TTC After MC 12: Hopeful Twats and Emotional Wrecks welcome!

[BertieBotts]

Come one, come all, new and old, no-one wants to be here, but at least we're glad we've got each other :)

Hope your stay here is short.

Now, some BFPs if you please and BFNs for those who are waiting for them too!

Lime so sorry that's very stressful keeping everything crossed for you

Lime - so sorry you are going through all this uncertainty. I'm not sure why those levels would be abnormal but I'm not an expert. Keeping fx for you tomorrow ♥️

Lisa we've all been there! I had a go at that girl who was boasting how fertile she was 😳

Well my tests are packed so I can't be tempted to POAS in the morning. Flying mid morning - can't wait for some sun. 9dpo tomorrow so ideally waiting till Monday. We are with my uncle until then anyway so might make it easier to wait. Very sore boobs today that have got worse and worse so trying super hard not to get my hopes up..

Sorry quick post, at family do. Just saw this on the BBC regarding b3. Not advised yet to take more than in pregnancy vitamin plus study done on mice.

Vitamin B3 may prevent miscarriages and birth defects, study suggests
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40887499

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't been around much this week and a huge thank you to the thread for being so amazing when I had a crap day last Friday. Your support is so much appreciated.

Lime - sorry the scan results were less than conclusive. I'm keeping everything crossed for you.

Welcome to others who have joined/rejoined.

I'm in a bit of personal shock this morning. After last Friday's BFNs (and a further one on Sunday with a cheap test) I was pretty much convinced my first AF post MC would arrive this week so spent the week distracting myself with work, wine and chocolate. However no sign of AF so took a CBD test this morning and it's says 'Pregant 2-3'!!!!! Really confused as got a BFN with a CBD last week and I only got this result at 6 weeks last time (I MC'd at 7). Also quietly panicking as have been drinking like my AF was due this week!

I'm planning to go and grab some more CBD this morning to retest as don't quite believe it. How can I be BFN on Sunday and BFP 2-3 weeks today (5 days later)? Miscarriage started on 1 July and I was down to HCG of 2 by 12 so if you use my start date I'm day 42 of my cycle. My cycles are usually long (31-33 days) so struggling to work out what happened and when!

In a bit of shock right now.

Any advice/experience welcome!!

Congrats, HFH, you are most definitely up the duff! I wouldn't worry about the cb digital. Your HCG levels vary so much in the first few weeks it's really easy for them to be inaccurate. I would say that 2-3 weeks just means that your HCG levels are doing what they should and doubling every day. Yay! x

Lime, thinking of you. Let us know how you get on today x

Congratulations hfh!

I was good and didn't POAS this morning but now I've stupidly got my hopes up because my boobs are still sore. It's not a usual PMS symptom for me. I had such low expectations of a BFP - now I'm bound to be disappointed! Gah. But - I'm on the way to the airport now yay!

HFH I can't help but feel a bit excited for you!!! I'm kind of in the same boat. Miscarried on 2nd July and now on cd41 with no sign of AF. I'm too scared to test though!! Presumably if you've had the bfn there isn't any retained tissue. I'd test again then call your GP. I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you X

Lime I'm so sorry this is such a stressful time for you.❤️ Hope you get some answers today.

Grumpy have a great holiday!!
Lime good luck for today, will be thinking of you!
Hfh this time around for me I got a 1-2 on clear blue digital and 6 days later when I tested again I got 3+ - so missed the 2-3.. Think it also depends whether you used fmu both times but I'd take it as a positive thing as others have said! Congrats keeping my fingers crossed this is a sticky one for you!!

I got a very bad feeling. Woke up with headache today and less sore boobs.

I am 99% sure this won't end well.

I'm almost praying it's "just a miscarriage" not an ectopic. How shit is that... when you hope for something that's also terrible.

I've almost decided in my head that I'm done with trying after this. I can't cope anymore. My son will be an only child and that is fine for us!

wow this thread moves quick. Thank you everyone.

To the person who has had spotting - i know ive got no happy endings yet but ive got fairly far in pregnancies and have bled in all 3. The last one i spotted on and off for weeks and even had a bit more than spotting. Everytime i was scanned until the 14w one everthing looked fine.

also lime i would be thinking exactly like you. It's almost self-preservation i think. I have alreafy started to think about what if something happens again next time and i aren't even pregnant yet.

I guess a mc is the lesser of two evils. I've not had time to read right through the thread but would this now be your second loss? have you tried anything different? i took baby aspirin in my last pregnancy on advice of the consultant after my stillbirth.

This will be my 2nd loss. I lost twins at 9 weeks back in may. So I have gotten pregnant again on 1st cycle.

I'm very unsure of my dates. I mean I can only be 4 weeks 5 days max! I'm on cd31 so less that a week "late" but the hcg speaks for itself. At 900 two days ago it should be 1800 now and you should see a sac.

Sigh. It's so shit!

I really hope all you ladies have better luck than I am having.

Lime - sending you big hugs.

Grumpy - have a fantastic holiday!

Dudemeister - I got a HCG of 2 a week and a half after my MC started (it happened quickly and scan showed nothing there) and have had 4 BFNs in between (when I convinced myself I was preggers) so am fairly confident there was no retained tissue. Think I'm just going to self-refer to my EPAU as they were great at handling my MC and it's going to be fun trying to explain how far along I am (ie I have no clue!)

Smurf - they were all FMU but just done another CBD and got '1-2 weeks' so clearly very dependent when you take the test. Just so excited to have two BFPs. But trying not to get too carried away...

I'm so sorry Lime what a shitty stressful time for you. Keeping everything crossed for you.

Congratulations HFH!

Sending lot of love your way Lime. Don't blame you for fearing the worst, I tend to do this too, and especially after already experiencing previous lows. Keep us updated.

After my pity party yesterday with a negative test. I've done another this morning and it looks like a very very faint potential positive. I'm trying not to get my hopes up. I sent the pic to my DH and he pretty much laughed and said I was being silly. Not exactly the reaction I was hoping for but he could be right.

so do you get your blood test results today lime it sounds like things are very much up in the air. i shall keep everything crossed for you. i'm so very sorry for the loss of your twins.

a line is a line!

Forever, let us have a look? We promise not to laugh.

Lime, hand hold and thinking of you.

Sorry if I've missed anyone, my screen is too small.

Bloods are in... I've gone from 900 to 2500 in less than 48 hours. I'm not sure what that means a consultant is calling me back. A nurse said "unlikely to be an ectopic" but can't rule it out. My progesterone is super high again.

Ive still got a very bad feeling

Anyone else sometimes think that there is such a thing as too much knowledge? I wish I didn't know stuff about hcg and progesterone and doubling times. I wish I could just be happy I got a line

Lime that sounds really good! Unlikely to be ectopic and doubling nice and fast! Really hopeful for you

I'm still trying to decide if I'm imagining my symptoms. Need to assume I am. Flying in less than an hour, woop 🙌🏼

Bertie ....don't forget you promised!!!

That is a clear BFP @ForeverHopeful21 !!

How many dpo are you?