Recent MC - New cycles & trying again

Thank you @AMS19 and all it's really helpful hearing others experiences.

And everything crossed for sticky beans all round! x

@glowingtwig just had second blood test so hopefully it increases. Think I'll have a scan just before 7 weeks and then probably every week for a while. I'm doing pregnancy monitoring at the clinic I previously had ivf at, although this pregnancy wasn't ivf. So they check a lot! Which is good.
Interesting about investing in the pregnancy. Yesterday we decided that not being invested hasn't helped any of the previous miscarriages so might as well invest in this one and just hope it works.

Thank you so much everyone ❤️ not sure if putting myself through the anxiety of waiting on a result from a third HCG Monday is going to put me back a few steps but I think if it's a good rise again I might feel better in the interim before the scan as all my mc have been early. Forgot to mention that my progesterone was bang on too, so another positive.

@LauraT94 I'm the same trying not to over-invest but I really like what you say @AMS19 about the pain being no less if it does go wrong again. Letting myself think about the summer with a little growing bump.

@Pettylamby it's so hard with fluctuating symptoms because it's the only thing to cling on to that's a sign that all is well. I didn't have a single day of nausea with my successful pregnancy, just sore boobs which came and went - I was surreptitiously squeezing them all day obsessively. Those tests are incredible!

@yepstilltrying that's a great result for the day you would have expected AF. Everything crossed for a lovely rise for you. Are you going to have an early scan?

@sleepykitkat what @AMS19 says... just standard opks are better I think because they are simpler. It is so frustrating though when you were so in tune with your body then the mc throws everything out. You feel like you could trust it before but now you can't. It's still really early since your mc though, see what happens over the next month. It's awful though - you just want to be pregnant again as it's the only thing that makes it better. Plus the yearning for a brother or sister for your little one ❤️

@SuzieDeLaTour so annoying about the strange test. 👀 Although I suppose if it's not dodgy Spanish ladies are weeing on them and getting positives! 🙈 When are you going to test again?

Ladies, when do you think it would be best to book an early scan at the EPU? My most recent mmc the baby died at 6w+3 so I'm thinking if I book for 6+4 will there defo be a heartbeat (if there's going to be) at that stage? I have a scan booked at Prof Regan's clinic to check my anatomy as well as the baby at 7w+5 but it's so expensive... if it's bad news and I find out at that scan it would be better to find out earlier and go back for the anatomy scan when not pregnant if that makes sense. Obviously it could all go wrong between scans too. Argh...
Althoughhhh super sensitive nipples going on here... like little electric shocks going through them. I feel like I could zap DH ⚡️

Thanks for your suggestions girls!! Definitely going to order something a little more sensitive, especially if the one I have is 100MiU! X

@SuzieDeLaTour that should say I read somewhere!

@SuzieDeLaTour

www.accessdiagnostics.co.uk/collections/early-detection-pregnancy-test/products/alltest-ultra-sensitive-10miu-pregnancy-test-strips-25-test-vial-fhc-u111

To be fair, on the reviews of the one you have no one is saying they don't work I dont think! More just that they are clearly not FRER xx

@SuzieDeLaTour I read some free they are 100 Miu/ml and frer is 6.3 apparently

Ahh ok!! Right this is making more sense now. Any idea how sensitive they are? Thanks ladies for all your replies - I really appreciate it! 😘

@SuzieDeLaTour I think it's a first response rapid response. I got them by mistake before and looked like that. They're not as sensitive as frer but the line comes out really strong if it picks something up.

@Mellous noooo, it just came in the normal individual test wrapping but instead of “first response” it had Spanish written all over it in black if I remember correctly. I’ve definitely been had! X

@Pettylamby that’s what I was concerned about. It doesn’t say anywhere on the leaflet what the sensitivity is. I think a new batch is the way forward 😁
@AMS19 probably best not to pee on it in that case!! Yes please do share that link x

@SuzieDeLaTour yeah if it were me I'd get my money back. I'd hold of binning until you've had the refund in case they want them sent back but for peace of mind I would get some proper ones! There are some really good cheap ones out there you can get that are pretty much the same as FRER too. I have some 10mlU ones I got from a random site another lady suggested that are so sensitive- when tracking my hcg down they were identical as frer. I can share a link if you want? Xx

Thanks for all your thoughts and comments girls much appreciated xxx

@SuzieDeLaTour the only thing I'd be mindful of is you don't know the sensitivity of that test... Or if it is actually a working test! I'd probs buy another brand but I'd also probs try that one as a wee experiment but not base your testing solely off that test! 🤔 I once dipped an FRER in tap water becuase I didn't believe the lines I was getting were real on the others! 🤣 X

@AMS19 oh that’s so helpful thank you!! I will definitely see if I can get my money back. Thinking I’ll bin this one now as I don’t want a false positive, that would be even more heartbreaking. Such cheeky gits!! X

@SuzieDeLaTour I got mine from there too, seems there is a bad batch circulating. Everyone else said the wrapper was Spanish so think you could the bad batch! Xx

@SuzieDeLaTour just looked back and it seems it is mainly the rapid response ones but lots and lots of complaints. Seems you can get a refund if you want. Would definitely take a read xx

@Pettylamby same!! Maybe someone in the Amazon warehouse thought they’d have a laugh 😜 honestly don’t know whether to bin it or go for it anyway!? X

@AMS19 yup off Amazon! I’ve always ordered off there and never had a problem. The stick packaging is in Spanish too (I think - I’ve thrown it away now!). That’s so funny that there are lots of identical pics of non-used pregnancy tests...! 🤦‍♀️🤣 where do you buy yours? I won’t test until Monday (if I can hold out that long!) x

Oh @SuzieDeLaTour I've never seen an FRER look like that! Where did you get them from!? I get all of mine from amazon and they always have the normal first response logo on them! 🤔 Very strange!

*Meant looking so closely...!

@SuzieDeLaTour did you get this off amazon? I read loads of reviews on people getting fake ones on there. I'm not sure that it necessarily changes the results though! But maybe worth having a quick read on the reviews of the "fake" ones if you did get it from there, I've seen people posting that photo! Xx