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Recent MC - New cycles & trying again

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Mellous · 06/03/2021 15:09

Hi all,

A thread for the ladies from the recent MC/MMC group and for anybody else who wants to join us as we discuss getting our cycles back on track after MC and starting to TTC again x

@ams19
@abimix
@plantmummy87
@thehotelcalifornia
@pettylamby
@laurat94
@neady1980

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Mellous · 18/03/2021 16:45

@Brightspark12 we had the same attitude before my period 'just see what happens'! I'm ok. I'm currently on my second period post mmc. A bit gutted to not have conceived this cycle but will try again for a december baby! xx

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justwant2beamum · 18/03/2021 16:36

Aw @dippyegg32 that's awful. Feel terrible for you it's just so cruel seeing those positives then it being snatched away. Sorry for being thick, what's PUL?
Welcome @Brightspark12 - negative test 2 wks post MC is good going. I'm 2 weeks post ERPC tomorrow and still glaringly positive. Hoping to get a negative by 26th as that will be 3 week. If I'm not negative by 26th I'll phone EPU I think xx

PlantMummy87 · 18/03/2021 16:27

Oh @dippyegg32 I'm so sorry that you are going through this. Sending you so much love and hugs xxx

SuzieDeLaTour · 18/03/2021 16:06

@Brightspark12 hello!! Great news on the negative 🎉👌🏻

SuzieDeLaTour · 18/03/2021 16:05

@dippyegg32 awww I’m so sorry you ended up back at the EPU. It’s so distressing to go through all of that again so soon. If they’re certain it’s not viable I really hope they’re able to rule out an ectopic pregnancy. How are you doing emotionally? Are you going to take some time off work? Thinking of you 😘 x

DMT1982 · 18/03/2021 16:02

@dippyegg32 I know that doesn’t necessarily help anything but I thought it may give you an idea of lining thicknesses xx

DMT1982 · 18/03/2021 15:49

@dippyegg32 I have no idea if these are the same things but I had an ultrasound a while back for ovarian cysts and they noted my endometrial lining as 9mm thickness. They didn’t comment that was thick or thin so assuming normal. That was around 4 weeks after my first miscarriage I had that scan xx

DMT1982 · 18/03/2021 15:40

@dippyegg32 thinking of you. So horrible for you to be back at EPU and receiving news that leaves you in limbo. Sending you a big hug xxxx

TTC94 · 18/03/2021 15:25

@dippyegg32 - I’m so sorry to hear this. Sending all my love and support to you xxx

Brightspark12 · 18/03/2021 15:22

@Mellous I’m conflicted! I don’t think I want to use any contraception (partly cos I cba 😂) and seems wrong when you want a baby! So might just see what happens. I’m hoping my period arrives soon then can get on it. How are you doing xx

Mellous · 18/03/2021 15:19

@Brightspark12 hello! great news on the negative test! Are you jumping back in this cycle or waiting for a period first? xx

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AMS19 · 18/03/2021 15:17

Welcome @Brightspark12 xx

Pettylamby · 18/03/2021 15:16

Oh no @dippyegg32 - so sorry you are going through this! Fingers crossed for you it turns out to be the lesser of the two evils! Are you still bleeding now!? Been thinking of you today 😘 xx

Brightspark12 · 18/03/2021 15:13

Hiya guys I’m here from the MC thread. I’m 2 weeks post MC now and have finally got a negative pregnancy test today. My boobs are killing so I expect my body is gearing up to ovulate! So back to TTC 😂just been catching up.. hope everyone’s well xx

Mellous · 18/03/2021 15:10

@dippyegg32 sorry to hear this my love, i've been wondering how you are. Are you still bleeding? I don't know what a lining 'should' be and why it would be less than it should be? Hope you're feeling better than this morning and are able to relax this evening. So so sorry for you xxx

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gizmo167 · 18/03/2021 15:05

@dippyegg32 aw hun am so sorry, youve been through the mill!

dippyegg32 · 18/03/2021 14:52

Been to EPU guys after going crazy dizzy and pale at work this morning. A scan showed a PUL (obviously for this stage) but my lining is only 3.3mm so definitely not viable. And that's after drinking a fuck load of pom - it does sfa! Had bloods done and will get a call tomorrow, I'm hoping for a low number as miscarriage is the "better option" otherwise it indicates ectopic. Either way they've said they'll keep seeing me with regular bloods etc until 0.

AMS19 · 18/03/2021 13:25

Was so nicely put even!

AMS19 · 18/03/2021 13:25

Ah thanks so much @glowingtwig that wasn't so nicely about it not being a fluke. I'm so utterly desperate to be a mummy and it breaks my heart it might never happen. I have absolutely everything crossed for your results tomorrow lovely.

Honeslty ladies, I don't want what I'd do without our little group. It's 3 days away from it being 3 months since my mmc and you ladies have been a rock, especially now most of us have been talking from the start. You all keep me sort of sane! ❤

gizmo167 · 18/03/2021 13:24

@glowingtwig I'll be 43 next week!!!!

glowingtwig · 18/03/2021 13:08

That's exactly it @AMS19 it feels like I'm going to start bleeding at any point, sort of like a heaviness in the bones down there, if you know what I mean?! Like the bits you sit on 🙈 it's sort of there in the background. Maybe it's increased blood flow to the area. Though I don't usually get pain with AF at all. That does help @LauraT94 and I keep reading it over, thank you.

Thank you so much @PlantMummy87 @SuzieDeLaTour ❤️ my stomach just churns at the thought of it, even though I won't get the results until tomorrow. That's going to be a long day at school. I'm just not feeling positive. Maybe it's a self-preservation thing. That's exactly it @suzie I'm just desperate for some reassurance.

@Pettylamby that made me 😁 about punch in the fanny bone! I'd take daily FB punches if it would guarantee a healthy baby at the end of it!

Thank you @cupcakesandglitter it is the dread of the what-ifs. Getting older doesn't help at all- I was 40 recently and my worry is that since DD my egg quality has taken a massive nose dive. I see her out in the garden and try to come to terms with her being an only one and I just can't. She's 17 months and we started trying for a sibling when she was just 10 months... fell pregnant second cycle, lost it at 6 weeks. Then fell pregnant third go and lost it as a mmc at 8 weeks, measuring 6. So this pregnancy feels very tentative.

Also @AMS19 what you wrote about the worry about it just being a fluke first time really struck a chord with how I felt after my first mc before DD. I convinced myself that was my one chance, it was lost, we would need ivf, an egg donor, be childless... that my husband would leave me for a younger, fertile woman. Your mind does terrible things. But women don't fall pregnant at the first go by fluke... your body wants to be pregnant, it just needs everything to be ready after the mc and it will happen again. 😘 Having said all that, it's currently how I feel about this pregnancy, that it's bound to fail and all the eggs I have left are crap. Hope not.

Just need to get to Friday eve and I'll know if it's not going to work out.

AMS19 · 18/03/2021 12:55

@PlantMummy87 @Mellous @SuzieDeLaTour we are a right little group aren't we 😂😂😂

Mellous · 18/03/2021 12:53

@AMS19 😂 my husband does this too and it’s drives me nuts

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PlantMummy87 · 18/03/2021 12:51

@AMS19 @Mellous I'm in the same boat. Fell pregnant first month last time and sometimes end up feeling like it was my first and only chance of motherhood. Just need to remind myself each month that someone that is doing everything absolutely perfectly still is only 35% likely to fall pregnant, so it is really normal that it is taking a little time and doesn't mean anything is wrong. It's so hard to not let the mind jump to the worst case scenario sometimes isn't it.

AMS19 · 18/03/2021 12:47

@SuzieDeLaTour pissed off sums it up perfectly 😂 my husband says I don't need to worry - not sure when he switched from being an accountant to a fertility consultant 🙄 twat.