TTC after miscarriage - April 2020 part 2

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I've created us all another thread as we filled the last one!

@mommybear05 I had no idea how long I'd feed for. I never thought I'm definitely going to bf, once he was born though, all I wanted was to get bf right. Every time he woke in the hospital i buzzed for the midwives to check we had got the latch right.

He's already asked more today than he did yesterday and has been difficult to distract!

Forgot to tag you again @Renna ... ps im not feeling hopeful this month either for some reason 🙈 this is was all the faff around dtd so much but too early then struggled when peak arrived x x

@Hayleylou89 I know I'm not sure I'll be so patient this time round now that I know you can get a BFP earlier . Last time I didnt really foow many threads and thought you had to wait for AF to come before testing really. Also I'd already had about 3 months of hoping AF wouldnt come and then shed turn up so kind of thought shed then up again .But then for me I think emotionally I'd cope better with AF coming rather than looking at a BFN test. Hard to know and will see how I feel I guess! AF due very end of next week, next Sunday according to my app.
Massive fingers crossed for you. Least you have some kind of indication with those previous symptoms what to potentially look out for xxx
I guess not being hopeful is also us protecting ourselves. I just also feel like I woildnt be so lucky to get pregnant straight away first cycle after MMC xxx

@Renna Ur so right, everything ur saying is exactly how i feel and because it happened first time last time for us i doubt its going to happen again like that this time, but we never know we can only hope 🙏... and symptom spot.. have u stocked up on pg tests? Iv got plenty of cheapies and one cb and if i start feeling symptoms ill order an frer next day on amazon, im due AF a week on weds according to my app but its hit and miss with my cycle as my cycles range between 35-38 and thats basing it on 38 day cycle which is more likely as i ovulated cd 25 so it gives me a better lutual phase x

@hayleylou89 Yeah I have lots or cheapies. Didnt use them last time but came with all my cheapie opks this time. And I have 2 CBs leftover from when I had to test post MC . Have a digital one and a normal lined one so think that'll do me for now and I'm gonna try hold off until AF actually due /late . So hope next couple weeks go quick 🤣🙄 back to working from home tomorrow, seems to go quicker when I'm working. Xx

@Renna yeah ur well stocked up i am too for now!

Im actually working on the campus tomorrow at the uni work just tomorrow to help out with covid related things so that should go quick, then back working from home Wednesday And hoping the week just flys by, iv just cleaned the car and gave my little french bulldog a shower to keep me occupied now im on the sofa bored ruthless 🙈😂 x

Aw hopefully that goes quick then , are you a teacher ? Xx @Hayleylou89

We popped to the shop .. was going to workout when we got home but DH (do I have to call him darling ...? 🙄) was hangry so wanted to eat before we worked out ... I said I'd rather workout first as once I've eaten and sat down I wont be in the mood to work out ... but he was too hangry ... now time to work out ... I cba .. try to motivate myself ... cant find some gym clothes to wear ... ugh ffs I give up !!! I'm now sat on sofa eating pringles whilst DARLING HUSBAND (🙄🙄🙄🙄) works out in front of me hahah ... I'm gonna add mood swings into my symptom notes for today I think!! LOL XX I'm either going a bit stir crazy or I have some hormones fluctuating today haha x

No im not a teacher i just do HR type stuff but i am just covering someone tomorrow... how funny though, i am literally on the sofa eating pringles And some haribos too whilst my dog stares at me wanting some. X

@Hayleylou89 spooky! That is weird ! Aw so cute cant wait to get our puppy end of May. Xx .On another note . . found my CP really high today .. and even without properly checking CM /CP noticed I'm 'wetter ' TMI 🤣 and watery CM today .. I've tried checking CP /CM this cycle but not really found any pattern or understanding of it. Just notice it seems different today 🤷‍♀️ xxx

Hi all,

Haven’t posted on here in a while, glad there’s a new thread! Bit of background TTC again after MMC in March 2019, now 11dpo.

Need some super line eyes help please! OH think he can see a line on my cheapy but looks colourless? The frer I think I’m just seeing things 😂

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@Hayleylou89 hiya! Long time no chat! Sorry I was taking some time out with all the craziness. We didn't really try this month, in fact, just the once. However, got my BFP this morning! I had cramps around implantation and lots of watery CM. Never paid attention before! We dtd around 4 days before ovulation, confirmed by temps. Crossing my fingers for you! Hoping this one sticks. Can't get too excited, not until we have the 12 week scan. Please let me know how you go!

@dinosaur17 hi xx I can kind of see the colourless line you mean on the cheapie xx can you remember how early you got a BFP last time? Xx

Hi @happyasbarry amazing news congratulations!! 😁🌈 xx just shows you it only takes the once ! Xx

@Happyasbarry Congrats! Xx

@renna Yes on the cheapie. It was quite early on last time but still very very faint, I think 8/9dpo last time but was a different test. X

@dinosaur17 well fingers crossed it gets stronger over next few days 😍🤞🌈 keep us posted xx what did you use to track ovulation and how much did you DTD over your fertile period ? Xx

@renna will do! Will check in the morning (OH keeps commenting on my POAS problem!)

I’m using the Femometer app, just the OPK though not using BBT monitoring. DTD 2 and 3 days prior ovulation and then nothing until about 3 days post ov due to work commitment. So it’ll be a bloody miracle if it’s positive! X

@Happyasbarry aww lovely news u got u bfp and knowing u only did it once gives me hope as i was worried we struggled close to ovulations and dtd too much the week before ...at what dpo did u get ur bfp and with what tests and what symtoms did u have?

3 dpo for me today and just cnt wait to test already im having poas withdrawals from how much i was testing for ovulation 🙈😂 x

@dinosaur17 i think i see a faint line on the cheapy x try again tomorrow maybe was this fmu? X

@Renna

My cp is high it feels like a little dohnut in the middle too 🙈.. my cm was watery on day of ovualtion then was EW the day after ovualtion then white and sticky but now my cm is like white and creamy (like lotion).. so every day its changed slightly. X

@Hayleylou89 Yes cheapie was fmu, frer was smu so maybe that’s why I can’t see anything? Will try in the morning and see what I get.

Feel your pain with POAS addiction!

Thank you @dinosaur17 and @Renna just one cycle post MMC at 12 week scan.
@Hayleylou89 thank you! I am around 12 dpo today, I held out a long time. Symptoms were light, increased watery CM and cramps that felt like period cramps. Big one was not wanting wine and being sleepy. In November I got pregnant around 7 days before ovulation and this time it was 4 days so def a chance. Btw I am now certain I didn't ovulate in the month following the miscarriage. Completely different cycle. Symptoms started around 6dpo

@Happyasbarry congrats! X

@dinosaur17 I think there is a faint line in the cheapy one. Fingers crossed for you! 🤞 x

Heya!! I’ve been a bit absent, (we completed on a new build so have been moving stuff in as it was an unoccupied building which meant we could finally move out of my parents!) @SmileyT I know this is from a while ago - but I track my BBT and use the natural cycles app. I found it to be really accurate, BUT, you have to take your temp first thing and within a 2hr window either side of your normal wake up time, and you need to get roughly the same amount of sleep each night. I’m a bad sleeper to be fair - and it’s still been consistent for me, OH and I fell pregnant first try back in Jan before the MC using only the app and basically DTD when it told us too 😂 We have had to be a bit choosy - can’t go at it like rabbits due to being with the parents and an added complication of no bedroom door (house renovations!)

For anyone using the cheapy LH surge strips (are they the same as opks?), I used a cheapy LH surge strip brand called clear and simple, which I logged on the premom app. I must have a very small surge window as they were all low except for one day which it classed my peak - I got a peak at 0.81, the next day I was back to 0.25, (luckily we dtd the eve of peak, and my BBT rose the next morn which confirms ovulation has occurred - phew) Currently in the TWW but all our hope are pinned on that one dtd - so fingers crossed!!

Hello and my condolences to those newer to the thread (from part 1 of the thread ) I’m sorry you have found yourself in this situation - it sucks!! Don’t worry if you want to get straight back too it! My OH and I did, but although I ovulated, when I had my final scan to check everything was clear, the nurse said my uterus lining was very thin like at the beginning of a cycle. I had finished bleeding from my mc 2 weeks prior to that, so I don’t think anything would have been able to implant - so don’t worry if it doesn’t happen straight away, you could just need another cycle to let the body get back into the swing of it xx

I wondered if anyone could advise. I did a CB ovulation test today and it showed the empty circle. I really thought I would be ovulating soon and yesterday had what I thought were ovulation pains. It’s cd18 for me and last month I got my static smiley on cd19. My usual cycle is about 31-35 days. However as I had only 2 sticks left for this month and didn’t get a chance to buy anymore I tested last week which was negative and then used the last one today.

When I looked at the stick after taking out of the reader the two lines were quite dark. Does this mean anything? Last week one of the lines was quite faint. I wondered if it was because I didn’t test everyday and so it messed up the reader somehow? I didn’t take a pic of the one last week but this is the one today. X

@Wishingfornumber2 I am pretty sure I read that the reader resets itself after 48hrs no use. Usually it says you get a blank circle on the first stick regardless of whether or not you are ovulating because it uses it as a baseline so it might be that. Has your CM changed? I would DTD to cover yourself too x

Cd 31 today and I tested for pregnancy again this morning and evening too. Negative. My pink spotting was on Thursday and Tuesday of last week so I would have thought the tests would show positive by now if that was implantation. I feel I’ve started obsessing, googling every little thing and overly looking out for symptoms. And I’ve been feeling so very low and teary as well. It’s not so much whether or not I’m pregnant, it’s just not knowing where the heck I am in my body and cycles all the while. I have no idea when to expect my period with the mc and the breastfeeding combined I’m so incredibly out of tune with what’s going on. With the first cycle post mc maybe I made a mistake by using the opks so soon as they showed negative and it’s just making me think more and more about things. I’m thinking maybe it’s time to take a break as it could be weeks or literally months in my case before af shows up anyway