TTC chat thread 3

[Tropicana1]

Just because we're running out of space on the April/May thread - anyone also welcome to join and sorry if I've forgotten to tag anyone!

@Catred4
@alwaysseeingstars
@RMS0209
@MrsGrealish
@Queenbee22
@PeanuttyButter
@Hjudge56
@Kitty901

@MrsGrealish it is strange I would have thought your tests should be much less positive / faded by now too? Has there been any further bleeding?

I had some boob pain yesterday and day before which I never get which is why I was so sure I'd get a positive today 😂 other than that don't really feel anything, got a bit of pain in my left groin / upper thigh. Usually start getting backaches and cramps around 2/3d before my period though so could just be the start of that as I'm due on Thursday

@Tropicana1 I just felt different at 10dpo nothing specific just felt off. Now the tests have faded to be fair. This looks a lot more faded than the one at the start of this thread

Hello, do you mind if I join?
I'm on a couple of other threads but I don't really fit in the specific groups at the moment after a miscarriage, I have no idea what my cycles going to do next.
I'm on cycle 3 now TTC #2. We did TTC for a few months last year, had a chemical about 9 months ago and took a few months break. But back at it and just had a miscarriage a week or so ago (I don't really know cause I bled as normal for my period, tested positive afterwards, then had bad cramping, early scan confirmed miscarriage on Friday). Took a test yesterday to check all out of my system and still had the faintest line so will do another tomorrow to check again.

@MamaSJ15 hi lovely yes join us by all means😊 I'm having the longest most dragged out miscarriage on the planet. 4 separate epu visits for bloods and scans.

The girls on this thread are lovely and supportive ❤️

@MrsGrealish I'm so sorry, I have tried to read through the thread but theres a lot going on. That must be awful for you. How are you feeling?

@MamaSJ15 at the minute just ready for it to be over. Don't apologise at all you've been going through your own trauma xx

I defo need a break from the ttc battle so I'll probably be a silent lurker after Tuesdays hopefully final epu visit.

@MrsGrealish I don't blame you.
I hope your appointment goes okay tomorrow.
How's everyone's day looking today?

Hi @MamaSJ15 so sorry you're going through it.
Another BFN for me this morning and on an FRER so I'll just wait now for af to arrive on Thursday or sooner

Hi @Tropicana1 thank you, I'm doing okay, it wasn't as bad as what others go through, it's just disappointing and frustrating.
Don't give up hope too soon, I always try to wait until after AF due before testing, I can't be doing with the disappointment every time.

@RMS0209 oh no, sorry to hear about the spotting - did AF arrive today as you expected??
@MrsGrealish good luck for tomorrow, really feeling for you with this going on for so long 😥
@MamaSJ15 so sorry to hear about the miscarriage, I really hope you're OK.
@Tropicana1 still keeping fingers crossed for you, you're not out yet!

Hi! @alwaysseeingstars spotting a little heavier so she's coming, I reckon tomorrow ... hopefully!

How are you x

@MamaSJ15 I find if I delay testing the hope just builds up that it might be positive! I also have no willpower at all and have no idea how people manage to wait to test haha!

@alwaysseeingstars you're right - I know there's still time and it's probably silly to have already decided but I just really feel like I'm out after this mornings negative. We conceived first month trying for our first and every month that goes by this time I get more and more worried it's not going to happen which is so silly!

Trying to flip my thinking into thinking positively as one more month saving (especially in the current financial cost of living crisis!) / one less month double nursery fees with two, lots of fun things to look forward too that we've got planned this month etc (having said all that would much prefer the two lines on a stick 😂)

@alwaysseeingstars thank you 😘 I feel really unpregnant if that word even exists. I even have stretchy CM which is so random. My test has faded loads since just yesterday but will go the epu even just to get properly discharged x

@Tropicana1 that's fair enough! I just try to keep myself distracted which isn't too difficult with a toddler and working full time!
How many children do you have already?

@MamaSJ15 just one - a toddler too! Haha yea I'm fine when I'm at work all day it's the evenings and weekends where I obsess 😂

Good luck today @MrsGrealish

@MrsGrealish hope today goes ok.

12dpo today af due Thursday and had some very lightly pink tinged discharge after sex so wouldn't be surprised if it arrives early. Temp is up this morning but I need to disregard it really because I was up for ages with my toddler in the night. (BFN on a cheapie too)

@Tropicana1 how old is your toddler? My little girl turned 3 last month 😊
Let us know if that leads to AF.

@MrsGrealish thinking of you today 💕

I had a bit of blood in discharge this morning which is odd, don't think I've ever had anything like this before. No idea when AF would be due because of the miscarriage but I'd only normally get spotting or full AF, not discharge with a bit of blood in 🤷🏼‍♀️ our bodies are very strange sometimes! If I was to go on 28 days from when my last AF was due (and the day I bled) I'd be due a week on Thursday so still a good way away anyway.

Thanks ladies ❤️ bloods at 10am scan at 12.20 xx

Good luck @MrsGrealish hope all goes well. Are you having to go to these scans and appointments on your own or is DH coming with you?

Thanks for the mentions guys, I'm doing well I think. I dont have many symptoms, just sore boobs and tiredness. No sickness yet, I got it bad with my DS in 2020 so we'll see what happens there! I'm 5+1 today. We're going on holiday on Friday, then got a scan when we come back around at around 7 weeks.

Good luck everyone on your journeys, you're a lovely group 🤗

Soo (drumroll please) blood hcg has decreased substantially ((84) blob was a lot smaller. And I've been discharged!! unless a pregnancy test is still positive in 2 weeks I've to ring them back.
Hilariously my left ovary has decided now is the time to ovulate. The sister saw a big juicy follicle ready to erupt. The old corpus luteal is on the right ovary and it's haemorrhaging into itself. So all in all a good experience my reproductive cycle is still ticking along nicely 😊

@MrsGrealish sounds like it went well then! How far along were you when you miscarried? Any idea why it's taking so long to leave your system? Oh wow that's great news about ovulating! I wasn't sure if you'd still ovulate while having the HCG hormone present.

I tested again last night to check all out of my system and it still has the faintest line but practically gone. No idea what the bit of bleeding is today, random little bits, nothing much 🤷🏼‍♀️

@MrsGrealish ah so glad there is finally an end in sight!

@MamaSJ15 she's 2.5 😊 definitely would benefit from a sibling I think haha
No further pink tinged discharge but I think probably just sex dislodged a small amount of af blood 🤣 due in 2 days so I'll probably start getting some cramps today and tomorrow. Hate the af waiting game where I'm pretty sure I'm out with negative tests but just want to get onto the next cycle!

@Catred4 nice to hear from you! Glad pregnancy symptoms aren't kicking your butt so far but it's early days. Good luck for minimal sickness 🙈 my worst was with my daughter xx

DH has been to every single epu appointment god love him. Once a midwife wouldn't let him in for the initial chat and he looked a little put out! X

@MamaSJ15 what tests are you using out of interest? I asked her if I could use a sensitive test in 2 weeks and she said yes. I was 6 weeks when the heavy bleed started. Had a little brown spotting a few days before then. I know I was kinda surprised too but I do feel like DTD and that's always a fertile week thing for me😂 and together with the stretchy CM it sounds about right xx