Hi Op, really sorry to hear about your miscarriages. I hope you have access to all the support you need.
I am just entering year 2 of TTC. I had an early miscarriage Dec 23/Jan 24.
I have no success stories to share. But, after almost a year of ‘casual trying’ that month I had followed advice to the letter from various threads on here.
The advice I am still following is: no alcohol. I sometimes have a few drinks during my period, but then I’m alcohol free from then on until my next starts, or I get a BFP! Good diet, lots of fruit, veg, nuts and lean meat. Same for DH.
Keeping weight stable with exercise.
I was taking PregnaCare for 18months, but I have now switched to Boots own Folic acid. As PP have stated PregnaCare is know to extend the cycles of some women. They have now printed a disclaimer to state this on the box. This was in part one of the upsetting elements I kept replaying in my mind when I had the early miscarriage. My cycle has always been 28 days, even as a teen it was regular. It was over a week late, and then I had a faint line on the first pregnancy test I did. This was followed by a negative the next day, and subsequent negatives over the next few days. My period eventually appeared 9 days late. I now know this was a chemical pregnancy. However, at the time I was questioning whether the faint line was an evaporation line and my cycle was just longer due to taking pregnacare. I want to avoid suffering through that happening again.
I have also only bought red dye test pregnancy tests as it seems they are far less likely to have an evaporation line that could be mistaken as a false positive. Again, just an attempt to protect myself from further heartache.
I have only used ovulation test strips after my early miscarriage to see if I did have an LH surge and hopefully ovulate again in my next cycle.
Our plan is to DTD every other day, and every day during fertile window. This is sometimes easier said than done. But we figured it’s an aim!
I have also decided to stay out of the hot tub as although I cannot find any evidence it has an impact. If bromine water does get ‘inside’ it cannot be good for sperm so giving that up for now.
The cat is also not allowed to sleep on DH’s lap for hours while he is working. I read that any kind of heat on the testes, laptops included, can impact sperm production. Just 30mins a few times a week can reduce and deform, it can then take weeks once exposure stops for ‘fresh’ sperm that are healthy to be produced. So DCat is stuck with just my lap for the foreseeable :)
Wishing you all the luck!