TTC after MC - new thread for newbies / lurkers on other threads!

Just read over all the messages properly, welcome to newbies and @ItsMeantToBe so happy hour hCG looks good!!

Hope you’re okay @Lowkeyloopy ❤️

@Flopsy88 I’m okay thanks, 11DPO today and AF due next week 🥳

Thanks everyone.

@Lowkeyloopy I've had trouble sleeping too. I'm waking up about 3 times a night for a wee and keep tossing and turning. Hope it passes for us both soon!

@Laurenxx94 welcome. Sorry to hear about your loss. I had a chemical back in April too. We started TTC straight away. I didn't get pregnant in the following month but I did the month after that. I'm 5+5 today. The main things I done differently are- put legs up after DTD, tracked my cycle using cheapie OPK's and monitored my BBT for the whole month. Best of luck for this month!

@CMcA21 that's amazing! Congratulations. Hope you get a BFP to make this month even better.

Girls sorry to jump in without reading but just wanted to update you all... I got the job 🥳🥳🥳

Hi ladies hope you don't mind jumping in!
I'm 5 days post chemical and really struggling , we're going to ttc right away so ovulation should be next week! I have a beautiful 5 year old and 2 miscarriages previous to her too!
My new partner and I have been trying for 9 months now including chemical and I suppose it counts for something that we CAN get pregnant .

If you ladies don't mind sharing some tips you maybe did differently ?
I'm currently taking vitamins D and folic acid but I got a day 21 progesterone tests and levels were 21 and after chemical they were 1.8 so wouldn't be able to sustain a pregnancy I'm worried this is maybe the case but I'm so unsure as nobody is giving me definite answers.

Congratulations to the ones with bfps recently I've tried to read some of the posts but struggled! Best of luck everyone xx

@ItsMeantToBe that is fantastic news!!

Happy Friday everyone!

@ItsMeantToBe fab news!!! Enjoy your weekend, hopefully lots of sunshine for everyone!

@LSW82 welcome, sorry to hear about your losses. Sounds like your going about it in a healthy way. It'll be good to allow yourself a month to relax and you never know!

@Flopsy88 Fingers crossed for your brother. The NHS is normally brilliant with that sort of thing and will hopefully get his surgery and appointments booked really quickly.

@SparrowMaiden bless your DH! My DH has previously read a test wrong and told me it was negative. That's so nice of your mum. Hope you've booked somewhere lovely.

@TBF29 Having a puppy is harder in a way as you can't take them everywhere with you!

I got todays HCG readings back- it's doubled to 504 🙂. They want me to repeat them on Sunday just to be sure and then they'll book me in for a scan when they think they'll be able to see something. I think I can relax a bit more now. Id convinced myself that it was a pregnancy of unknown location.

Hope everyone's having a lovely Friday!

@SparrowMaiden bless her!!! That is funny.

Me and my husband are away this weekend for our anniversary and I was hoping it would fall during my most fertile time but I seem to have ovulated early after the MMC! Typical!

We got a puppy last year and it's our first weekend leaving him so I feel a bit sad! God help me if I do ever have a child!!

@Flopsy88 gosh yes, very worry for you and your family but great that you're all trying to stay positive. Yeah my dh thought the control line was the test line last time - he found the instructions a few hours after I did the test and rushed downstairs and said "I didn't see a line!" (it was an absolute squinter) and then I got all upset with him because I needed validation that I had actually seen it... 🙄 if I ever get to the point of testing again I'm going straight for the digital ones! He can't get confused about those!

Welcome all the new people, sorry I wasn't on here for a couple of days and lots of new people seem to have appeared, sorry for all of your losses, I hope you find this group helpful 😚

Thought this might amuse some of you: my birthday is coming up and my mum knows how down I've been about all this ttc stuff so last night she texted me asking if she could pay for dh and I to have have night away next weekend as my present, and she would babysit!! I mean of course I have snapped the opportunity up but I do feel a bit weird about my mum knowingly paying for a night of attempted baby making!!!

@Flopsy88 fingers crossed for your brother, how soon will he find out the results? My mum had a mole that turned cancerous which I nagged her to get checked for 5 years+ before she actually did and she was very lucky that it hadn't spread. She still goes for yearly check ups.

The acupuncture consultation was interesting although it was nothing to do with acupuncture! It was more recommendations on diet and supplements which I found quite useful as I'm vegetarian so worried I was missing out on things. I think partly it was just nice to be able to talk to someone as all I've had out of the NHS is half an hour phone call in 2 years! I haven't listened to the podcast but I will do, do they recommend it? My first session is next Wednesday so I'll keep you updated!

Sorry @CMcA21 It took me so long to write that post you'd already answered my questions!! Xx

Thanks girls ❤ My bro has got stage 2 Melanoma so needs a sentinel lymph node biopsy to make sure it hasn't spread 🤞🏻 It's terrifying but we're trying to stay positive and not think about it for the next few weeks. SO PLEASE WEAR SUNSCREEN!!! It's so important!!!

@ItsMeantToBe It sounds like she was very reassuring but it's natural that you'll worry. Will they get you back in for another scan? 🤞🏻 for your hcg rising tomorrow. I did tell my DP and he was really happy! It was much better than last time when he didn't believe me cos the test line wasn't as dark as the control line 🙄 He understands now

@Lowkeyloopy I love your DPs reaction to you dropping your toast! 😂 So cute! He is going to make a great parent

@justwant2beamum Thank you! This was my 2nd cycle post mc. We did sperm meets egg, grapefruit juice before ovulation and legs in the air after dtd this month so I'm wondering if it was one of those things that helped. Or none of them and it was just a coincidence

@CMcA21 How are you doing? You're 10dpo right? Are you planning to test early or wait and see?

@TBF29 How was your acupuncture consultation? I'd started looking into it recently, it's really interesting. Have you listened to The Worst Girl Gang episode about it?

@LSW82 So sorry for your losses, that must have been heartbreaking. I hope you're doing ok xx

@Lowkeyloopy I’m 10DPO today I think... CD26. I’ve got to say I don’t really have any symptoms except for sore boobs. I literally can’t remember how I felt just before I found out I was pregnant last time so I don’t know how I’m meant to feel. I also had loads of symptoms last month and wasn’t preg soooo I don’t really trust my body 😂

@LSW82 welcome and sorry for your loss ❤️

@ItsMeantToBe keep us updated tomorrow lovely, fingers crossed for you xx

Welcome @LSW82 🤞🏻 for you x

@ItsMeantToBe hopefully the scan gave you some reassurance and everything is progressing as it should be!

Welcome @LSW82 and sorry to hear you have had a rubbish time this year too. Fingers crossed 2021 can finish on a high for us all!

Hi all, another newbie here! lovely to see so many bfp’s on this thread! Currently ttc number 1 after a mc early Jan & another late May. Still waiting for 1st AF to arrive after most recent one but got a positive ovulation on Monday. haven’t taken a break from TTC this month but also trying not to think about it too much, next cycle I should hopefully be back on track

Aw yay congrats @Flopsy88 so happy for you. How many cycles post mc are you again? So sorry to hear about your brother that's heartbreaking for you all.

🤞🏻 for you @ItsMeantToBe

@Lowkeyloopy Aw your poor toast! How lovely of DP to not laugh. The things that hormones make us do ey! From what I've seen no symptoms at 5 weeks is pretty normal. Did you decide to book an early scan?

I had my scan. They said that I've got a small cyst on my right ovary, which is nothing to be worried about (and I think it's the same one as I had when I was pregnant with my DS) but that it might be what's causing my cramps. There appears to be a "follicle" just outside of my womb but she can't say at this point whether it's a foetus or not and whether it's going to work its way in. I'm going to get new bloods tomorrow to see if my HCG has doubled and fo from there. She said it's normal and not to be worried but of course I am. So sorry, I feel like I'm hogging the thread!

@Flopsy88 hope you and your family are ok today. Have you told DP yet?

@Flopsy88 @TBF29 thanks so much. Dress it is!

Hope everyone's having a good morning!

@ItsMeantToBe It will almost certainly be an internal scan at this stage

@ItsMeantToBe because it's so early I think it will be internal. My scan at 7 weeks was because I think they can get better images that way. Good luck!

Thanks everyone! I will keep you updated. Does anyone know if it'll be an internal scan or not? I'm trying to decide whether to wear a dress or jeans?!

@ItsMeantToBe Oh love, that must be so worrying. It's really good that they're getting you in today taking and that DH can go too. It sounds like they're taking your worries seriously and doing everything they can to reassure you. Hopefully they'll be able to see the pregnancy sac even though it's too early to see anything else. You haven't had any bleeding which is also a good sign. Thinking of you and keeping everything crossed 🤞🏻 xx