Positive opk after a miscarriage

[jinglebellmel]

Hi, hoping someone a bit more knowledgable than me can help me figure this out! I had a medically managed miscarriage 9 days ago and have had strong positives on opks for the last 2 days. I know that they pick up hcg so presumed that this was just picking up left over hormones from the pregnancy. Today I had a very faint positive on a pregnancy test so looks as though my hormone levels are nearly back to normal, but the opk is still coming up with a strong positive. The pregnancy test is 10 miu and the opk 20 - so my question is this still just left over hormones when the pregnancy tests are getting lighter and the opks aren't?

Weirdly enough, I read that breast tenderness is a sign of low progesterone. Before I got pg, my boobs got so sore after ov that I couldn't run.

It's almost like your cycle resets itself after MC. I hope in a good way!

Do you count spotting as af or not? I've never really had it before and it's confusing me as to when cd1 is.

If spotting is at the beginning of AF, I wouldn't count that as cd1. I would count full flow as cd1.

I've got the same issue Mel. How long does the spotting go on for before proper flow starts? If you're not 100% sure when CD1 is, maybe start using opk's a day or two earlier than you normally would, then hopefully you're covered.

Forgot to add that I'm having spotting the day before AF arrives, but I think it is AF starting slowly rather than just 'coming on' as it used to. My acu'ist wants to work on this.

It was 2 days before this Af, one day was literally one spot, the next day continuous spotting. Af is usually very light so the 2nd day wasn't too far off what I'd consider as my Af anyway.

Bear, yes I'll start testing early to make sure I cove it. I guess it doesn't really mKe any difference, it just annoys me as I never used to get it!

So I've worked out the strategy for this month.

DTD: days 7,10,11,12,14
Start opks on day 8

Last month I got a positive opk on day 10 and 11. FF thinks I ov'd on day 12 although it could have been day 11 going into day 12.

Do you think I have it covered?

Sounds good Allium. Do you think it was on 11? If so I'd try to 9,10,11. If it was 12 then sounds like you definitely have it covered!

I normally get a gradual fade in type pattern with opks so planning on dtd the day it's nearly positive, positive and the day after. (And at leat once before for dead sperm clearing!) Hoping I'll have it covered then. Fingers crossed for us.

That's a good point Mel...

Day 7 is clearing the sperm then I thought days 10-12 are the most important so I really wanted to go for it on day 10. I conceived on day 10 last time. And we only did it once that cycle as we weren't trying.

I felt the ov pains on day 11 last month (same as when I conceived) so thought that might be the egg popping out which means day 10-11 are the most important.

I'll see when I get the positive opk and see what I get on day 9 and decide. I'll be at my folks then so not ideal!

I'm starting a hypnotherapy app to increase positivity. I'll let you know how I get on.

I think your plan sounds fine anyway. We conceived my son by having sex once not even sure which day. Realistically I think if it's going to happen, it will as long as you get one of the 3 days leading up to/including ov. I think it just makes us feel better to know we have all bases covered!

Did anyone else have bad bad cramping nearly 4 weeks after miscarrige?

I think it should be to early for af and I think I ovulated nearly a week ago but it is so painful today!

Do you normally get cramping with Af mcbaby? Af came dead on time for me so it could be that. You can have a short leutal phase straight after mc, so even you didn't ov long ago it's possible.

Yes I had bad pain a few days before my first AF after MC. It felt like I was about to pass a huge clot. I phoned the GP for an emergency appointment but the pain only lasted half an hour. But I was doubled up in pain.

Like the others have said it could be AF Mcbaby. I had bad cramps for several days with my first AF after mc. In fact the first AF took me by surprise as I'd had a light & painless bleed 2 weeks prior, which I mistook for AF.

That you all Maybe it's that. I usually get cramping the day before but nowhere near this painful!

My cycles are usually 28 days so maybe it was v late ovulation confusing me about the pain!

Hopefully if it's af it arrives soon and next cycle is easier to understand. (Or that it stay away for another week or so and any egg has a chance!!)

Fingers crossed Af will stay away (in a good way) mcbaby! If not at least next month should be a bit easier to follow.

Can I ask how you're all getting on emotionally if it's not too personal? I really didn't think I'd still be finding things so hard. I have a couple of friends who are due the month I would have been, and nearly all my friends from ds are onto their second child. Finding it really hard not to isolate myself from people at the moment.

I know mine is last month but sucks! My best friend is due 8 days after I should have been but will have s c section again even closer to my due date! I see her a lot but it's tough! Dhs best friend is now 8 weeks pregnant too!

I am also fed up of people Who don't know asking when I'm have no 3!

I just want to stay at home with my girls and the builders!

Oh that's rough mcbaby :( I had someone ask today at a party if I had any 'news', as ds is the youngest child in our group, so sticking to order I'd be next to announce baby no 2. I know it was just small talk but I so wanted to let her know how bloody insensitive it was! it was hard enough gushing over the bump of friend due when I would have been without that.

Sorry you're feeling the same, but it is nice to know it's not just me! X

My builder must have guessed I was pregnant (he has been in our house every day for the past nine months) so he asked me out right 3 times! In the end I told him I lost it a couple of weeks ago! He hasn't asked since!

You're right blossom, sometimes I think the only answer is to determinedly look forwards. Hopefully it won't be long until we're pregnant again. I really think it's only then I'll be able to process it all properly.

I really wanted to say that actually, but it was asked across a crowded table at a children's party with lots of strangers present. I just mumbled not for a while a changed the subject, I really wish it had been a better opportunity to just come out with it.

Sometimes I think I'm dealing with it all so badly and pushing people away, but it's hard not to.

Oh no blossom! I'd say I'm surprised that people are so insensitive, but honestly, before all this I was probably just the same. It never occurred to me how common mc was or that people might silently be going through it whilst I was making tackles comments. I'll certainly think more in furtuer!

I feel the same Mel. The mc might be over but the loss is ongoing. I'm so desperate to get pg again, it's all I can think about, but I don't feel like I can talk to anyone in RL about how obsessed I've become! All anyone wants to tell you to do is to relax, chill out, take some time off from ttc. I normally talk about how I'm feeling but I have sort of retreated into my own head with this.