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Just MC and ready to try again? Pack your leathers, black nail polish, air guitar and jump in the mosh pit for some serious metalling. All welcome! (Part 18)

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Summerbird73 · 22/09/2011 09:13

New thread for some serious metalling. We are ramping up the amps and churning out some Metallica, Nirvana, ACDC, Stone Temple Pilots... with the occasional 90's rave music!! Grin

If you have miscarried and are ready to TTC again, come and join us in the WTF cycles with the odd VIP ticket to the padded cell for some serious mentalling (now known as Metalling)

Welcome!

OP posts:
pebspop · 18/11/2011 12:21

it is me who is going to oz. can't wait to get away - three weeks off work hurrah!!

it's a bit weird when other people situation reminds you of what could have been. my dh step sister had a baby when my first one would have been due and his step brothers gf is overdue at the moment so that baby could come at any minute. it;s gutting but hopefully we have it all to look forward to still.

MandaHugNKiss · 18/11/2011 13:19

poppy Grin I have nothing more to say on the matter just now, other than to grin in your general direction!

pebs It's so bloody hard. I thought I was doing so well on Teddy's due date until the evening when I fell apart. We can only handle it the way we can handle it, and don't need to feel bad in any way. Is it worth reminding DH, perhaps in a non-direct way, by saying something along the lines of 'I'm sorry if I seem a bit distracted today, it's just that it's the due date today'. So you get to remind him without being cross at him for forgetting, iyswim?

That was one of the things that devastated me shortly after losing Teddy - within days, everyone else (except DF) seemed to have completely forgetton him. That's not to say they did but of course they weren't feeling the loss in the same way as me (or his Daddy). And the rest of the world was trundling along whilst mine had just...stopped. But it does get easier.

Is it a bit weird to say I'm so glad you have us to talk to about how you're feeling? Just that it was invaluable for me, so I'm happy to 'pay it forward' as it were and be there for someone else who maybe can't say the things in real life that they just need to say.

Looking forward to Oz is a great thing to have in the near future, especially as you'll be ttc. And, now, with the answers you have you are in a much better postition once you get your bfp. I'll try and find the link to your chart to have a nosy for you (or you could post it again Wink)

leedy Good to have a sympathetic GP onside. I have read of so many women being fobbed off so you're onto a winner already.

leedy and Tw1nk you can take the high dose complex b vits in addition to your normal prenatal vits/multivits as they only contain the rda (or more for folic acid) but B vits are quite difficult to overdose on as they are water soluable. I took the B100 complex from holland and barratt (they also do a B50 if you don't feel comfortable jumping in at 100). Be prepared for highly flourescent yellow pee! And although they work their real magic in the follicular stage of your cycle, it doesn't hurt to take them from any point.

baby Glad you're thinking logically doing better Grin It's those bloody pregnancy hormones that seem to override our logic at times, though, eh?

far Not sure if you'll see this, but have a great holiday! I don't remember where you're going?

blue My 20 (and half!) week scan is on Jan 4th! Conversely, for me, it seems an aaaaaage away. But so does christmas in my head (I am not a fan of christmas, and this year is shaping up to look even more of a headache than usual for various reasons). Yum!

What's my latest? Um. It's DS1's birthday today... I was in the hospital as was induced, but hadn't had my first contraction yet. That happened at around 4.15pm (with my water going, too Grin) and he made his appearance at 5.54pm. I always find myself reliving the actual day of their birth on my kids' birthdays. Am I odd?

pebspop · 18/11/2011 13:25

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thansk for the support everyone.

i am doing ok today but i will probably let it all out tonight. will mention it to dh later - won't see him till about 10pm as i am out with my collegues after work. thought i might light a candle i have from my wedding as a little reminder for the baby. will do that when i get home.

leedy · 18/11/2011 13:29

Thanks for the B vits info. Luminous yellow wee, here I come!

InsomniaQueen · 18/11/2011 13:38

Hi ladies - I know I've been awol, my health has gone back down hill again and I had a lovely hospital visit yesterday from all the pain in my tummy. All is fine with little miss but I'm struggling with the pain quite a bit. Its so hard at the moment because the pain makes me feel really low but every time I reach down and feel her moving I realise how lucky I am. Sorry for my sob story but its hard to explain to people in RL why the conflicting emotions are difficult to manage. But onwards and upwards ladies....every day that passes is a day closer to my DH being home!!!

pie so sorry to hear about your shocking day at work the other day - hope you have recovered from the drama.

eve sooooo pleased that your scan came back a lot better.....hopefully you get a nice letter with some good odds so you can relax properly!!

blue poor you - it is hard when you get those reminders but as you said you need to stay focused on your positive news. And Grin for your next scan in january.....keeping my fingers and toes crossed that everything continues well for you.

baby I know what you mean about finding it tricky to talk to people in RL. Me and my cousin have both had MC's and are now pregnant which makes it is easy to talk to her but I can't really speak to anyone else cos they all just look at me like "well your pregnant now, what's the big deal". Hopefully we both continue on this journey and have happy endings.

far hope you have a wonderful time way....a nice break from work definitely sounds good!! Hope you get plenty of SWI in during your break away. Xx

poppy whoop whoop for you and your friends double pregnancy....keeping my legs crossed for you that things continue on in the same way. It is so hard in the very early stages but just try to take things as they come. My DH refused to believe anything until I sent him a photo of the CB Digi....that soon changed his tune....Shock. Take it easy over the next few days!! Xx

marathon so glad your scan went well and hope that your busy month doesn't leave you too tired out.

manda huge congratulations on your engagement.....I do love sparkly things!! Also really wonderful that your latest scan gave you positive results.

pebs so sorry your feeling low at the. moment - it is totally understandable! Sending you lots of hugs from casa IQ!! Hopefully the new year will bring lots of good news for you. Xx

leedy so glad you had a positive meeting with your gp and I fully agree with him on hoping for happier news in the new year. Also wonderful news about your friend and twins!!

twinkle welcome to the mosh pit - hopefully these ladies will give you as much support as they've given me.

Sorry to anyone I've missed - love to all!! Xxx

Poppyjen · 18/11/2011 19:53

IQ so sorry to hear you are having a tough time - when is DH back again?

Just a quick one from me. A teeny bit of spotting today. Damn. I will keep you posted....

Poppyjen · 19/11/2011 09:02

and the bleeding started properly this morning Sad

I think I will be offline for a little while, this has been a hugely stressful and emotional few days, I think I need to take some time out for a bit.

Lots of love to you all

MandaHugNKiss · 19/11/2011 09:10

poppy I see you didn't temp this morning. It is possible for implantation bleeding to be heavier than the 'spotting' commonly held belief but, of course, it could also be af.

You've been on quite a rollercoaster these last few days and no doubt feel like you've come crashing off - I'm so sorry, it's just crap.

I'll save all my cheerleader type stuff for now and just

PieMistress · 19/11/2011 09:36

poppy big hugs, that is just so utterly utterly crap

babysaurus · 19/11/2011 09:46

Poppy I am SO sorry to hear that. Am holding your, er, foot (as the hands are already being held) and hoping you are okay. Lots of love xx

InsomniaQueen · 19/11/2011 10:01

Oh poppy I'm so sorry to hear that - sending you all my thoughts and lots of hugs from here!!!

Hope to see you back in a little while, take care of yourself over the next few weeks!!! Xxxx Thanks xxx

BlueCrane · 19/11/2011 12:46

Ah poppy what a huge horrid rollercoaster of a week for you. Take good care and find yourself a big bar of chocolate...sending lots of from over here!!

Tw1nkle · 20/11/2011 10:11

Hi everyone,
Thanks for advice about B vitamins - I'll definately get some!
My af has arrived, which I'm pleased about - but it's REALLY heavy and REALLY painful - I've never experienced anything like it!!
Is this normal for the first af post ERPC?
On a positive note though, we can start TTC this cycle - yay!!!

pebspop · 20/11/2011 10:28

poppy sorry to hear your news. take things easy and try to be kind to yourself.

twink my first af was really light and i started panicing about ashermans syndrome. after my second mc my period was pretty heavy (for me) so i was just relieved i didn't have ashermans. i have heard if you are changing towels every hour you should contact the hospital/gp etc as that is too heavy. i think the first af can be light/heavy/anything inbetween and thats why it's called the wft cycle - anything is normal!

i went home on friday night and lit a candle to mark the due date of my baby i mc'd at 20 weeks in july. it was sad but i am glad i did something.

af hasn't shown up yet. i am on cd 30 but only 9 dpo. hope she holds off for a couple more days then my lp will be 'normal'. when af arrives i will be getting the calendar out to work out wether to ttc before or during oz!!

MyDaydream · 21/11/2011 05:45

poppy, sorry to hear your news, hope there's lots of support for you at home.

Tw1nkle - my first after my MC was really heavy but didn't last as long as they usually do which was quite nice!

I'm 11dpo and I feel awful. I've been feeling really sick and have done a couple of in throat sicks,, both are unusual for me, and I've been having bizarre dreams that leave me feeling exhausted and on edge when I wake up. Fingers crossed there'll be a bfp waiting for me later in the week!

pebspop · 21/11/2011 09:41

10 dpo for me today - that will do for a normal lp won't it?

i had a slight bit of spotting yesterday and today so think af is on her way - only took 5 months to get back to normal grrrr.

leedy · 21/11/2011 11:10

Ach, poppy, that's rough, hope you're doing ok.

Weirdly I seem to be showing signs of runny cervical mucus (er, this is the no such thing as TMI thread, right?) at only just over two weeks post-m/c, which would be putting my cycle pretty much back at it's usual 30 days. Though I'm also on an expectorant for my death!cough so perhaps that's just making what's there less viscous. I suppose we'll see if my period shows up in a fortnight.

leedy · 21/11/2011 11:23

That'd be "its usual", not "it's usual". I swear I am a professional writer and I can normally spell...

Poppyjen · 21/11/2011 11:39

Hi ladies

Thank you so much for all of your kind words, Saturday was a rough day but I feel better today - more positive.

I had a long chat with my mum about everything over the weekend and she has (re) offered to pay for me to see a consultant privately as my GP was totally rubbish about everything when I last spoke to them (told me that there were no resources for fertility related referrals/treatment as I already had a child and that I would have to wait until we had been trying for 18 months for them to even consider it)

So I am off to the private clinic next Monday afternoon to have an hour long consultation to discuss everything - my PCOS, the mc and our 10 long months of TTC DC2. It will be so nice to be able to talk to someone who isn't trying to fob me off, and to have plenty of time to do it. I know that if we end up having tests and treatment it will be expensive but I am sure we'll find a way.

Pebs It must have been an extraordinarily hard day for you on Friday, I was thinking about you. Marking the day by lighting a candle seems like a lovely thing to do Smile Great news on LP length - another Bvits success??

pebspop · 21/11/2011 11:51

poppy glad to see you are going to the consultant, i hope they are able to get you the results we all want!

i haven't tried b vit's yet, i was thinking about them in case i needed a bit of help. i think my cycle was just taking a while to adjust. i had no af for 12 weeks then a cycle with 7 day lp and now this cycle where i am up to 10 dpo. i ov late which is a bit annoying but i think i must have been doing this pre mc so not a problem.

welliesandpyjamas · 21/11/2011 12:04

POppy just caught up on a few days so sending you belated thoughts n hugs. Consultant plan sounds good. Hope it is a positive visit for you.

twinkle hello and welcome! My first AF after MC was pretty heavy duty too. But it is then followed by the hopeful period of getting to TTC again :)

I'm on CD14 and fertilityfriend is messing with my head! Told me y'day I'd ovulated on CD10, which was fab as we'd BDed tons around then, but today my temp dipped waaaaay down (too soon for implantation dip though). So it's back to saying I haven't ovulated, but we eased of the hanky panky over the w/e....just hope we haven't missed our window now!

eve34 · 21/11/2011 12:39

Afternoon all

Wow so much to catch up and not a lot of time as I am working.

Blue - so sorry to hear about your friend I am sure you are being a great support to her, it is so sad how common MC are. Also sorry that you have been reminded that you should of being finishing work now. It is hard to have these reminders ll the time but it means we remember the ones that didn't make it but were still our babies.

Poppy - what a week you have had, you really are in my thoughts. TTC really is full of ups and downs I hope the appointment this afternoon makes you feel much more positive and gives you the steps forward.

Far - 16 Vials of blood I had 3 done today and that was enough! Hope you have a wonderful holiday.

Twinkle sorry you have had to join us. Good news to hear AF has arrived. It is a starting point. hope you don't have to wait long for bfp.

Peb - lovely that you spent some time thinking about your baby. It isn't easy but it is important that we don't forget them.

IQ - sorry to hear that you are not well, I hope you are being taken very good care of and DH is soon home.

MDD - strange dreams hey I will watch this space for testing.....

Wellies I am afraid I never started on FF so can't help. Fingers crossed someone else can soon.

Well I best get on with some work!

Hope everyone is ok. And had a good weekend.

BlueCrane · 21/11/2011 14:48

Afternoon all

poppy so glad you can go and have a chat with the consultant next week - I'm sure even being able to chat it through who is not being dismissive about it all and might be able to help will be a relief. Been thinking of you a lot over the weekend, TTC can be so cruel at times!

daydream strange dreams eh?! Keep us posted!

I had breakfast with my friend on Saturday and it was ok, she is doing remarkably well. It all happened naturally and her hormone levels dropped v quickly from the friday to Sunday so the hospital have asked her to test again this Tues (10 days later) to see if she gets a bfn so that they can discharge her. She wanted to save her remaining digi test so I gace her some of my left over ICs for her. Her DD1 keeps asking why Mummy's upset and then yesterday asked when she could have another little sister Sad so tough as it's impossible to explain these things to LO's, her DD1 is only 3.5! My friend has said that she wants to wait until after Christmas whilst they work out whether or not to try again or stick with the two DDs they have - not an easy decision I'm sure.

I have been v sick again at the weekend and would seem that the nausea has come back after it seemed to trail off...this time of the projectile variety though (sorry TMI) so much more difficult to make sure I get to the loo on time and rather worrying being at work Blush though have been ok so far today but just feel soooo drained and tired and can't be bothered with any of it despite deadline looming on Friday...oh well.

Hope everyone else is well? Did we have more people due to POAS this week? How's everyone feeling? For those with AF hope it's not too heavy or painful and that you can take it easy. For those SWI...go girls Wink

Right...back to work, must switch off MN and try to focus on what I'm meant to be doing though would actually like to sleep

Tw1nkle · 22/11/2011 13:11

Hi everyone, just a quickie question from re the Bvits.....

Can you take them whilst pregnant? We're going to start TTC now AF has finally been and gone, and was reading all the positive things about the Bvitamins.
But should I stop taking them near to AF being due, or just continue?
Thanks!

Poppyjen · 22/11/2011 14:10

Tw1nkle I think earlier on in the thread someone was asking this - and I think the answer was that it is fine (I seem to remember someone was told to take them for morning sickness??) Ladies? Did I make that up?

I had a long chat about the fertility clinic visit with DH last night. I think we are both on the same page about it now (that page being "I am sure it will be expensive but we'll find a way, its worth it") which is great - I was worried he would be antsy about the cost of tests etc. Actually feeling extremely positive about it today which is a change Smile

Hope you are all doing well - any POAS-ers out there???