First cycle trying after MC. AF/BFP due Wednesday 15th....too nervous for words!

[angelgabe]

I started this same thread in December and was lucky enough (after 7 months!) to get pregnant with our first. Unfortunately I had a mc just before Christmas at 5 weeks. Cycle was a bit erratic at the start but looks like I ovulated at my normal time and BBT has risen. I'm almost certain I won't be lucky enough to get pregnant straight away after mc but I thought starting a thread like last time might help!!

[noitsachicken]

Thanks.
Should I count from first day of bleeding?
I can usually tell when I ovulate, I think I just want to try and get on with it!

[babytinks89]

GL angel!!

I'm cd9 so far, after second cycle with mc in november :(

BFP due 17-19th feb... Unsure when irregular cycles, after mc was 37 days before af came, then 34 days with af again! ttc again, i hope the feb bus is my bus stop!!

[SwedeAway]

I went to see my gyno on the 8th Jan. He did a scan to make sure all was gone from the mc (which it was). He confirmed my left ovary was in the process of creating new eggs and he measured the eggs and said I was about cd8. I started my mc on the 27 Dec so counting 8 days back from the 8th Jan put my 'first day of bleeding' ie the first day of my cycle at 31 Dec. So in answer to your question, no my first 4 days of mc bleed did not count and I also Ov'd 4 days later than usual.

[Baxter2014]

Hey all,
noitsachicken I think you can tell by the posts on here that everybody is different when it comes to cycles post-miscarriage. I counted my first day of MC bleed as CD1 and had my first AF on CD27 which is right for me. I didn't track my ovulation that cycle as I tried not to focus too much on TTC as I was so upset (we DTD but only a few times and not necessarily in the OV window). I did use OPK this cycle and got a positive at CD14. I did not do anymore after that tho so I am not sure if I would have a few days of LH surge like some of the other ladies on here are reporting. I did have really painful OV cramps tho a few days before which was new for me. Just try and listen to your body and do whats best for the both of you. MC is such a painful process and I am so sorry you are going through it.

So now I am on CD21. Yesterday (6DPO) I had a few mild cramps, headaches and my boob felt like someone was stabbing it. That plus I have 2 of the biggest spots on my face. I look hideous!! I had some pretty strong PG/PMS symptoms last cycle for the week before AF arrived so I dont want to symptom spot. I reckon I just have really high progesterone/progesterone sensitivity post-MC and it would be coming to the peak in my cycle round about now. This would account for all the symptoms and would not be connected to whether or not I have conceived this cycle. It would however increase my chances if conception has occurred, getting the old endometrium ready for implantation (fx). Maybe its the same for you swede it would certainly account for why women are more fertile after MC.

Anyway, I am TRYING not to read to much into it all and by this time next week I should have an answer one way or the other!! Hope all you other ladies are coping ok with the 2WW? Tutti I am sure you will have covered it so don't worry. Its confusing and who knows whats really going on

[Tutti]

noitsachicken I am very sorry for you...it is hellish.

but its a nice haven here on this thread.

so ladies we are officially in our 2ww...eek!!!

I was just working out holidays for the year[covering school holidays...and I was like well hopefully I will get a bfp so I wont have to worry about October half break

[babytinks89]

haha I'm the same tutti, thinking this time next year I hopefully will be on maternity leave haha need a break from my work its doing my head in!!

so cd9 today... 2ww for me too or just over, so exciting! poor dh hes sick of hearing about it all so nice to come here and let it allll out ha! men have It easy all they have to do is DTD! pfft and us girls do all the planning and stressing....

[SwedeAway]

Baxter- it all sound bloody positive to me. Def keeping fx for you.

Re maternity leave, here you are only entitled to 4 months unpaid leave, by law. At least I am lucky in that I get 4 months fully paid. Still, 4 months is not a lot Anyway, I will cross that bridge when I get to it. For now, the 2ww is driving me nuts. Time has slowed right down for sure.

[noitsachicken]

Thanks for the advice.
I'll just wait and see I suppose.

So frustrating to start again.

[Tutti]

Anyone got any symptoms??

I have an achey belly...but I honestly wouldn't know if I normally do...I just never take any notice normally.

[Tutti]

Are you all ok?

[Baxter2014]

Hey Tutti. All ok here. I'm getting a few mild twinges down below but nothing significant (def not like last month - had cramps for a week before AF came), boobs get the occasional tingle/stabbing pain but again, nothing like last month where they felt like swollen balloons. I have got spots and headaches tho! Who knows what's going on. Part if me doesn't think I'll be lucky enough to conceive again so soon. Anyone else symptom spotting? X

[SwedeAway]

Hi all, yesterday was filled with symptom spotting for me. Felt nauseous all morning and had very painful ovaries with the pain shooting down my thighs, very weird and it lasted all day. Also super constipated (sorry TMI). This morning, nothing to report so I guess I will put yesterday's symptoms down to my imagination:( Doesnt help that I am not sure if I am 7 or 8 dpo today and the fact that I really do not know when AF should arrive. I am determined not to POAS until after this coming weekend (I will need all the willpower in the world), if AF doesn't arrive that is. Yep, its the 2ww in full swing here.

[Tutti]

morning!

Yep symptom spotting is indeed a mare...every little thing and you are hoping its a 'sign' .....its awful really.

I am actually scared that when if af comes I will actually cry all over again like my miscarriage...

[Baxter2014]

I am having a day of doubt today. I feel i cant trust my body anymore. I had all these symptoms and more last month and AF came right on time. I just keep reading all these stories on here about how it takes people forever and I feel like that's going to be me. Why can't it just be easy??!

[SwedeAway]

Baxter - I am totally with you on this. Its a rollercoaster for sure. Yesterday I was having so many symptoms and today...nothing:( Its just a luck of the draw, for some people it is so easy and for others it takes for ever. I am keeping fx for all of us this month.

[Baxter2014]

I think we can always read too much into every little twinge. I had no symptoms prior to getting a BFP previously so i dont know why I am presuming that now my boob hurts a bit and i have a headache that I am miraculously up the duff.

I just read so many stories on here of people being disappointed when they POAS. But I suppose its the nature of the forums - only people with worries/troubles etc. tend to post on here so I don't think its a fair representation. I just really hope we are all lucky this month (or at least bloody soon). Won't be long now. I'll either get AF on Sat/Sun or I POAS on Monday morning!!

[babytinks89]

so jealous all you guys are poas!! I still have until the 17th!! only cd10 to far.... opk testing all negative why does it habe to take so long and why do I days habve to feel like a year!

any symptoms yet girls?
I had none when I was pregnant last aug... was 7 weeks before i found out I was pg, then sadly lost baby at 10 weeks but all on an up! and ttc this month but its killing me! crys

[Tutti]

Baxter.. Swedeaway ...

That's how I feel ... I have a niggling doubt that I won't get pregnant again .. That it was just a fluke last time ...

That said I have got burning nipples but in the insides if you know what I mean .. But as I said before this is the first time I have noticed ... If you are not trying you don't associate if you get any twinge to oh I must be pregnant ....

What I have realized is that if I get a bfn then my gosh your body spends as much time 'preparing ' for af as for a bfp....

I never realized how many 'symptoms' you can have ...

It's a horrible time ... Well I am back to work today after days off .. So that will keep my mind busy ... Have a good day all ....

[SwedeAway]

No symptoms what so ever. Should be 8dpo I think and I don't feel pg at all. Very frustrating as I was so happy about my 'symptoms' a few days ago. Seems like they were psychosomatic rather than real. Not feeling positive at all

[SwedeAway]

No symptoms what so ever. Should be 8dpo I think and I don't feel pg at all. Very frustrating as I was so happy about my 'symptoms' a few days ago. Seems like they were psychosomatic rather than real. Not feeling positive at all

[Baxter2014]

Swede - as you well know you can read too much into symptoms. Loads of people have reported BFPs after having no symptoms at all. Others probably ate too much and put their change in bowel habits/bloating/greasy face down to being PG rather than the big old sunday lunch they just scoffed. We know our own bodies but since having a MC is seems anything goes - you really cannot predict what is normal and what is not. TBH we won't know until AF is late and we POAS! Its sooooo frustrating.

I am feeling perfectly normal today - spots and headaches are still there, I have creamy CM (sorry tmi, i don't normally get this either, def not at this stage) and my boobs are slightly (and I mean slightly) sore. Thats it. Could be anything really. Never really paid much attention to my CM before but I know last month after OV it was watery. Never get headaches but I could be dehydrated and I am hitting the books quite hard so really cant count it as a symptom. Spots on my cheeks are HUGE but I have had spots there before (its just not a regular thing), boobs hurt a bit but last month I was in agony and AF came. Cramping has gone. No spotting. dont feel particularly tired. Just fed up!

Tutti hopefully being back at work will keep your mind off it all.

i hate the thought of having to go through it all again next month if this doesnt work out :(

[SwedeAway]

Baxter, yes I am noticing cm now when ttc as well. Had quite a bit around 6 dpo and then it stopped. My left ovary is hurting now and just went to the loo and I am sure there was a VERY faint brown/pink tint when I wiped (sorry tmi). So now my mind is working over time. Is this AF on its way??? Would be very weird as I know I Ov'd around 8 days ago and my AF usually arrives 14 days later bang on time. However since this is first cycle after mc, who the hell knows what could happen? I am confused!

[Tutti]

Aargghh!!

What days these are for us all eh?

I think as we have all said we probably had these symptoms,cm,sore breasts before but just never took notice because we weren't ttc.

I also agree that I live in dread that we are gonna go through it month after month.... I almost wanna say no changed my mind .. Don't want ttc....

But I know I will regret forever not trying ....

[babytinks89]

af/bfp due 16th for me!
only cd11 just now... negatuve opk's as well....

when I was pg in aug 2013 I never knew I was preg until 6 weeks later I had no symptoms just a very late period.. so I thought I would test! but I had nothing so dont always look for the symtoms, no all of us have any... I got to 10 weeks and also had no sickness either, hopefully the same this tume round if I get a bfp!!
we need to be dtd every night now until the 4th.... so I dont miss it!

[Baxter2014]

Good luck baby it must be frustrating not knowing if you have ovulated or not. I never had any signs of ovulation before my MC and now I have noticed strong ovarian cramping around the time. Can you usually tell when its happening (even without using OPKs?) I know sometimes we can miss it because we done POAS at the right time of day and the LH surge can be quite short.

So I am 11DPO today. My boobs itch and I am still getting the occasional cramp and headache but nothing major. Resisting urge to POAS until Monday because I promised myself I would follow the SMEP to the letter and they say POAS on DPO15 if AF hasn't come. I am a bit OCD with some things and feel that if I don't do something (like follow a plan exactly) something bad (like a BFN) will happen! I know it is ridiculous but I can't help myself. Weird eh? AF would be due Sat/Sun....no idea what is going to happen and it could really go either way.

How are we today? angelgabe are you still around - feel like we have hijacked your thread. Are you ok?