TTC after miscarriage - March 2020

[TerribleImagination]

Hey everyone 👋🏻

This thread is for anyone TTC or testing in March after a miscarriage.

So sorry if you find yourself here, but you’re in good company ❤️

Anyone offer any insight...? So I'm on first proper cycle since MC, eventually on CD25 I got a peak on OKP and it died down the next day, but today I had A LOT of ewcm so did another OPK just to see what was happening, and now on CD28 it's an even higher peak 🤷‍♀️🤦 my cycle length in normal 30ish days and I'm definitely not PG. Anyone else experienced this?

Where abouts are you @Fizzl? I’m in Stockport and it was uncharacteristically blue skied and nice here today! ❤️

@TerribleImagination I'm in the midlands although I was up in Yorkshire today and it was lovely! Definitely feels like spring has arrived which I love.

@shhhhs can't offer much advice other than your first few cycles after mc can be a little unpredictable! My guess would probably be your body geared up to ovulate but didn't the first time?

@leok83 sorry can't help with your query either but I'd maybe get your GP to test for you? Doesn't seem right for you to still be spotting so maybe you do have a bit of an infection? If not, hopefully they'll get to the bottom of it for you.

Hi all,

I MC on 23 November and finally got my period 23 January. I'm now on CD44 and so far have tested;

CD33: CB manual faint line, CB digi Not Pregnant
CD34: CB manual faint line
CD38: FRER manual negative
CD42: FRER manual faint line, Superdrug cheapie manual faint line

My cervix for the last 2 days have been high, hard and closed. No other symptoms other than feeling super sleepy in the middle of the afternoon and wanting to eat non-stop.

What do you ladies think? xx

@Leok83 would also go to a sex clinic walk in and get a swab done as it’s not a good sign!

@shhhhs sounds weird... maybe the first one wasn’t a proper surge for you but the second definitely is? Do you have other symptoms of ovulation?
My ewcm often comes before or after but never at ovulation...

@Fizzl glad to hear someone got some sun today!!
I got so soaked i literally had to dry myself in the bathroom with work hairdryer 😕

Also my app today said my opk was high despite trying diff photos but i honestly dont see it as such. For me it’s low

What do you think?

@SunnySideUp2020 thanks but no sex walk in clinics here so I’ll call gp in the morning.
That doesn’t look like a high to me but looks like it’s gearing up for that!

Thanks for replies @fizzl and @sunnysideup2020. I never normally have ovulation symptoms but yesterday I was so crampy and had one sided discomfort. OPK still reading high today on CD28. Literally no idea what's happening but I think I'll just forgot it this month now and hope for more predictable OPK results next month.

@shhhhs sounds like you ovulated yesterday tbh

@SunnySideUp2020 I hope you're right 🤞😊

@leok83 yeah was definitely not high. This app can be dodgy sometimes ...
Did another one today and it’s darker so surge should be in two days i guess. 🤞🏽

@SunnySideUp2020 ya it’s def hit and miss at times..I’ve never actually got a peak reading on it despite ovulating so I just go by the figures going up or down rather than what they class as high or peak! Good news that it’s getting darker now tho..nearly there!! Definitely time to get busy from now on!

I called GP today..the discharge is gone again so have booked in for 19th March now although hopefully I won’t see it again before that! wish we had those walk in clinics here..would be a lot faster! I’m day 5 of flashing smiley but no sign of standard opk getting dark so it’ll be another few days to ov for me!

@shhhhs the first was prob LH fluctuating, if it’s high again you’ll have to keep following it and keep DTD until it’s back to negative for a few days. That’s where BBT come in handy I find cause once temps up for 3 days you can be confident you haven’t missed ov!

Thanks @leok83, I think I'll look into temping next month if I need to.

@SunnySideUp2020 yeah can't be arsed to faff with these ovulation strips next month of I'm unlucky again. I'm getting similar 'predictions' , imagine I'm ovulating from today onwards and have dtd twice now since yesterday. Will keep on keeping on, bit my last opk this morning was slightly lighter so just another element of confusion to eliminate next month I reckon.

I'll upload @SunnySideUp2020 for your perusal anyway, I'm on Cycle day 15 of a 29 ish day cycle

Premom ect say low for that opk btw 🤷

@SunnySideUp2020 mines saying low when it looks high and yours is the exact opposite 😆 bloody things!

Ill join you all in opk testing! CD19 today after MC in Feb, have had some ovary area discomfort and EWCM which I usually get for a couple of days before my peak. My opk has a nice line this afternoon after being barely there this week! So hoping for a positive soon 🤞🏻
What apps does everyone use to track their cycles? I’ve just started using Premom for photos of opks and fertility friend for everything else!

@shhhhs did you get EWCM with the first peak? I personally trust that more than I trust opks. Maybe the first peak was still building up to today’s or could you have OV’d twice?

Hey @scrumdiddly123, sorry about your loss in February. It is truly crap, and such an emotional time too. I think throwing yourself into things can definitely help for a while.

I'm getting egg white cervical m so I'm trusting that too. Your opk looks like mine, it's my first month ever of using them and it is reassuring that it seems to be showing something so I'm more certain I'm ovulating, but jeeze the every day testing and photographing gives me anxiety and confusion so this will be the first and last cycle of doing them for me.

Thanks Champoo, it was my second MC in 6 months so has been a horrible time. And throwing myself back into TTC seems to be the only thing I can do to at the minute to get by!
Before TTC I was using natural family planning so used opks most months. I quite enjoy watching the progression! Definitely not good if they’re making you anxious though! How long have you been trying? X

@scrumdiddly123 that's awful, really sorry to hear that. It absolutely blows, it ruins everything to do with trying for a baby, it's bloody horrendous. Hopefully this is our month, I'll be going into the 6th month post miscarriage otherwise 🙄

Hi im exactly 4 weeks since i lost my baby girl at 22 weeks and been opking for approx 3 weeks as we do want to ttc again asap had no surge yet however this morning it was faint and this afternoon it seems to have surged then iv done another a just 2 hours later and its faint again anyone think this could be a false surge or something? I know i should probably DTD anyway i guess 🤞🏻

Just popping in for a wee moan. Day 6 po and having all the cramps 😔

I never used to have painful periods but since the mc in November its been awful. Last month they started day 8 po and lasted all the way through to 8 days after period finished.

My Gp says its just my hormones but I seriously cant deal with this every month. The 2ww is bad enough without all these symptoms messing with my head and body 😔

@Scrumdiddly123 I think you're right in saying trust CM more than strips. The EWCM appeared after the first OKP peak and during the second one. Not sure what's going on really this month, think my body may still be out of sync. Just got to keep DTD I guess, it's becoming a bit of a chore now though 🤦