TTC after chemical pregnancy

[LucyCL]

I had a MC this Jan , 6 weeks and 1 day. Then I had a CP last Tuesday, 4 weeks and 6 days. I finally stopped bleeding today. Two pregnancies and two MCs so far.

I would like to know what your ttc experiences were like after CP. I admit I felt so lost when I saw the line getting fainter and I have been feeling very low and anxious for the last 7 days. However it is not healthy and it is time to be positive! So, I will be trying again this month. That is why I decided to start this thread.

I have been drowning in anxiety since last Friday and I am really trying hard to manage it. Well done to have made this to the scan! You have done so well !❤
Today is 15 dpo, also the day I got the darkest line from CP. Ah, I don’t know what to feel anymore! Of course I know each pregnancy is new! I can’t help but thinking about tomorrow ( that is when the line started to get fainter ) 🙁
So, I will be constantly checking my RHR/ Heart rate to see if they are above 70.

@CJ2021 how far along are you? is it an early reassurance scan? i've decided to wait until 8 weeks for mine as i've seen 6+7 sometimes you don't hear/see the heartbeat and i would be in a panic!

@LucyCL not yet - they took 2 days to call back last time so im hoping they call by the end of the week! I then will book my bloods in before my 8 week midwife appointment...exciting and scary.

I’m waiting until 8 weeks too, for the same reason. It feels like a lifetime!

@LucyCL I’m sorry you’re struggling. I found my anxiety only lessened when I stopped myself tracking everything. I started with stopping Baby & RHR, and then stopped testing once I was clear of the date that I tested negative last time. I’m finding it easier to be positive now I’m not constantly monitoring for a sign that something isn’t right, but we’re all different.

I’ve got my fingers really crossed that we’re all snuggling new babies next spring.

Yes, today is 15 dpo and 18 dpo was the day of CP. I am not out yet. Every morning when I wake up, feeling my heartbeat is the first reassuring sign for me. Whenever I do exercise, I can feel my heart beating fast and it makes me think that my heart is working hard to boost the blood flow to my uterus to keep it alive. So, 4 more days to go…😶
Finger crossed for all of us !

@LucyCL did you track your bbt when you had a chemical? I’m concerned that I will have a chemical soon. I had a trace of bleeding last night when I went to the toilet. Plus all yesterday I had a headache, and my temp is lower today. Not below the cover line but it’s not far off.

I probably should stop temping, it’s just I would like to mentally know if AF is going to turn up.

Oh to add I’m 14dpo, got the bfp on 11dpo.

I’ll be 7 weeks and 6 days tomorrow for the scan, the closest appointment I could get to 8 weeks! I felt the same about any earlier, didn’t want to panic about it being too soon to see anything xx

ah please update us with how it goes! my 8 weeks would be middle of Sept so a while to wait yet...still waiting on hospital to call me back 😂

Yes, I did track oral BBT.
29/4/24 - 10 dpo , BFP
7/5/24 - 18 dpo, CP happened

I will also show my Hcg test strips
15 dpo is when I got the darkest then it got fainter afterwards
Is it possible if you could show your BBT chart? It could just be fluctuations. x

Thankyou for sharing.

I have attached my chart. This morning it did initially read 36.52 so very close to the cover line, and then I re tried 3-5 minutes later and it went to 36.57. So I put the higher temp in.

Ah I see. To be honest, I would record the first reading after waking up. My BBT tends to be lower if I take it one hour earlier. Did you wake up and took BBT earlier than your usual time ? Or you accidentally opened your mouth to breath before you woke up ?
I have seen so many threads saying they bled and thought they were losing it however at the end the bleeding stopped and they still got the pregnancy going.

Good luck 🤞 💜

Yes I should have put the first reading in. It’s the first time I have retested, It varies between 5-6am, the lower ones are when it’s been 5am rather than ~5:30am.

do you have your hcg strips from this cycle?

How are you feeling today ?

Yes , I do. I test it twice a day.

@GreenPickle Sorry, I still have the hcg test strips from the cycle of CP. I tested it once a day.

I will share the hcg test strips from the CP cycle if anyone is interested in the future. It was mentally torturing.😕

This is why I stopped temping.

Mine has been up and down too. Never through coverline, but close. So far, I am fine - and everyone I've talked to, midwives and doctors, have said the stress of worrying about this will do the baby more harm than it's worth, stress is worth avoiding as much as you can.

I will say that when I had my latest chemical, it was clear that it was going to happen - BBT plummeted well below coverline, and then I tested negative, and bleeding started three days later.

@LucyCL sorry, i meant this BFP cycle! these are mine but going to stop testing from today (12dpo)

it didnt upload - here! but also remember, these tell us zero. my last cycle probably only got as dark as the 10dpo (13th August)

My hcg increased slowly until 15 dpo. I also did the bloodwork three times. My hcg was 16 on 30/4/24, the second one was 45 on 2/5/25. I was happy because it doubled then ……. It got fainter from 16 dpo. The last one was 12 on 7/5/24 (18 dpo). I did it in the morning so I knew I would bleed soon and I felt like crying so much. Later I started to bleed.😣

@GreenPickle @Blue2020 @YouveGotAFastCar I will stop using my HCG strips to see the line progression and measuring CBT when I pass 18 dpo. There is really no point of testing further. There is really nothing I can do.

I think I’m going to stop. I took it this morning and it was back up again. It is just causing me to worry.

I’m feeling ok, I think. Still concerned but I don’t know if that feeling will go. I took my temp this morning and it was back up again as a zig zag pattern. I think im going to stop temping before I see tomorrow drop again, since that appears to be my pattern.

How are you feeling?

I totally understand your concern. Today I am feeling less anxious because everything is normal and the line got darker this morning but still not yet a dye stealer.