TTC after MC - May 2020 Part 2

[VP91x]

Hey ladies,
Just doing a new thread as we are about to max out on the other one.

@SmileyT
@Mommybear05
@Sallyjo27
@HE88
@Ejb86
@Hayleylou89
@Renna
@Dipsy77
@mumoftwobeauts

Will keep tagging if anyone is initally not on this. Xx

Hi, to anyone else who would like to join. 👋👋
I am on Cycle 2 TTC and on CD15 following SMEP plan this month, tracking BBT and using OPKs xx

@2020wish oh you got a good temp spike post ovulation though!! Yeah just discount todays.

Yeah so doing ICs more frequently and then CB twice a day. Xx

Ahh @VP91x it is very frustrating when it doesn't appear to be coming, how many days have you had of flashys now? It's so easy to think the worst but spend a few minutes thinking about how your body is taking its time to prepare for ovulation which is good as it's picking the perfect egg. Also your chart kinda makes sense that CB has detected oestrogen so your temp was dropping, really hoping you get your peak tonight xx

Morning ladies. Thanks for the add @VP91x

Bit of my background story. Last June I found out I was pregnant. Went for an early scan but was told it was too early and to re book. We were going on holiday so rebooked for when we got back. Whilst on holiday I was extremely tired and struggled with simple things like walking upstairs.

We got back and had the second scan, all was well and she thought she could see 2 heartbeats! Asked us to come back again the next week to confirm. 2 heartbeats were found and twins were confirmed. Twins were sharing a sac and a placenta so very high risk.

12 week scan came and went with no problems and we were booked in for scans every 2 weeks from 16 weeks. 16 week scan came and both babies had no heartbeat. Devastated doesn't begin to describe it. Had a post mortem done and waited 12 weeks for results. My identical girls had tangled their cords so badly that nothing could get through to them.

We left it a few months before starting TTC again, and started trying in Jan. Currently in our 6th cycle of TTC. Cycles have been all over the place. Generally ovulate around cd19/20 but AF has been arriving as early as CD24.

@SmileyT this will be day 4 now of flashing. You're right CB started flashing when temp started to do that dip. Is that usual?

Yeah, fingers crossed 🤞 how are you today? X

@VP91 hope ur ok.. give it time them flashies had me wanting to crack up last month but hang in there and it will hopefully come soon and i would have missed mine this month as it went from low in the AM to peak just 5 hours later! So keep doing them cheapies maybe 3 times a day as thats what made me do a second clear blue later on even when it had said low and cb say not to test twice on a low day 🙏 xx

Welcome @Ejb86 that is horrendous:( so sorry you had to go through that. I couldnt imagine. Welcome to the thread and best of luck in getting a new sticky bean

@2020wish Thanks. I've been on these threads since around January and keep seeing people getting their BFPs. It gives me hope x

Hey @Ejb86 glad you've joined us on the new thread. Where are you in your cycle at the moment? X

@VP91x well they say that oestrogen makes your temp drop (it's what causes an implantation dip when you get the second surge in LP) so it makes sense that people that have a quick oestrogen surge in Follicular Phase just before ovulation will be like me going straight from blank ⭕️ to peak on CB and just have a one day dip in temp but if you have a longer oestrogen surge before lh is released then the dip can last more than one day. I dunno I could be completely wrong but kinda makes sense to me 🤷🏾‍♀️

@Hayleylou89 how you feeling? how many dpo are you now? When will you test?

@Ejb86 did i see u in the other thread, i thought i did...so sorry for ur losses how awful is that, beautiful twins 💖💖!
I Can sympathise being so far along too, I was 1 day shy of 23 weeks when We lost our baby girl in Feb still not had all the post mortem results due to covid but iv had a briefing with a consultant who said he cant really say anything in particular caused my waters to break so early and i also had an infection in my blood that could have caused it but they cant say for certain, the baby was fine when i went into hosp being a bit concerned over what i thought might have been a uti to be told My waters had gone i was gob smacked...we lost her a few days later and i had to give birth then the placenta got stuck so i had to have an op to remove that ...all a bit of an horrendous nightmare...Ill be high risk and monitored very closely next time for any cervical issues basically 🙏

Iv been quite lucky that my cycles seems to have returned to normal but still on the long side of normal - 38 days usually but can be 32/35 and think this cycle might be a shorter one.

Have u been tracking anything bbt or opks? Iv literally stocked up on anything and everything available.. Im 2 dpo today and praying for our rainbow this cycle, we have done all we can so i feel ok about the tww this month x

Im using
Seven seas pregnancy tabs with folic acid
Omega 3
Ferti lily cup
I ordered an ava but its not arrived
Cb connected
Cheapy opks
And now im on calc fluor in the tww
Also been drinking grapefruit juice to help
With CM
And using preseed now and then (dh isnt fussed)

Not sure what more i can do other than dtd obviously and iv done it 4 times in my fertile window this cycle 🙏🌈

Where are u upto at the mo with tracking? Xx

@Hayleylou89 thank you, yeah you had such a long wait last cycle too! Definitely will continue doing cheapies through the day and another CB in the evening. How are you feeling?

@SmileyT yeah that sounds like that makes sense, going to go and do some googling, haha. Thank you for the reassurance. How are you feeling x

@Hayleylou89 @SmileyT I'm cd18 today so hoping for a peak in next couple of days. Tried to start temping but my 2yo likes to get in bed with us so theres not much point and my wake up times are so irregular! I'm doing OPKs. Taking solace in the fact the my girls were conceived with just dtd once on cd19.

Also battling tonsillitis for the second time in 3 weeks. Fed up of being ill!

@ejb86 I wondered how you were getting on as I am just 1 day ahead of you in my cycle. Sorry to hear you have been ill. Hope you start to feel better really soon. Big hugs to you. X

Thanks for starting the new thread!

@VP91x try not to worry too much. Your chart looks a bit similar to mine. Everything seems to be around 3 days behind for me this month (although I did have have severe food poisoning at the beginning of my cycle!). For the past few months, I have been ovulating around CD14 but this month it looks like it is CD17. I had low opks until 3 days of flashing smileys but didnt actually get my peak until 11pm on CD15. We were trying to do SMEP but DH was asleep so didnt DTD that day but have done it the following 3 days. Probably wont work but makes me feel better

For what it is worth, I highly recommend the grapefruit juice. I have been having a glass everyday and didnt think it was working but then noticed I had loads of ewcm at the weekend! Not the nicest juice but you get used to the taste!

Hope everyone else is well and hope for some BFP's soon

@VP91x some people can het a dip in their temp before ovulation too, so it could be a sign of something to come!! I went from low lh CD14 (evening) to a peak at midday CD15, then it was already dropping by eve of CD15, and then by CD 16 morn you could barely see a text line on the ic. Sometimes it sorr of all happens within 24hrs, I have my 🤞🏻 for you!

@Isittimeforbubblesyet thank you for sharing your chart. You definitely got a nice rise too! I am sure you have done more than enough around fertile window, fingers crossed you get a positive 🤞

There is definitely something in testing later in the day! Xx

@Bellabubble thank you, yeah I hope that the dip has meant something! Ah that's crazy how quickly it fluctuates. Were you holding for a few hrs before each test? I feel like I am going to end up dehydrating at this rate 😂

Hope you are ok xx

@Mommybear05 my DP is trying to distract me by sending me bathroom designs and think I'll treat myself to some new garden furniture when AF arrives at the weekend, we need to take the consolation prizes 😂. I've actually decided to test on Friday then crack open a bottle of wine. My DP said 'there is no way you're pregnant' this morning and I know he is right 🤷🏾‍♀️ Suprisingly still feeling positive in general about TTC it's just not my month 😊

@SmileyT oh why so sure though? You won’t know until you take your test! I have everything crossed for you! Remember you had no symptoms last time xx

@Isittimeforbubblesyet thanks for the tip I’ll be trying some grapefruit juice this month x

@SmileyT a weekend od buying new things and some wine sounds fab but as @Mommybear05 said you never know!!

I'm glad you are still feeling positive though xxx

So I think I’ve experienced implantation bleeding as I have pink on the toilet paper after I wipe, this was yesterday and this morning. There’s been nothing in my underwear but just when I wipe so here’s to hoping! We have been TTC since we had a MMC in March this year at 9 weeks x

@vp91x yeh I was tryinng to moderate loo trips and balance drinking enough water to stay hydrated but not too much to dilute the test 😂 I did 3 a day on cycle day13/14/15 - as on cd13 I finally started to see a pale pink line I didn’t have to squint at - I think Inwas so busy trying to remember to drink..but not too much..pee..but at the right time 😂 it made the days go fairly quick though to be fair! I’m doing ok though, 4dpo now - and have told myself I am not going to symptom spot this ttw as last time I was noticing every little twinge/ache/ etc - then read that it’s the same hormone you get just before AF that’s rising which is why the 2 symptoms are so similar, don’t know how lucky I feel about this month though 😕 There’s a surprising amount of waiting to do when ttc isn’t there!! xx

@Bellabubble haha, I wish there was a more definitive sign to tell you when to test like a small alarm or something 😂

Ahh when are you planning to test? When AF is due? SO much waiting. It is infuriating.

@Rainbowsarecoming oh fingers crossed!! Are you feeling any other symptoms xx

@VP91x my boobs are so sore even doing normal things like walking and coming down the stairs. They’re hurting so much, no other symptoms though other than the pink when I wipe going to test this weekend as I’ve read to leave it 3-5 days after the suspected IB xx

@Rainbowhope11 thats exciting u had poss ib .. how many dpo are you? X

@renna how r u today, have u been chewing ur calc fluor tabs... they say to chew them but its not nice at all chewing a tablet 🙈 x