sure what happened, maybe a chemical, or a dodgy test. I've stopped the progesterone so hopefully my period will start soon and maybe the next cycle will be my lucky one. Thanks for all your support.

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Needanewnamenow · 24/02/2021 11:05

@VenusStarr, appreciate your honesty. I am also very aware that even if this is positive it doesn't mean it's not going to end in miscarriage/translate into a baby. With (4) previous pregnancies I've never tested before 16dpo so I have no comparison. These were two tests from the same pack and I didn't leave long enough for it to be dried or an indent, but they could be dodgy tests.

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VenusStarr · 24/02/2021 10:35

I'm also having treatment for recurrent miscarriage. I saw Prof Brosens first and my tests were normal, so he prescribed 200mgx2 then 400mgx2 on bfp. I was told to stop it at 14dpo if negative. I did conceive on that and got a strong positive at 12dpo. But I went onto miscarry.

I'm now with a different specialist and taking 800mg from ovulation. On my first cycle I had a couple of tests like yours and I think they're negative, I'm sorry. I could see a line on mine, but not enough to convince me that they'd develop (especially as I've been pregnant 4 times previously). My specialist tells you to test at 10dpo and stop the progesterone then. I usually do it at 11/12dpo. Personally I'd stop the progesterone.

Best wishes, ttc after recurrent losses is soul destroying ❤️ xx

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Needanewnamenow · 24/02/2021 10:03

@adriannap no I have been advised against aspirin (by three doctors). It's cyclogest 200mg twice a day up til bfp and 400mg twice a day after bfp. in my third miscarriage I took aspirin and 400mg once a day after bfp (made no difference of course) but i think that pregnancy never really 'took. this is a treatment plan from Prof Brosens at the Coventry Implantation Clinic, he recommends against aspirin before 7 weeks (but I was also told this by two gynaecologists from the local infertility clinic). All my tests have come back with perfect results, so I am also not keen to take the aspirin anyway. It is also entirely possible I misunderstood what I was told, it might have just been stop taking the progesterone and your period will start (because you're not pregnant, not because of the progesterone)

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AdriannaP · 24/02/2021 09:52

@Needanewnamenow fingers crossed for you!! It’s a tough journey and hope this is your 🌈 baby!

I always got my period despite progesterone (was taking a 400mg twice a day), but interesting that you were advised something different. Do you also take aspirin?

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Needanewnamenow · 24/02/2021 09:48

sorry @adriannap meant to also say thanks for the advice, will increase the progesterone, if my period will come anyway, what harm will it do. thank you

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Needanewnamenow · 24/02/2021 09:46

@adriannap thank you for that. I'm sure I was told you needed to stop the progesterone as the drop in that is a trigger for your period. I will see what happens today then. maybe test again tomorrow

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AdriannaP · 24/02/2021 09:46

This was mine at 13DPO, I am now 9 weeks pregnant (after 3 miscarriages).

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starfishy · 24/02/2021 09:45

I can see the line. It's faint but it's there.

AdriannaP · 24/02/2021 09:44

Also you might think you are 13 DPO but could have conceived later in the cycle. I was told this at my first scan so I was dated 5 days earlier than I thought.

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Needanewnamenow · 24/02/2021 09:43

congratulations @sexnotgender it is reassuring to see faint lines at 13/14dpo, but I think mine are fainter though. I guess either way I'm going to have to test again tomorrow

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AdriannaP · 24/02/2021 09:43

I had to take progesterone from ovulation and it doesn’t delay your period. I got my period on time in the months I wasn’t pregnant. These tests are also not the most sensitive ones so I would think it’s likely that you are pregnant. I would increase the progesterone now, it won’t harm you.

Sexnotgender · 24/02/2021 09:40

These were my 2 tests taken a day apart at 13/14 dpo. Very little difference between the 2. I’m now 33 weeks pregnant.

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Needanewnamenow · 24/02/2021 09:37

@2021WillBeMyBitch here you go, but I didn't take it in a very good light I'm afraid so you really can't see anything, its not as good a picture as yesterday

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2021WillBeMyBitch · 24/02/2021 09:30

@Needanewnamenow could you show us a picture of today's test? We might see it darker than you Smile

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Needanewnamenow · 24/02/2021 08:53

Well I guess it would delay my period and if I'm not pregnant I would want to get on with the next cycle. I'm very used to getting on with the next cycle... I get your point though, I know in theory a line is a line but this is barely a line!

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bitheby · 24/02/2021 08:43

What's the harm in continuing to take it until you know definitely?

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