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Feeling really down after m/c

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LouiseX · 06/07/2007 12:59

I had completed my miscarriage by 26th June and now i feel really down and really obsessed with getting pregnant again. I thought that if i got pregnant quickly then i would be able to deal with the m/c but its driving me mad wanting it so bad right now! I just did a test (wishful thinking!) but it would be too early to tell anyway if is was and if course came back negative (so im guessing that means by hcg levels have gone back to normal).

Also i wasn't tested to see what my hcg levels were to begin with went i started m/c or inbetween or even now! and everyone i have read said they have been monitored! We started trying straight away and i so hope im pregnant already! I feel like im going mad!

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FrannyandZooey · 06/07/2007 13:01

Very sorry to hear of your loss Louise. I think it's normal to be going over it in your mind all the time. Do you think it might be best to give yourself a bit of space to recover from the miscarriage physically and mentally? Or do you think trying to get pregnant again straight away is the right thing for you?

clutteredup · 06/07/2007 13:02
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LouiseX · 06/07/2007 13:05

I am sure that getting pregnant again straight away would help me, in a way i see it as replacing the baby ive lost which is kind of what i need. A fewe weeks ago i was making plans and choosing cots and prams and now its all just gone.

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FrannyandZooey · 06/07/2007 13:07

I can understand that. I guess the flip side is that your body may need time to recuperate, and also that the up and downs of trying, and perhaps failing, to get pregnant might be a bit much for you.

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LouiseX · 06/07/2007 13:12

Ye i may well be pregnant already but where i am stressing out so much that may not be helping. Its just where i have been reading on sights other people getting pregnant a week or two weeks after m/c and how easily it is, its getting my hopes up too much!

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MsG · 06/07/2007 13:54

Hi Louise,

I completed my miscarriage on 29th June - I got the all-clear from a scan that day. Everyone's different but I want to get pregnant too asap, but we're waiting until after my next period just because it'll be easier to date, and to give my body time to get back to normal. I was told by the doctor not to worry if I got pregnant straightaway though. I think the doctor said the hcg levels could be present up to 6 weeks later, so you might not know for a while.

Good luck. xx

FrannyandZooey · 06/07/2007 18:06

I wish you both luck with it. Sorry you have had a sad conclusion to your recent pregnancies.

07mumstheword · 10/07/2007 20:03

It was confirmed to me yesterday that I've had a miscarriage. I'm already thinking about when I can get pregnant again. They told me to wait one full cycle but I will ask GP if ok to start trying again straight away. I must try to stay rational and try not to get obsessed but it's so difficult not to be wholey consummed by wanting a positive test, then praying and trying not to worry of any further loss.

suezee · 10/07/2007 20:06
plummymummy · 10/07/2007 20:34

Sorry to hear of your m/cs. I found out at 11 weeks today that my baby died 4 weeks ago.

berolina · 10/07/2007 20:47

I'm sorry for all of your mcs.

Last summer I had two mcs in two cycles, my second and third of three altogether. There is no way they were linked, and getting pg straight after mc does not actually make you more likely to mc again, but it can be advisable to wait, at least for one period. It is typical to wait between four and six weeks for that first period to arrive.

Louise, a negative pg test will mean your hCG levels are normal (i.e. non-pregnant), or almost normal.

On the emotional side, I know the desperate feeling of wanting to be pg again as soon as possible, but IME there is also a lot to be said for at least a brief pause in ttc. After my first and second mcs I was all for trying again quickly, and indeed conceived ds three cycles after my first mc - but had a very difficult, anxious first half of the pregnancy. After my third mc I waited for one period and then spent another three cycles in a very mixed-up state, half-heartedly practising calendar contraception, wanting to 'slip up' and get pg, but, as my period approached, desperately hoping I wasn't. On that fourth cycle I conceived. I knew it as soon as I was late, but spent more than two weeks in denial (did one test at about five days late, but it didn't work and I felt sort of 'let off the hook for the time being' and didn't do another) and found the pregnancy very difficult to get my head round. In retrospect it was 'too soon', but I'm now 30 weeks and wouldn't want it any other way, of course. I hope you manage to find the way of coping that's best for you.

LittleRobbo · 11/07/2007 17:17

hello everyone, i've never posted on here before. i am 10 weeks and am bleeding, i have to have scan tomorrow but i think i already know its going to be bad news. i just lost my mom on may 7th to cancer, my wedding was 26th may. i really dont know if i can take anymore. i amvery close to my family and my dh has just gone to get some tea, my 11yo ds is out playing, i suppose i should be wanting support from all of them, but i just want to be alone i think. please help.

Cotton1 · 11/07/2007 19:49

Hi Littlerobbo So sorry for what you're going through, but many women bleed in pregnancy (at every stage) and everything may still be ok. It will be a long night for you but i hope you get some good news. I have my scan on friday, the third one in three weeks and although EPU are telling me i may have got my dates wrong, i know deep down.

How do you feel, do you still feel pregnant?

07mumstheword · 11/07/2007 20:05

Littlerobbo my heart goes out to you and I hope for a positive outcome tomorrow. It sounds like you have wonderful support so lean on them when you need to but having time on your own is fine too, just do what feels right for you. Let us know how you get on tomorrow, will be thinking of you.

plummymummy · 11/07/2007 20:09

Good luck tomorrow littlerobbo. Try to rest as much as you can tonight.

LittleRobbo · 12/07/2007 08:54

Thanks a lot, didn't sleep too good obviously and feel even worse because i've really snapped at ds before school this morning. I do still feel pregnant but i also feel different than recent, maybe the worry i don't know. I'm so scared, to move, to go to the loo, to do anything, but most of all scared of what they will tell me later. Anyway, thanks again and will post either way later.

LittleRobbo · 12/07/2007 08:57

Cotton1 hope everything goes ok for you on Friday.

plummymummy · 12/07/2007 09:41

Thinking of you today littlerobbo.

LittleRobbo · 12/07/2007 16:44

Good news, baby is fine! dh and i cried with relief. i don't want to go on and on because i realise the thread i am on and don't want annoy anyone. Am still bleeding though so just have to take it easy for a while i think. Thankyou to everyone who wished me luck for today, it worked!xxxxxxxxxxx

plummymummy · 12/07/2007 17:52

Excellent news littlerobbo - am so pleased for you and your dh

Cotton1 · 12/07/2007 20:38

So glad that everything has worked out. Put your feet up and take it easy. xx

LittleRobbo · 12/07/2007 20:49

Thankyou ladies, have celebrated with treacle tart and custard! Hope all goes well for you tomorrow Cotton1.xx

07mumstheword · 12/07/2007 22:21

Fantastic news! I'm so pleased everything is ok and that you've had some good fortune. Make sure you rest and take good care of yourself.

ladylush · 14/07/2007 11:08

How did you get on cotton1?

Cotton1 · 14/07/2007 20:09

They said the sac had grown to 11mm but still nothing in it. Have to go back in a fortnight for another one. Finding the waiting really hard.

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