Cd1 of ttc first cycle after loss... anyone want to join me? 🙂

[Ladyinpink1]

Hi 🙋‍♀️, just as the title says, I am now on cd1 of my first cycle after a loss at 11+4 (stopped growing just after a scan showing strong heartbeat at 8 -9w)

Feeling nervous but positive about a new cycle ...but finding it hard to think of anything else other than ttc 🙂

Happy for some company to obsess with over these next weeks x

@Aaliyahrae Wow, that's a lovely line! And if you weren't tracking anything then your last test might just have been too early to show anything. Do you have any idea on any of your dates? Cautious congratulations!

Thanks girls but I don’t think I am pregnant. I had sex (successfully) literally days after my last period, it isn’t possible to ovulate that quickly after is it? The test was negative, completely white negative last week.

@Aaliyahrae do you have another test you could do? I have short cycles, around 23 days, and the times I've fallen pregnant I've DTD every other day for the first 7 days after my period, so I think it's very possible!

@Aaliyahrae that looks like a line to me! When was your last period? Maybe we can help work out your dates? Cautious congratulations!!

@Bali200 best of luck for POAS tomorrow, and I hope I can channel some of your zen 🤞

@Ladyinpink1 I hope it’s a positive sign, but am too scared to test and so going to hang on for a few more days I think. I’m too nervous of the result. This would be baby 2, I have a 3yo.

Throwing another question out there to anyone who might know, I saw a thing from Tommy’s that says if you have had a MC and you have spotting in your pregnancy you should ask for progesterone as it can help sustain a pregnancy up to 5% more than without progesterone. I had spotting in my first pregnancy (which was successful), but not my MMC. Does anyone know much about taking progesterone? I know that advice wouldn’t have applied to my MMC as I didn’t have spotting with that, but I can’t help wondering if I’d taken progesterone if the MMC wouldn’t have happened..

Oh my goodness, so much to catch up on since this morning 🙂

Definitely it does @Bali200 I think it varies between day after opk and 2nd day. Aw I know, it's so hard to know what to do. Please keep in touch and let us know either way, I'm hopeful for you x

@Haylsttc I know you are right, I overthink everything lol.
It's so hard to know the right thing to be taking/doing when ttc isn't it. I'm sticking with my mirriade of vitamins etc not sure what else o could add to it next cycle, may do some more research 🤔 x

@Vic231 a weekend away sounds lovely.. and I think you need a little bit of crazy when ttc. It's filled with ups and downs but you are defo not alone x

Hi @Gem0302 welcome, no tips from me, i'm a super early tester and convinced myself I was preg last month, my advice is embrace the obsessing 😄 maybe someone else will have something more helpful to say x

@ThelastRolo20 That's great you are getting a line on the opks starting, I bet you will get a negative p test and a positive opk very soon. x

Oh my goodness @Aaliyahrae that is definitely a line, guarded congratulations 💝🎉😀! I am not an expert in any way but I can't imagine how a line like that could be a false positive, it's a great line! How are you feeling? x

@Wise0wl that will be a lovely age gap for you all. I hope you can test very soon and get good news. x

@Wise0wl I have a gp appointment tomorrow and progesterone is something I plan to ask about. I will post on here if there’s any helpful advice given. I wondered the same as I had a Mc last year. Funnily enough we were trying to avoid pregnancy at that point as it was just before our wedding. Been trying for the last 4 months now to no avail.

Good evening all!

Tentative congratulations @Aaliyahrae 💗that’s an amazing line, I don’t see how it could be a false positive! I definitely think it’s possible if you weren’t tracking, maybe you ovulated early? Do you know how long your cycles normally are? X

Absolutely @Haylsttc that’s totally how I feel too! (Until AF arrives and I’ll probably start sobbing again 😂) I’m also looking for ideas on new things to try next cycle, I actually spent my lunch break today eyeing up new vitamins in boots 🫣proceive look good! x

@Wise0wl @Ladyinpink1 thank you both but I’m not going to test tomorrow now as I need to wfh, my work drinks have been moved to next week instead🫣 maybe we could test together in a couple of days @Wise0wl if AF doesn’t show up? X

Best of luck tomorrow @Gem0302 - so sorry you got pregnant when trying to avoid it and then had a MC. Any info about progesterone would be really helpful. The link to the Tommy’s info is here: https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/health-professionals/early-pregnancy-bleeding-and-progesterone

@Bali200 a relief to have your work drinks moved especially given the weather! I’m torn between testing on Friday which would be CD28 for me, or waiting til the weekend. I keep getting ahead of myself (thinking about progesterone, thinking about Friday as if it’s a bfp could self refer before the weekend?) but really trying to keep cool! Xx

Morning ladies so my temp was still high this morning and NC prompted me to do a test so I caved and it’s a BFP at 11dpo! Cue now feeling totally anxious and worried due to lack of symptoms 🤯 x

Oh wow @Bali200 - congratulations!! Here’s hoping for a successful pregnancy for you!!! Xx

Congratulations @Bali200! It's still very early for symptoms so try not to worry about that (easier said than done, I know!).

Thank you @Wise0wl I’m still in shock 😌 hoping to see a BFP from you too in the coming days, got my fingers crossed for you 🤞🏼 xx

Thank you @CluelessInLondon! I know it is still so early, but I’m a natural overthinker, need to try and maintain my zen energy 😅 wishing you all the best of luck too xx

Omg congratulations @Bali200 how are you feeling?x

I haven’t got any symptoms either so you aren’t alone there! @Bali200

Thank you @Bali200! I almost tested this morning but bottled it 😂 xx

@Bali200 so happy to see this thread get another positive, congratulations ❤️

@Aaliyahrae sorry I wasn’t online yesterday evening to reply but your test looks positive to me too 🤞 have you done any others this morning?

Congratulations 🎊🎉🎈 @Bali200 what lovely news, you deserve it! And it's very early, symptoms will come soon 🙂 xxxx

Hi girls, thank you for all your congratulations. Took another test from a different boots packet - I’m definitely pregnant. Feels very surreal. In a lot of shock and very very nervous after my MMC. I must have ovulated around the same week as I finished my period as we had sex the last day of my period, and again maybe 3 days later. We also had sex a couple of times without him finishing too! My cycles have been really long since my MMC like 37-40 days so I’m really confused but happy. I did start taking the Ferglobin syrup to help boost my vitamins for what I thought would be ttc in November. Not sure if that helped things along but before I started taking it, I read some good things about people falling pregnant after taking it. This is the one! https://www.boots.com/vitabiotics-feroglobin-plus-200ml-10131410?cm_mmc=bmm-buk-google-ppc--PLAs_HeroCompare---_-PMax:+UK_Smart_Shopping_Healthcare_Other&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADrIajWQv1097SbGZGCUSdiDLqUGC&gclid=CjwKCAjw7oeqBhBwEiwALyHLM39aLYIqg3VhbSUxyPX1UXZPXQw2lpqURhtCYApNt_hEufnnWebhmxoCVHkQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I’m really praying everything goes well in this pregnancy and I’m going to start eating properly from now!

Is anyone else testing this week?

Oh wow what lovely strong lines @Aaliyahrae! congratulations!! I’m going to test soon, either tomorrow or Saturday I think x

@Bali200 @Aaliyahrae congratulations both on your BFP. It’s lovely to see ❤️.
With my first (now aged 2) I had no symptoms at all for the whole pregnancy. X

@Wise0wl thank you! fingers crossed for you! when are you due on your period?

@Gem0302 thank you!! Didn’t you? I’ve heard lots of stories about people not having any symptoms at all except for a missed period. I had nausea, sore breasts, veiny chest and a weird metallic taste with my first and extreme sickness and fatigue with my second.

Oh wow @Bali200 that’s amazing!! Congratulations! I know a BFP isn’t a simple thing for those of us around here after loss, so I’m thinking of you as you navigate the hope and excitement and anxiety!

I’m feeling a bit meh, had a reasonable go at DTD up to Ov but didn’t manage it on O day (CD14, yesterday) and now this morning I’m sad to think of another month lost. I know it could still work out but I wanted to give it the best possible shot, do everything right, have a nice fresh sperm meet the brand new egg etc. So much unhelpful inner chatter during this process! Ugh. Anyway, might try to DTD tonight and then the wait…

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, this is such a lovely thread 🥰 I feel a lot happier and excited than I would have thought I would but I wish I was still naive enough to think that a positive test equals a baby! This is just the first hurdle so going to try and take one day at a time and hope that it’s a sticky bean this time 🤍 xx

Here’s my chart in case anyone is interested, I think I implanted on 7dpo due to the dip in temp.

I’ve been taking 1000mg vit c, 100mg b6, alongside folic acid, vit d, and magnesium and zinc supplements and wore socks in bed every night to keep my feet warm 😅

Hoping to see lots more BFP’s appear on the thread over the coming weeks, I have my fingers crossed for you all 💗 xx