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RainbowUnicorn94 · 23/10/2024 10:55

Hey all 👋🏼

New to BBT tracking, can someone tell me if and when I ovulated please? 🙏🏼

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PersephonesPantaloons · 05/11/2024 13:18

Oh I hadn't realised an ectopic wouldn't count but I suppose that makes a depressing kind of NHS sense 😔 Horrendous when fertility is so deeply emotional though.
Do you have any health conditions/excess weight/family history of miscarriage or anything which would lead you to look at a possible contributory factor? If not I suppose you just have to keep trying until you either succeed or you qualify for furthest help? How awful 😞

RainbowUnicorn94 · 05/11/2024 13:27

PersephonesPantaloons · 05/11/2024 13:18

Oh I hadn't realised an ectopic wouldn't count but I suppose that makes a depressing kind of NHS sense 😔 Horrendous when fertility is so deeply emotional though.
Do you have any health conditions/excess weight/family history of miscarriage or anything which would lead you to look at a possible contributory factor? If not I suppose you just have to keep trying until you either succeed or you qualify for furthest help? How awful 😞

Yeah the NHS is messed up in that department... Feelings don't really matter 😢💔 So since having my DS I have been diagnosed with Arthritis which I now manage with fortnightly injections... So I do keep wondering if this has anything do with it... but I've been told numerous times by my rheumatologist that my medication is 'safe' to take whilst pregnant... 😮‍💨 It does make me wonder if it's to do with my immune system if this has happened again 😢 My BMI is higher than they like but it was the same case with my DS...Plus I've lost weight since then✨

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PersephonesPantaloons · 05/11/2024 14:15

Oh I don't have a clue about arthritis I'm sorry. Are the injections some kind of steroid? Since the rheumatologist says they're safe I suppose I'd be asking him/her whether there is any research to show they are safe in very early pregnancy, or whether the research was limited to later term pregnancies. There are plenty of drugs that you can have at one stage of pregnancy but not another, so I'd want to see a study which showed that women who were taking your drug during the period of conception and early pregnancy did not have a higher incidence of loss than the general population. BUT I am not an expert on this in any way at all. I guess the recurrent miscarriage clinic might have more of an idea if you ever get there (I hope you don't obviously).

RainbowUnicorn94 · 06/11/2024 06:47

@PersephonesPantaloons @Frenchtoastie Morning ladies 👋🏼 Another update... Woken up to heavy bleeding this morning 😔 We've lost this one too 😭 So I've now had all 3 cr*ppy outcomes 💔 My heart hurts 😞 Thank you for all your kind words and help on this thread 🙏🏼 I will definitely be diving into what the next steps are with EPU and the GP/rheumatologist ✨ Sending lots of baby dust to you both 🤍

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PersephonesPantaloons · 06/11/2024 07:16

I'm really sorry. I hope you and your partner are okay over the next few days, and that you get the help you need to get to the bottom of the reasons. All the best x

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