TTC after miscarriage - lucky thread number 3

[Brenna24]

Still hopeing for 3x3 BFPs for this month. Hopefully thread 3 will do that.

Oops I use replens as I often suffer from vaginal dryness and I've just read it's not suitable when trying to conceive. It says some lubricants damage the DNA of the sperm

I've bought it cheeky from Amazon but not tried it yet.

My friend used preseed and got pregnant successfully in her first month after 10 months of trying.

I think I'll buy it aswell. The replens I use is the vaginal moisturiser but the website doesn't say anything about that and conceiving. It's the lubricant version that says it's not recommended. I don't think I'll risk the moisturiser either next month though. Just in case.

arghhh i have been wondering and waiting and wondering and waiting but i have a gp appointment today so thought it might be a good time to jump on board. Hello to everyone and the very best of luck with ttc!!!!!

i used to be here a long time ago (well over a year) for info i fell pregnant by surprise in September 2014 then discovered MMC after a small bleed at 9wks. After what seemed like a lifetime (nightmare MC, retained products, D&C) i found myself pregnant again almost immediately. Another bleed at 9wks but baby was fine until 20wks when abnormalities were detected. Everything should have been correctable and not life threatening however at a scan at 27wks ds had died and was stillborn following induction 2days later on 24 July 2015.

I'm not quite ready to start just yet but i am thinking about it hence gp appointment for prescription of high dose folic acide this evening so i thought i would come on here and get involved with the excitement and anxiety of ttc following mc!

i might not post often, i did find after my mmc that it took a long time for me to recover mentally (i still find it more traumatic than the stillbirth) so i dont want to weight myself down with too much worry etc but i'm here which is a big step for me!

Welcome gingerbread and so sorry for your losses

thanks for the warm welcome paco

Welcome Gingerbread. So sorry for your losses. Good luck with your journey x

Thanks Loki appreciate it!

Just re-read my thread and apologies for referring to my mmc as 'nightmare' mc. I know all MC are a nightmare, should have thought before typing. woops!

sorry for stupid question but what does EWCM stand for - got an idea what it is but not what the letters stand for!

Egg White Clear Mucus.
Ginger I knew what you meant. We are a strong and humorous bunch here so don't worry.

ahhh phew! thanks

Hi Gingerbread and welcome. Don't worry I am not upset about calling one a 'nightmare'. Each and every one is different and some are far worse than others. Mine was at 11.5 weeks after we had seen the heartbeat twice and growth, so it was really horrible as I thought we were in the clear but it was straightforward and uncomplicated and over in about 5 days and we had found out the week before that we had lost the heartbeat so I consider myself quite lucky in that although it is traumatic to lose a baby, it was not as bad as it could have been by a long way.

EWCM is Egg White Cervical Mucous.

Today has been productive at work but I am tired now.

Hi everyone- welcome gingerbread and so sorry for your losses.

I had a lovely bday yesterday despite being at work in the morning, I've been well and truly spoiled.

Af has chilled out today, yesterday it was extremely heavy and full of huge clots (sorry tmi) one was the size of a peach stone. Thinking perhaps I had some retained tissue still I don't know.

Had a productive day off today, cleaned, done all of my washing and done the garden. Feel a bit tired and achy now.

Hope everyone is ok

With mmc i had to wait 2 weeks for rescan to confirm was advised to go natural so another week then had failed medical management i had to do at home. Haemorraged three times with two hospital admissions the last one being a 2 night stay as i had to have the d&c. Admitted saturday aft d&c performed at 10.00pm sunday night finally allowed home monday. I'd never been in hospital before!

Still affects me now. Typing all this whilst sat waiting to go and ask for folic acid haha nearly talking myself out of it.

So busy talking about myself i didnt say im so sorry for your loss that must have been very difficult after seeing heartbeat twice. Maybe your body being kind to you after going through that terrible time.

I am sorry for yours too. That does sound horrendous. I hope it is third time lucky for you.

Welcome gingerbread, sorry to hear about the traumatic experiences. I had a mmc - discovered at 12 weeks (was in Hosp for a UTI which turned sepsis and the scan was for my kidneys). They thought the baby had passed away at around 9-10 weeks. I had seen a heartbeat at week 7 and really thought I was out of the danger zone as well. This has been my first month back to TTC - the past two months we didn't prevent but hardly dtd either as I didn't feel ready. AF due on Friday. No symptoms at all yet.

Also sorry for your traumatic losses gingerbread. Can I ask why you're getting the higher dose folic acid?

Also in general does anyone here know much about Coeliac disease and MC? Coeliac disease runs in my family, and starting to wonder more about whether it's relevant to me, and from reading around the topic it seems like it could cause MC by causing problems with folic acid and b vitamin absorption, so considering seeing my GP about it, although I'm aware they won't do follow up testing for recurrent MC until I have a third MC. Perhaps the gluten intolerance test would be treated differently though? In the meantime trying to cut out gluten and get grains other ways. I may need to up my folic acid too though.

Also EWCM here too, although OPK today still negative. Time for Bd'ing.

Amy peach stone size clots sound a bit daunting, is that something you'd consider seeing your GP about?

Hi lucky. My mum had me, 3 miscarriages, brother1, 1 miscarriage, brother2 (who was a threatened miscarriage all the way through). So in total 4 miscarriages and 3 children in the end. She always had stomach issues which were diagnosed as IBS. Both mum and dad had tests after the first 3 miscarriages and everything came back clear. Fast forward a good few years and she was diagnosed with coeliac disease. She believes she had this all along. There is a link between them - it might be an idea to speak to a nutritionist (who looks at deficiencies in the body) and see what they can recommend. If you haven't already, defo get along to the GP and have the coeliac test. It doesn't always come up for everyone so don't take the results for gospel either. Do you have any symptoms?

In my first pregnancy i was prescribed a higher dose due to bmi. I carried this on with my successful pregnancy. My son Lucas had a very rare condition called PFFD. His right leg hadnt developed properly. He had a short femur (significantly), missing fibula, bilateral talipes and a curved spine. They have advised the folic acid because of that. I dont think it was anything to do with it though. Theyve also advised baby aspirin from 12 weeks as lucas was small when born but he had passed away 3 weeks earlier and so had already started to deteriorate. At all scans and i'd had a few he was measuring fine and at my last midwife appointment i was actually measuring two weeks ahead so all very strange.

Oh Gingerbread I am so sorry for your loss, that sounds heartbreaking, but glad you are here. Welcome! x

Thank you kate. It is but he was poorly and was just too special for here.

I feel quite positive after gp. In my pregnancy i had a measles scare so asked for mmr but she assured me i didnt need it. We also talked about weight and she said weight has no bareing on the baby at all it only affects my maternal health. Not only but i guess that was something i had tortured myself about as well.

I will say with lucas i had an amniotic sheet or band and i had gotten pregnant just 6 weeks post d&c. If i could go back i would probably have waited a bit longer. Dont know if the two are connected the hospital never really commented on it and kind of said it was irrelevant when i brought it up so who knows.

Wee bit down tonight. Think I've miscalculated the fertile window because of dumb ovia and opks. Got a positive opk on Saturday but all negative since. Anyway today I've got cm, cramping, in a general wanky mood and have a sore head. Think I'm ovulating now and so can't be assed to dtd meh!