TTC after recurrent miscarriage - thread 3

[Miami81]

Hi all. Sorry I hadn't realised other thread was full.
Have tagged who I can remember.
Please add people in.
@AnneLovesGilbert @Labmum @Hopefulforourrainbow @zarala

I agree - I'm sure people would stop to read and would find it helpful or would echo your thoughts xx

I've demolished a box of pralines today guilt free and had a big bath which was lovely. Tomorrow I'm going to look into the supplements mentioned over the weekend and also acupuncture, there's no harm in exploring it I guess. Thanks again for everyone's kind words, it's been a long week and it's made me feel much less alone xxx

Yeah i think that'll get the message across. I usually just share the awareness picture or like other people's posts. I'm very open about what's happened to us but don't feel i could ever put something like that on Facebook.
Poas again today! I'm such a psycho! Digital still saying 2-3 but line is getting darker. I think I'm 5 weeks tomorrow. Symptoms seem to be coming and going. I've always felt awful the whole time when pregnant before so hoping it's a good sign that I'm having times when I'm feeling fine. How have you guys found symptoms?

Those are great lines @Hopefulforourrainbow - really pleased for you xxx

Beautiful lines there @hopeful. Got everything crossed that you get your rainbow this time!

Have you contacted the RMC? Do you have an appointment to see them?

Thank you. I contacted them last week and asked about an early scan. They said they don't normally do that for natural conceptions and they would call me back. She called back and booked an appointment for Friday not listening when I was saying my cycle is 35 days and I was 4 weeks when I spoke to her and not the 5 that she thought. I'm now thinking I'll cancel the appointment and contact the consultant at the epu who said she would scan me whenever I want next time round. I think I'm better waiting another week though hubby is away again for work on Tuesday and I really don't want to go without him. What would you recommend?

@hopeful if you can stand to wait you could push it back a week and hopefully see a heartbeat. If you went they'd be able to check location and would probably want you back in anyways........do whatever you think will help you most over the next week or so. Its such a stressful time.
Really hoping the B6 is as lucky for you as it was for me.

Thank you. I've made an appointment for when I'm 7 + 1 for scan and booking appointment is 9 weeks. Had to just book it as they only do 1 day a week at my surgery. Hopefully all will be ok and I won't need to cancel them.

Not for another 2 weeks unless I have pain or bleeding before then.

Hi! Any chance of some advice I'm a little bit worried!

I mc just over two weeks ago. Natural mc bleeding all over in about 4 days. Hcg tested at hospital and they were happy it was negative.

Yesterday I got a peak ovulation. We had sex the day before that. Tonight I've had some fresh pink bleeding? Not loads but noticeable. Any advice would be great, thank you xx

Hi @goodlordwhathappened so sorry you've found yourself here too. I wouldn't be concerned by that. I've had random bleeding throughout my cycles since mc no 1 and quite often have bleeding around about when I ovulate. I was seen by gynae and was told it was hormonal and nothing to worry about. Hopefully you'll get a bfp in a couple of weeks!

@Hopefulforourrainbow thank you :-) it just panicked me as I've never had ovulation bleeding before. Fingers crossed for a bfp but I'm thinking I may have a break if it's not this month. Spending all my time obsessing can't be good!

Crossing my fingers for you :-) hope your little bean is ticking along getting big and strong :-)

Xx

Thank you. After 3 mc in 8 months we took a 6 month break. We're hoping it's helped! I'm driving myself crazy just now worrying it's going to go wrong again. Can't decide if I'm going to poas again this weekend to see if I get a 3+ on cb digital. Symptoms seem to be coming and going which is freaking me out a bit too. Really need to try to relax!

Hi everyone. I hope you don't mind but I just need to tell my story and ask for advice because I am feeling really alone and helpless. Your stories are all so sad and I am glad you are finding some support here and thought maybe I can come into the fold?

To summarise my situation, I have been trying for my second child since June 2016. Between April 2017 and January 2018, I have had 5 first trimester miscarriages. They range between 4/5 weeks and 11 weeks. The last one was when I was under the recurrent miscarriage clinic and I had an ERPC for an anembryonic pregnancy.

At the clinic I have been diagnosed with a thrombophilia and more recently they found I have peroxidase thyroid antibodies, but apparently my thyroid function is normal.

I was injecting Clexane for my last pregnancy but that meant I bled a lot during the ERPC and it sent me anaemic.

It took months for me to regain my strength after the ERPC. I was functioning on a day to day level but just didn't feel strong like normal. I decided to go for acupuncture and it really helped me.

It is now 9 months since I last got pregnant and I am starting to get jittery that it won't happen again. I am still going for acupuncture, taking my vitamins, OPK testing, but I am nearly 36 and can hear the tick-tock.

I have booked an appointment with my GP for next week to talk about getting all the blood hormone tests done to check everything is fine.

Is there anything else I could do to help myself? Has anyone been in a similar position and can reassure me or advise me?

I'm even more confused as this morning i felt really sick so (I have no idea why) I did a pregnancy test which came back positive? How can I have a positive test if I had a negative blood test a week ago? And also I thought I ovulated Wednesday as I had a positive opk then?! I'm so confused and sad :-(

I had a similar experience and my miscarriage that they said was complete turned out to be ectopic. Call the epu. They should get you in for bloods and a scan.

I also thought I was ovulating and had a positive opk. Pregnancy hormone can show up on opk too. And I had a bfn in the hospital a week before

That's why I'm so confused...I had a scan which showed nothing and then passed the sac on the 22nd (second mc so I knew what to expect). I had a blood test on the 1st which was negative. I am going to ring the epau tomorrow as the bleeding plus postive test is all so confusing to me...can't see how I could possibly be pregnant again already and I only got positive opk on Wednesday. Is it possible to ovulate twice?

Sorry for rambling, I really don't want to get my hopes up that this could be another pregnancy as I don't see how it could be...

Oh that makes it more confusing if you passed the sac. I just had bleeding that time. Have you had sex more than once since? Could the test you used be more sensitive than the hospital one?

I know ☹️ And they had been monitoring my hcg for suspected ectopic so I know it fell from 240 on Thursday to negative on Sunday.

We have had sex a few times but haven't used any protection as didn't think I could get pregnant so soon (and tbf we would be overjoyed anyway).

I can't see how the test could have been more sensitive than a blood test. May get dh to get another test tonight just in case it was a fluke. All so odd! Will definitely ring epau tomorrow morning. I guess I just feel like this is never ending...I so wanted to move on and try again, now I am worried the original blood test was wrong or something and I have retained tissue etc.

Oh @goodlordwhathappened that does sound like a complete head melt. Only thing I can think of is the hcg bloods two days apart. If it is a new pregnancy that should help identify it. Really push for this as they may want you to just wait it out.
I wondered about molar but if your original hcg's dropped and went back to zero then that seems almost impossible.
Thinking of you.

@Miami81 thank you :-) yeah it is a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions. I can't see how it's a new pregnancy so am going to push them to do another blood test as I assume the last one was wrong.

I'm sorry @missmagpie I missed your post. Sounds like you've been through a hell of a time. I haven't heard of the thyroid thing before. Could they put you on meds anyway? Have you tried aspirin and progesterone? There's vitamins I linked in a blog a few posts ago that are meant to be good. I bought them but then got my bfp this month. They're ready waiting for if this goes wrong though!

Spoke to hospital and they have said as my bloods were hcg 2 last time they have discharged me and so must be a new pregnancy! I can't see how this could be possible at all ☹️ The nurse on the phone even said to me it was super early so she also thought it was unlikely 😑 have to do another test in a week and ring them. :-( feel this is never ending

@goodlordwhathappened will they not do a repeat blood test for you just to help figure out what's going on? A week waiting would seriously affect my mental health in your situation. Really feel for you. What test did you use? Was it a frer? X