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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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TTC after MC - nice people in crap times, full of posifrickingtivity

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WillSantaComeAgain · 02/04/2013 13:49

Welcome aboard ladies (though obviously sorry you have to be here). We're a friendly bunch so come in and plump up a cushion for POAS Fridays and lots of posifrickingtivity. With a few (gentle) fish slaps thrown in for good measure.

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BirdsDoIt · 02/05/2013 19:40

Glad to see I made you all chuckle this morning!! And I will now always picture saggy in a scene from sound of music with lots of identically dressed singing children - 31 of them in fact. And 5 ponies.

Katerina, fab news, and fingers crossed for you. I know if I ever when I get pregnant again I am going to be absolutely petrified. But you are not alone!

thunder great that your bloods have come down - sounds like it's all going in the right direction.

Am not poas-ing tomorrow...too early for me I think. 10 may is going to be the earliest I test, I've decided - even though really I know chances are very slim. Dtd completely haphazardly this month.

But fingers crossed for any who are poas-ing bright and early!

Ariel21 · 02/05/2013 21:02

Must keeping posting as I keep losing the thread!

Hello all - sorry to those with unwanted AF's, hurrah to those who have been awaiting them. I feel like I'm going to be waiting a long time to TTC again. However - I have a weird feeling that I've ovulated already, had weird stabby pains in lower right abdomen, and just felt, well, ovulatey.

Congrats BFPs! Lets have more of those tomorrow then!

Best of luck to everyone. By the way, my 'nice thing' on Monday - dance class - was excellent! Definitely going back next week.

GuffSmuggler · 02/05/2013 22:13

rock mine was 28th March, I bled for 3 weeks, had less than 2 weeks off and now have a really heavy AF. Quite fed up of all the blood!!

namechange917381 · 02/05/2013 22:49

Hi lovely ladies. I've been following this thread for a while and you all sound so strong and lovely, it saddens me so much what you're all going through, it really isn't fair.

I'm not sure if anyone can help me or not but I'm driving myself crazy so I'll ask anyway.

I started MC on the 13th April. Before this I didn't even know I was pregnant. POAS on the 16th (faint BFP). The bleeding stopped on the 26th April. I had a doctors app the same day, she did a PG test that she said was BFN. I presumed the MC was complete. DH and I started having sex again (Sun 28th & Mon 29th). Bleeding started again yesterday . POAS tonight and got a faint line, same strength as on the 16th.

I'm really confused because if the current BFP is just because of the HCG from the miscarriage then why did I get BFN at the GP and wouldn't the levels have dropped somewhat since I POAS on the 16th?? Surely I cannot actually be PG already?

BirdsDoIt · 02/05/2013 23:09

Hmm. I'm not sure, am definitely not an expert in these things, but don't want to leave you without an answer! I guess it depends how sensitive the gp's test was compared to your home tests on 16 April and today. Is it possible that your tests are detecting hormones that your gp's test didn't pick up? Have you called your gp to ask? Maybe try a digi test in a week's time to see how pregnant it says you are...Anyone else got any good suggestions? Poor you, this sounds a very confusing and weird experience to be going through if you started mc'ing before you realised you were pregnant. {hug} the uncertainty is horrible Isn't it? X

Sal1977 · 02/05/2013 23:11

Guff - we had our ERPCs on the same day and my period has just left the building so we're pretty much in sync!

We're going to start the shagathon over the weekend, although since the MC and putting in nearly a stone I'm not feeling particularly 'enthusiastic' or in the mood!!!

In other news, I did a ladies charity pamper event today (I'm a beauty and skin therapist) for mums of children with cancer. Very humbling to say the least....puts a LOT of things into perspective. X

namechange917381 · 02/05/2013 23:13

Thanks for replying birds. Actually made a mistake in my post, meant to say I had a faint BFP on the 23rd not the 16th - three days before the BFN at GP.

Yes it's extremely confusing and horrid. I just want to know what's what, one way or another, so I can get on with my life.

namechange917381 · 02/05/2013 23:14

Also, my GP is very abrupt and uncaring so I don't want to keep contacting her about it. She could hardly be bothered with me last time I went down.

namechange917381 · 02/05/2013 23:15

Sal that charity event sounds lovely, how did you come about getting involved in that?

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 02/05/2013 23:49

Name Did your GP not do Beta hCG blood tests to check your hormone levels?
If I was you, I would get down to the nearest pound shop or ebay express delivery, and grab a bunch of cheapy test sticks. Then do one every couple of days. The line should get fainter over time as your post MC hormone levels fade, then eventually you will get a BFN. If the line gets stronger over time, then your hormone levels are rising and you could well be PG again.

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 02/05/2013 23:54

If you DTD on the 28/29 that is only a few days ago. AFAIK its not likely that you would get a BFP so soon after conception. It can take a few days for implantation to occur, and you dont start producing HCG until then.

namechange917381 · 03/05/2013 00:05

No saggy, she just did the urine test and basically told me that as it showed BFP there was no proof I'd ever been PG. i guess the 3 HPT I did don't count.

That's what I thought as well, testing way too early. FWIW they are 20mIU (whatever that means!) and they say it's possible to get a faint BFP 3-4 days after conception - not sure how true that is of course. Link... www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140293643670?

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 03/05/2013 00:27

I think your GP sounds like a heartless twat!
20mIU isnt extremely sensitive. You can get tests that can detect 10 mIU. It is fairly sensitive though. I still reckon 5dpo is way to early.
IMO, the test your GP did may have been less sensitive than yours, meaning She got a BFN but you didnt.
I have a head full of useless information, but Im fairly certain I read somewhere that it can take as long for hormone levels to go down as it did for them to go up. So if you were 5 weeks PG it might take 5 weeks for hCG to disappear.
If you have any more of those Ebay tests, keep doing them as I suggested and see what happens.

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 03/05/2013 00:28

Oh, and change your GP!

namechange917381 · 03/05/2013 00:40

Thanks saggy.

Lieslvontrapp · 03/05/2013 06:59

Congrats to kat and tins for bfps this week. Good luck to anyone poas this morning. Also congrats thunder for the drop in levels.

My positive news is finally got 2nd af after a 57 day cycle. Which is an improvement on 69 days. Hoping it's going to be much closer to 38 this month. Glad I've purchased the cbfm to start tracking if im actually ovulating.

Here's to us all getting bfps in may!

CamomileHoneyVanilla · 03/05/2013 07:22

Is anyone poas today? Fingers crossed for anyone who is.

Very excited about the fact that its Friday, particularly as its a long weekend and its sunny.

Congrats to Kat and Tins. Wishing you happy healthy pregnancies. Xx

Thundercatsarego · 03/05/2013 08:06

Morning all.

Congratulations kat! This is brilliant news. Of course it is a worrying time but take one day at a time...it's the only way forward.

Welcome NC. It sounds like your doctor is an idiot and you need to change GPs! Also sounds like you need to keep testing over the next week or so and see if the lines get fainter or stronger to answer your question.

Hooray liesl, bet it's a relief she's here, and may that be her last visit for a good while.

Mummytothearkbuilder · 03/05/2013 10:13

Morning ladies

Sorry if I have been a bit elusive the last week - I have been trying not to get to excited as........I got a BFP this morning!!!!

Basically my ''AF' consisted of a couple of bits of pink spotting on tueaday and that's it - I waited and waited for it to kick in but it didn't and this morning I POAS and got a BFP!! I think I am due early January but trying not to get to excited as the miscarriage was only 3 months ago. I didn't mention anything in here as I was just so confused and trying to be chilled about it!

I'm staying put on this thread for a bit if that's okay xxx

Thundercatsarego · 03/05/2013 10:22

Wow congrats mummy!!

WillSantaComeAgain · 03/05/2013 10:25

Congrats mummy that's fantastic.

Come and join us on the grads thread when you're ready (it took me a few days) - same level of support and humour as here and lots of lovely familiar faces.

Wishing everyone lots more TTC luck over here - and hope to see you all within the month in grads. xx

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SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 03/05/2013 10:50

Oh I'm sooo pleased Mummy. Congratulations.

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Mummytothearkbuilder · 03/05/2013 11:27

Thanks ladies - still so shocked!! I am feeling fine too no symptoms other than lack of AF and feeling a bit sick. I'm going to try and not obsess over symptoms as last time I did and got myself so worked up. I have phoned the midwife and she said to start taking baby aspirin and we have also told our parents - everyone's reaction has been quite happy but very cautious but I know it's just because the miscarriage is still quite raw - I honestly wasn't expecting to fall so soon.

Think I will stay here (if you will have me) for a bit before going over to the graduate thread.

Xxxx

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 03/05/2013 11:27

I have started a new thread before this one fills up. here

Emki · 03/05/2013 13:03

Finally after more than 10 weeks AF has arrived! This the last time I will be happy to see it .... Feel I can start to move forward now!

Whoopie!!! Here's to bfp forvall this month and sticky beans to all those who got bfp last cycle xxxxx

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