Just MC and ready to try again? Pregnant after MC and seeking somewhere safe to hide? Recently graduated from the mosh pit? Come on down to the mosh pit for some serious metalling and cake! Part ?

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Thought we could do with a new thread since the old one is full.

yay state that is wonderful x

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the advice. Trying not to stress about TTC again. Decided instead to get back in shape as I've put on half a stone in 3 months . Going to give the 30-day shred ago after seeing it mentioned on Mumsnet. Anyone tried it? Did my first run today after no exercise for 6 wks (Pre pg). Felt good to be back in the game!

Have a good Sat!

Guys I am proper metalling here

Day 42 of second WTF cycle, some spotting yesterday so was hoping AF on the way. Nothing at all today so did an OPK - positive. Really annoying, as DH has just gone away for a week! I don't know why, but I also did an internet cheapie pregnancy test strip as well - faint line on that too. Now I don't know what to think. I know OPKs can go positive if you are pg as the hormones are very similar (according to www.peeonastick.com which is my poas bible!) But I have had evap lines on internet cheapies before now and I just don't know whether or not to trust this one. Does anyone know if I can upload pics from my phone onto my profile? Then I could show you guys. I haven't got any more expensive tests in the house and won't be able to get one until tomorrow, aargh!

almond I am a happy shredder, just did it again today after a couple of weeks off and reminded how brilliant it is! do it, it HURTS and only takes 20 mins. And I noticed a change in 10 days; after a month was back in leggings cause my thighs had firmed up again... (after letting go when I was pg for 2 months and ate like a horse!)

oooh lurcher! how faint is faint? how many dpo are you? did the line come up easily and clearly and did it fade/change colour or is it pink? Hope it is a pos, good luck chicken.

I love poas.com too, she talks complete sense :)

Wilde, I have no idea if/when I ov'd as I've only just started using OPKs to try and figure out my ridiculous post-mc cycles...the line was faint, but clear enough to see without squinting. It's purple, like the control line, but obviously a lot lighter. It's just that I have had evap lines on these tests, which have sometimes looked positive - but then a tesco or first response has shown negative. The reviews on amazon say that other people have had false positives too so I don't want to get my hopes up - but it was a definite, if faint, line. A bit worried as have had a few boozy nights recently, after getting so many bfns and feeling sick of it all! I might try and get to tesco later and buy another test, but they shut at 5 and don't know if I'll get chance.

Have my fingers crossed for you lurcher x

well, tentative fingers crossed till you can get your hands on a FRER. bloody IC's, they are generally good for me but I know what you mean about needing confirmation.

good luck for tomorrow!

Oh God. Went to tesco, two-pack of FRER, poas in their toilets. Have had loads of water today so my wee was really dilute (as I'm doing it I'm thinking, literally might as well piss on a fiver here). And a faint line came up

Guess this is real now. But am shitting it for two reasons (apart from the obvious post-mc fears) - one is I'm still having some light brown spotting, and the other is I have had a fair few glasses of wine recently. Just have no idea how far along I am - dates-wise, six weeks, but in practice I was still getting bfn three days ago. Surely I can't have done any damage, but am worrying nonetheless

Very exciting lurcher lover. You can't beat POASing in a shop toilet!

My plan to buy some more confirmatory tests was thwarted by my boyfriend deciding to come to the supermarket with me. So it will be 3 whole days since I last tested which is a huge achievement.

hehe I poas before in morrisons. ah, the joys. (it was BFN, but in the days when that was a good thing!)

congrats lurcher, today you are pregnant even if you are 6 weeks am sure wine wouldn't have done any harm, it prob only implanted recently if you were having bfns, hence brown blood, in which case it would have been nomming on its own food supply, not you.

Thanks guys. It's just sinking in a bit. Haven't told DH as he will be driving - he's working away this week. I also bought a cb digital so I will do that in the morning and text him a pic.

Now wondering how far along I am, and this spotting is worrying me a bit. Do you think the epu would give me an early scan if I phoned them tomorrow? Would it be better to phone them or book in with the mw first? And what's the earliest you can actually see anything on a scan?

Yay lurcher! Brilliant news!

If you are six weeks, scan wouldn't be out of the question... They might use the dildo cam though!

Oh and I would ring the epu direct, that is what I was advised last time. You can go through the gp or mw if you prefer, the epu would tell you if they needed you to be referred to them.

Oooh exciting lurcher ill keep fingers crossed for a Big fat bright positive in the morning for you to send to DH.

Dd was somewhat a suprise and I can assure you her first weeks in utero were not the best but I had an easy pregnancy a healthy baby and now she's --a bit insane-- nearly 4. So do NOT beat yourself up xx

Congrats Lurcher! After my MC the EPU just said to call them with the slightest bit of spotting if I got pregnant again as they would have me in for an early 'reassurance' scan so ring them tomorrow! That will put your mind at rest! How long ago was your MC BTW?

Tried using some online OPK sticks and swear it was a faint positive which is very odd as I am only CD8 and just finished bleeding after MC. I will try again tomorrow and see what it says. Not TTC this month anyway but was hoping to get a steer on what my cycle was doing. Doesnt seem to be helping much?!

hopefully the digi will clear up when you concieved lurcher!

almond do you still have hcg in your system from the mc or are you getting BFNs now? HCG could contribute to a darker line on an opk. A 'faint pos' opk doesn't mean much really as far as detecting the luteal surge goes... you get these throughout your cycle - is actually a negative... a positive is when they are the same darkness - that is what you need then wa-hey! (sorry if you know this!)

just wondering, if you have had a mc are you likely to get a reassurance scan? just wondering for WHEN I get preggo - don't want to spend megabucks going private if I don't have to :)

Congratulations lurcher fx for another bfp in the morning!

wilde you could try contacting your EPU and asking for one?

Does anyone know how long it took to ov after a mc? I'm not sure if I've ov this wkend - had ewcm yesterday (but not very much) and I've definitely had some twinges/pains in the right place. Then today I had a tiny amount of pink tinged cm - does this sound like ov?

congrats lurcher.

almond I have done shred as well its really good!

wilde my local epu give early scans if you have had a mc. I will be having two weekly scans till 20 weeks if I get that far this time. fingers crossed.

I spoke too soon when I said I wasn't tired. fell asleep on the sofa this afternoon which is unheard of for me!

lurcher great news, love the poas in the supermarket, hope you get the right picture tomorrow morn!

Congratulations lurcher. I found out I was pregnant in waitrose loos! DH and I had decided to meet there for lunch because it was equidistant from our works, he was late and I just thought, I wonder... It was a happy day! I don't often go in there now, but when I do, I always think of that test!

woody, pink cm is meant to be super fertile...I'd give it a go...

I am trying so hard not to give in to metalling thoughts. I am trying to tell myself that at nearly 27 weeks, nearly the 3rd trimester!!!, I am just a 'normal' pregnancy now. I have 4 weeks between MW appointments, which is the most I have ever gone for. Still worry every single day.

Waves to everyone else....

Thanks jaffasnaffle will DTD again tonight!

Jaffa, you're posher than me - no Waitrose anywhere near here You must be feeling lots of movement at 27 weeks? That must be reassuring? Remember even at 24 weeks babies have a very good chance of survival and every week they cook for after that massively increases the odds. But it sounds like you're doing just fine.

I am definitely going to phone the epu in the morning. The spotting has only been light brown, which I know is a good sign, but I'm still freaking out about it. I am anywhere from 4-6 weeks along though, so I don't know if a scan could show anything - what's the earliest stage they can see anything on the dildocam?! I really really hope they will give me an early scan - I don't know if my health authority lets you have one purely for reassurance following a mc, but hopefully the spotting will make them offer me one.

Almond, I had a mmc in May - we only found out at the dating scan. I should have been 14 weeks, but the baby had died at 9 weeks. I had been so blase about the pregnancy up until that point - I had a very easy pregnancy with ds two years ago and just assumed everything would be fine once again. That'll teach me for being so presumptive. If this one is a sticky one I shall be a nervous wreck about everything. I've already decided not to drink any caffeine at all as last time I didn't really stop drinking tea - I know the chances that the tea caused the mc are tiny, but I want to know this time that I've done everything I possibly can to make my bean stick. I certainly can't wait until my dating scan this time to know everything is OK either - the thought of those 5 weeks when I was blissfully ignorant of the failure of my pregnancy now makes me feel sick. I went on holiday in that time - just glad I didn't start miscarrying while we were away. I definitely want a scan around the 9/10 week mark (if I make it that far - shouldn't be talking like this on the day I've got a bfp, should I? That's a long time away...) - if I can't get one on the NHS I will pay for a private one - they're about £100 around here I think.

Woody - dtd regardless! I thought I wasn't even ovulating as I have had weird cycles post-mc, but it seems that wasn't the case...

lurcher I got a scan at 10wks, then a dating one at 13wks.

Next ones on friday when it gets real just had some major rolly polys going on after dinner so why the scan makes it more real I do not know! 20+1 and still pregnant :)

State, it's exciting! I remember being really scared at my 20 week scan with ds as I was so worried about the possibility they would find a problem (and the sonographer didn't help, spending the first 20 mins in silence, staring at the screen) - but the elation afterwards when everything was fine was like nothing else on earth. It does make it more real, definitely. Will you be finding out pink or blue?

lurcher what great news! Everything crossed for you! I would definitely phone the EPU and ask about getting an early scan. I was lucky in that when I booked in with the midwife, she phoned them and booked me one anyway (it's on Tues and I'm shitting myself...) Good luck! :)