Had a miscarriage and due in April 2015? shall we try not to scare the other ones?

[TinyTear]

Hello

Having had 5 mcs and 1 DD I am not feeling very hopeful (juest realistic) even though I am doing different things than before...

4w today and on cyclogest pessaries since CD21...

Maybe we could have a separate thread to the biiiig one so we don't scare the others with our (my) negativity...

Welcome

TinyTear, 40, 1 DD, 5mcs, due in April but don't want to know the exact day...

Oh fizzy I'm so sorry. How devastating. I hope you've got lots of wonderful support in RL. You've got through this before and you'll find the strength to do it again. Take care of yourself lovely xx

Well done on the scan LIG what a relief after what you've been through. Stay positive. The risk of mc goes down every day.

So I waited a week and did another cb digi yesterday (6wks exactly) and got the 3+! So now I'm telling myself that my hcg levels are rising and there's really no need to carry on poas as the lines won't get any darker. What on earth am I going to do with all my spare time!?

Good news on the scan lig and the digi oneday. My scan isn't for another week and a bit! Time is going SO SLOWLY!!

Weeks waiting for a scan are like dog years bristolian They last 7 x longer than normal weeks.

Welcome to September ladies...

So who else has scans this week? I have one on wednesday... should be (hopefully, fingers crossed, etc etc ) 7+6...

Good luck to everyone having scans this week apologies in advance for a very long post - I'm hoping someone will understand where I'm coming from - I'm feeling a bit crazy today

i have a scan dilemma. I'm 5+2 today and i had a little bit of pink EWCM last Monday night and some bright red blood - only a few spots when wiping (once). of course it looks more dramatic on damp toilet paper! that was last Monday and i was 4+2.

after MMC i am petrified, but really trying to take each day as it comes. i remembered the EPU said i could self refer if i became pregnant and worried - so i rang the midwife last week and she said its too early to see a heartbeat (i knew that, i just wanted her to say it's normal and i'll be okay).
she said bleeding in pregnancy is never a good sign but it doesn't mean it's a bad thing either. she said it could be implantation bleeding where the baby is burrowing in deeper (although it's scientifically unproven) she's seen other women attribute spotting to that.

Anyway, she made me an appointment for next Monday - 8th - for a reassurance scan. i know this will sound daft - but should i go?

I'm worried about it already. i don't know if it will reassure me - i saw the heartbeat at 7+0 before and it was great, but it wasn't to be and the baby's heart stopped beating after my 10 week booking scan and we found out at what should have been 12+4 after some brown/red spotting.

This day next week I'll be 6+2 and I wonder is it too early? it won't be reassuring if it's too early.

part of me thinks i should eat healthy and rest and try not to get excited, ignore it really (not get excited by looking at scans) BUT I do feel a real a connection with this little bean.

last time I struggled being pregnant at the start, even though we were TTC when we found out it felt like my body didn't belong to me - like I'd been invaded this time feels more natural and normal.

would you do? rearrange for another week? go, don't do? hang in until booking scan? i have constant nausea and I donâ??t know if it's nerves or hormones.

i would go... but that is me... i would wasnt to know as soon as possible

hi tinytear. Thanks for taking the time to read would you expect to see a heartbeat so early? or do you think they would they be looking to see if the pregnancy is in the right place? I'll have to go on my own and that's worrying me too.

with my DD, my only successful pregnancy I saw a HB at 6+2 exactly...

but this early it's also to check it's all in the right place and matching dates...

This time I went at 5+6 so I knew it was too early for HB but the measurements of the sac and stuff were all fine.. on wednesday i should be 7+6, so then if it's not measuring within a couple of days I will know it's gone wrong... even if they say to come back a week later...

Hi jbee personally I would go too.

I also had a MMC in June this year (10 wks but bean only measured 6) following a 'succesful' early scan at 6 weeks where we saw the hb etc. At the scan I was measuring nearly a week behind so in hindsight I should have know something wasn't quite right but it's possible to get dates mixed up etc.

Having a scan and seeing a hb is unfortuantely as so many of us know, by no means a guarentee that you're not going to go on to MC but it does mean that at that moment in time; you're still pregnant.

Personally I'd rather than as soon as possible if I'd already MC. I've booked an early scan (private as referrals to the EPU are through the GP here and unfortunately they don't accept anxiety as a reason for a scan - dammit!) when I (hopefully) will be 8 weeks just to know that my dates are correct and that I've (again, hopefully) got further than the 6 weeks I managed last time.

Can totally understand your reasons for not wanting to go, but if it was me, I wouldn't turn down a free scan and the opportunity to know that everything is on track at that moment in time.

Hi guys, hope all your scans go well. I'm sure they will.
I'm still using up my conception vitamins. I was wondering if I should change t pregnancy vitamins?x

Hi all, Happy September, hope you are all enjoying the start to the week!

jb I think I would go, though I do understand your anxiety, especially considering it is early, imagine how good it would be to see a heartbeat, and if you don't then it doesn't necessarily mean anything?

chill I'm not sure if they have different ingredients, but I had some preg vitamins from last time left over so started taking them straight away.

I'm freaking out about every little twinge today. I'm having some sharpish pains in my right lower abdomen... Do you think I should call the GP?

Hi ladies! Please can I join you? I'm 5+6 and will be having a scan at the EPU tomorrow afternoon. I've got a 7 year old DC & I've been TTC for #2 for the past 4 years or so. I've had 3 miscarriages, the last one was in October 2013 and it's taken me all this time to fall pregnant again!

I've been diagnosed with secondary infertility & we've been looking at having IVF when I found out that I was pregnant. I'm not excited, happy or anything like that. From bitter experience I know that unlike most people, a BFP does not equate in a baby :( It's not all doom & gloom though as I'm feeling somewhat positive as I'm taking cyclogest pessaries and will be taking predesolone (sp?) once I get my prescription later on today. I just hope that I'm not too late in taking the predesolone tablets.

Looking forward to getting to know you all.... Although I think that I've come across Tiny on my last miscarriage thread.

Just out of interest, what medication are most people on? I'm following Mr Shahata's regime for killer cells even though I do not have killer cells

I'm not taking any meds to prevent miscarriage directly, but I am taking labetalol for blood pressure.

HI London, yep, my MC4 was in October as well so I think we were in the June thread together... Since then I had MC5 too....

I am taking cyclogest (progesterone) 200mg morning and 200mg evening and also clexane injections (40mg) every day...

I went to see Professor Brosens / Professor Quenby in Coventry after MC5 and even though my NK cells were normal, this is the protocol they put me in...

It's my last ditch attempt at a baby, so here we go...

in terms of vitamins though I am only taking folic acid + vitamin D

Six weeks today and I still don't feel pregnant. I won't believe it until I see it I guess! I'm taking Pregnacare Plus (the ones with cod liver oil), vitamin D and magnesium so I'm covered on the vitamins front! I'm trying to keep up with exercise in the hope that I won't end up crippled again this pregnancy.

Does anyone else keep wanting to tell people then having to bite their tongue? I would love to tell my mum but once she knows it isn't a secret any more so I'd rather wait a bit longer. Her and my MIL looked after me when I MC'd in 2011 as my DH was away on business at the time so I'll have to tell them sooner rather than later but it all still feels too big and too new at the moment.

Hello all,

jbee - another that wouldn't turn down a scan to know either way. 6+2 you could see a heartbeat but don't worry if you don't. Fwiw I have had spotting in both my good and bad pregnancies.

Welcome London. It sounds like it has been a long road for you. hope this time works out.

I am self medicating on aspirin and progesterone cream. The prog cream was for a short luteal phase but don't want to stop it now. The combo worked with dd so thought I would do it again.

I am tucked in bed again. Not sure how I will get through work tomorrow. going to tell my boss tomorrow because I think if I miscarry now I will need an excuse and I want to explain why I am so useless at the moment. He is new boss so not sure what he will be like. my old boss had been through mc and infertility issues and so was sympathetic and also knew what I was like not pregnant. I have only had my new boss and according to lmp been pregnant the whole time he has been my boss. so could be fun!!!

stuntmen- I am very much of telling people I would tell if I miscarried so I have quite a few friends who know that I have had mcs and trouble conceiving and so have told them. The 1st mc I only told family and then had to tell others people afterwards when I needed support.

my mum on the other hand was very unsupportive about my 1st mc and so will be told after 12 weeks. But that is a whole other thread.

jbee I would go. If you see a heartbeat then great, if not, then it's just that it's too early and they'll have you back a week later to look again.

Welcome london - good luck with the scan.

Midwife called today - I have my first appointment in 2 weeks and she's referred me for an 8 week scan, which should hopefully be next week.
I keep feeling a bit excited when I think about it an then I have to reign myself in.

I have only told my sister so far. I have a couple of friends that I might tell in a few weeks but not just yet - it feels to early and I don't want to make it official for a while yet.

I'd have the scan to, would I be right in thinking if all is measuring well but its a bit early they would have you back in a week or two later so they could see the hb?

Hi London, I'm taking cyclogest to although think its a higher dose, I could run to the bathroom and check but I'm already in bed

I'm the same as you lig, although my friends know we were having the ivf treatment so have been asking and I am a rubbish liar. I haven't told my parents yet either but that's a lonnngggg story!!

Good news about your scan Shetland, at 8 weeks there's a hb and I am sure all is well.

I can't lie, I am struggling with this nausea now, and late afternoon evening seem as to be the worst bit as I can snack my way through most of the day but really struggle with dinner as I just feel like eating anything, between that and the tiredness I'm not much fun but hopefully it will pass.

I'm just eating constantly in an effort to keep the nausea at bay lila
And the exhaustion is a problem as I should be revising every evening at the moment but keeping my eyes open past 9 o'clock is hard

one day till scan.... one day till scan...

this afternoon have an "emotional eating" workshop that was booked before i got pregnant.

my miscarriages led me to stupid comfort eating and i put on weight like there is no tomorrow so asked my GP to refer me.... even if I am feeling better now, i hope to learn some good coping mechanisms for the future...

Can I join you ladies?

im a little further ahead than most of you as im 10.2 weeks.

I had a mmc in april at 14 weeks and despite already having 2 reassurance scans this time round at 6.5 weeks and 8.3 weeks and seeing a heartbeat im feeling really anxious and worried so have booked myself a private scan for tomorrow.

Id had early scans last time due to bleeding which had showed a heartbeat so seeing this babies heartbeat early hasnt really reassured me. My 12 week scan is on the 16th but the thought of waiting 2 more weeks seemed like an eternity.

Hello and welcome... ahhh to be 10w... i am really wishing September away

Hi ladies, I'm back at the early pregnancy clinic this morning as had some one-sided abdominal pain so the GP has sent me for a scan to check for an ectopic.... Also had a bit of bleeding this morning so not feeling too optimistic about today. I think I'm 6+4 weeks today. Has anyone had an ectopic pregnancy? I wonder what to expect