Just MC and ready to try again? Pack your cake, wine and tightie whities and join us for more ranting, weeping and most of all, laughing. All welcome (Part 7)

[MamaPower]

A comfy little corner for those who need company in the post mc ttc journey!

To POAS or not to POAS? That is the question!

All welcome

Yay, great news Urban!

Hello, just thought I would come out of hiding for a moment to introduce myself on this lovely thread.

I had my mc confirmed last friday at 8 weeks though really I already knew as I had had really painful cramping and bleeding over the previous weekend.

The bleeding seems to have stopped now so I am hoping to try again. On the one hand I am desperate to start to ttc again, on the other the whole idea seems rather terrifying

Can I ask how long people waited before the got their first AF after their mc? My cycle was pretty regular before and I am wondering if it will stay the same or if it is likely to change at all.

Congrats urban Thats great news !
I have ordered some OPK's from Amazon too so if AF arrives at the weekend I will be using them too ! I havent a clue how they work really but will do my test. I understand you have to test twice a day but not in the morning so i was intending to do about 4:30 when I come home form work and again before i go to bed about 11-12ish. Is that going to work ?

Hello to everyone, hope you are all ok.

Well I am symptom spotting madly here. I have AF like cramps and mild back pain so I can either get my hopes up that its early pg symptoms or AF is due in a couple of days ! I have resisted the temptation to test again and will will wait till saturday. If AF hasnt arrived I will test and no for sure.
I honestly think I have gone mad this cycle. it has become all consuming. I am typing this at work and have been looking at countdowntopregnancy.com all morning so I think that says it all !! I think having the chemical pg last month has just thrown me slightly.

Anyway, better do something I am actually paid for.

Oh and my internet cheapies should be arriving today. I wont test though when I get home. Honest

Inbetweener... Def think Af cramps are a symptom, not too sure about lower back tho,,,, maybe you slept funny

Hiding sorry for your loss - it sucks! x

welcome, you are in the right place

Thanks fireworknix I erckon I did sleep funny as the back pain has gone.
The AF cramps are totally there though !
I am NOT imagining those for sure.

Just had the xmas party info come round and the girl walking round with it has just announced she is pg. She is all smiley and happy. Am not jealous much

Glad you've come out of hiding hiding and hope you make yourself comfy (but not for too long) on our lovely thread. I too was desperate to ttc after my mc at 8 weeks and many of us on here do fall pregnant quickly, but I had 2 x 6 week cycles (very unusual for me) before my cycle calmed down to 26 days, which is what it was before mc. Hope you're coping OK and have lots of support around you while you're going through this x

Welcome Hiding - it seems to take a while for things to go back to how they were before mc so just take it easy on yourself and hopefully everything will be back to normal soon. The idea of TTC will also become less terrifying, honest!

Inbetweener I don't think people have done this much of late but it is traditional on this thread to slap early testers with a wet fish. So this haddock is for you

Helloooooo

The very gorgeous mamapower sends a great big hello & wave all the way from sunny-hot ozzyland

not jealous at all, no not me, sat here in the rain doing work in miserable cheshire is just as good....honest

Thanks for the kind welcomes everyone

Jamface I also had 26 day cycles before so here's hoping they return to normal nice and quick.

owlface, it is good to hear it will get less scary. I think it is the thought of all the disapointment of the 2week waits and then the worrying about it happening again if when I get pregnant. Ho hum, I think I just need to get on with it really and I'll be alright.

owlshoes thank you for my slaps. I deserve them.
My IC tests have arrived at home so I know there is a box of 50 now sitting on the kitchen counter for when i get in.

I am going to try really hard not to use them.
I currently have mild cramps as though AF is about to start so am torn between thinking oh its all over and mild excitement ie: oooh could be VERY ear;y pg symptoms !!

hiding this is my first cycle since my lost ao i havent a clue whats going on really. Hope yours settle quickly though so you can get back on the bus of maddness !
I think my cycle is generally about 29 days but havent a clue what will happen this time.

I have to say inbetweener that i am pretty sure i couldn't reset doing a test if I had 50 sitting in my kitchen. And I know for sure I'm not pregnant and my hormones are running amuck so the test wouldn't make any sense anyway. But then I have no self control even when threatened with a haddock

reset?!...i meant resist....

Congrats Urban! Welcome Newbies and Hello everyone else!

welcome to hiding and orange - sorry you've had to come here but it is a lovely place to be in the circumstances. May your stay here be short x

owl you are right there has not been enough fish-slapping going on of late, I think people are being sneaky about the early testing though, we ought to have sone kind of weekly confession

nicks are you ok lovely? You've sounded a bit down of late... Sending (((hugs))) your way anyway, hope work's calmed down a bit

YRMOTB I have big hopes for you this month!!

I've been early testing but BFN.

I did that last week too; anyone who wants to throw fish at me is fully justified

Sambeth hate to be rude but you sound a bit like you are advertising ... sorry if I have that wrong. So sorry for your losses and lovely you now have children.

lolly just checked an earlier post ... does this mean you are due on your birthday? How wonderful!!!! DD2 was born the day after dh's birthday which made for an interesting birthday night!

I seem to be going through a phase of telling absolutely everyone I meet about my mmc ... feels like a form of terrets. Does anyone else do this? What always surprises me is how many people have been through this as well ... the only plus side being they generally have lovely healthy babies afterwards which gives hope!

AandRmum lots of people already knew about the mc because we had told people about the pg after the 13week scan, so then had to "untell" them 3 weeks later . So keeping it secret was never really an option. However there are still a number of people that I didn't happen to see during those 3 weeks and tbh I have ended up telling them when I see them, partly because it's bloody hard to answer "so what have you been up to over the last few months?" without mentioning it. It's quite therapeutic actually, and as you say it's surprising (and so sad!) how many people have been through it too. Ordinarily no one talks about it and I think that makes it harder; I felt so alone when I had mine. So I figure at least if I'm open then if (heaven forbid!) it happens to anyone else I know they maybe won't feel quite so alone.

Interestingly I don't tend to mention it if DH is there though; I sense he would be very uncomfortable with that.

. Mainly to detract from the fact that I did a test on day 22, which, perhaps unsurprisingly, was BFN..

Do I win for most pointless test completed?

YRMOTB I once did one on day 20