June/July TTC Thread❤️ CONTINUED

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Starting a new thread because we got to 999 replies!

I always put my tests in the same place, with the same lights on to try and get them as similar as possible. CD7 today on our 9th cycle. Thought it was the 8th but I counted up and it's not 😢So hoping this will be it. One 8w miscarriage and one chemical since we started TTC #3.

Hello!

Please can I join. 9 or 10dpo, I don’t temp so going off of sticks and feeling! Refusing to test this month but been cramping a lot today and yesterday which is normal for me mid-cycle…

Baby no.2!

Ok I done this at 4pm gonna do another soon if it’s lower then I give up lol

@amey44 its looking good 👍🏻

@Mummysparrow delighted for you ❤️ all good here. I've tested negative now so just waiting for AF and then starting again 🤞🏻

@NiftySheep my first period after my D&C was bog standard. The next two after that were more painful, shorter and a shorter luteal phase from late ovulation. Then things settled and I ovulated on my next cycle on CD15. I got my BFP but that was a blighted ovum. I haven't gotten my period yet so let's see what happens this time. I think, like you say, it's just hormones and everything settling back down.

@hollyhocks2 I had so many friends on mat leave at the same time as me. And have since made friends from baby groups and classes. Most of them have either already had their second or they're pregnant. It can be hard when you feel like time is moving on!

@LuckyDuck93 hopefully you get your peak soon 🤞🏻

@ChaE05 I don't know much about that at all. What can you do to raise your testosterone do you know?

@Nightshift110 I'm so sorry. I think getting bloods done as already suggested is a good idea. Praying everything is OK 🤞🏻

@megan345 hopefully it comes soon!

@ThatNimbleOP welcome and good luck!

@amey44 oh that looks good!

I’m really trying to stay level and not get my hopes up, but I’ve started cramping and I’m 5 or 6 dpo. Sometimes I wish I were completely ignorant about the entire process and what it could mean. It’s the hope that kills ya! 😭

This mornings test with first wee, still not as strong as it was last week. But it's there which is more than yesterday. Plan to stay at my boyfriend's all weekend and rest. I've still got a little hope it's just a scare but I'm prepared for the other.

Thanks @SureLook! We've been trying since October but would say this is only the 5th month of "properly" trying. Have recently stopped breastfeeding as well, which was another thread i'd started. Hoping this could help us or at least provide more of a baseline for investigations :)

What's everyone else' story?

Hi all. Nipping in as could do with a bit of a hand hold today.

To recap, I had a MC in March. Tested positive again in June, but a private scan at 6 weeks didn't bring good news. Referred to NHS who couldn't find the location of the pregnancy and found a large ovarian cyst.

Had repeat bloods which showed hcg levels dropping. And I started bleeding on Monday. So, had made my difficult peace with it being another miscarriage.

Had some additional blood tests on Tuesday in relation to the cyst, and had a call last night to say my hcg levels had risen since Sunday. They're now obviously concerned about an ectopic.

Heading back to the hospital today. Don't know what to expect. Head is all over the place. Really just want this chapter to be over.

@EmPeEf I know. It's so hard not to get sucked in and convince yourself!

@Nightshift110 I'm really sorry but I would prepare for the worst. Your tests being lighter than last week at this early stage and your digital dropping down in weeks isn't a good sign. I'm really sorry, I don't mean to be negative. I know how shit it is ❤️

@ThatNimbleOP I have a two and a half year old DD. I've had two losses in a row since January so I've been referred to the recurrent miscarriage clinic. My appointment isn't until March but I can start trying again and if I fall pregnant the EPU will scan me at 6/7 weeks and start me on progesterone. How old is your child?

@Taysonic I'm so sorry to hear all that. It's so hard when it's being dragged out like this. Sending hugs ❤️

@Taysonic gosh you're really going through it aren't you! Hope you get some clarity today, look after yourself ❤

@SureLook my daughter is also 2.5! We've not had a single positive in that whole time though. Maybe a very faint one in January around 7DPO, but absolutely nada. We've just stopped breastfeeding and all doctor's said it could the contributor as i fell first time with DD. I think i have a thin endo lining going off of scans too which i feel could be the culprit. Waiting on partner's sperm results done last Friday for the full picture!

I'm sorry to hear about your losses, i guess silver lining is you can fall pregnant and there's something to work with. Wish i saw something on those bloody tests 😥

Lovely to be on a thread with you all though, babydust to everyone xx

@Taysonic you poor thing. Let's hope you get clarity today. With my Feb loss my bloods were tracked for 2 weeks until they went down to 3 hcg. I continued to rise too, but very slowly. They thought I might have a second ectopic in there somewhere because of that. I didn't thankfully. Let us know how you get on.

I'm cd 7 today. Was meant to see the doctor on Friday to start the discussion about fertility but they cancelled yesterday. It's rescheduled for today, however, so dandering round there for 1015am. DPs dad is very unwell at present in hospital. He's heading off to hospital today and then staying at the family home through the weekend. Plans to be back Sunday. I feel like a terrible person because I hope that he's back and feeling up to it as I'm due to ovulate Wednesday-ish. Obviously I hope his dad is OK too but you know what I mean. Awful it's all I can think about sometimes.

@ThatNimbleOP lovely! I'm suspicious that I have low progesterone. I'm going to make some calls and see about going privately and what my health insurance would cover. You almost want something to show up on the tests so you can take a tablet or injection and get on with it! Baby dust to you too ✨️❤️

@ForGiddyDreamer sorry to hear your DPs Dad is unwell. But I know exactly what you mean about hoping he's back. You don't want to miss a month! Since my loss my DP has started shift work so we'll have to be more creative with timing sex this time 🫠

CD13 for me today, a slight rise in lh strips today.
Feeling a bit fed up today & I know you will all understand, it just feels like everyone in my friends and family is pregnant, I'm so thrilled for them all but just so fed up that everyone seems to find it so easy!

@LuckyDuck93 hard relate!

@LuckyDuck93this 🥲 another friend announced her pregnancy yesterday. It brings me down so bad. My other half is so positive he says don't concentrate on others, this is our journey. He means well, but so far the journey has been well and truly shit! Sending hugs...we all feel it 🫶

@Taysonicas if it wasn't hard enough for you 😔 I'm really sorry, I hope it isn't an ectopic. Honestly keeping everything crossed for you x please let us know how you get on x

@ThatNimbleOPhave just read your message about stopping breastfeeding. I have always worried about the same. I had 2 mc earlier this year and wondered if my progesterone was low as a result of feeding and maybe caused them. However I have had my progesterone tested twice and it was good. Also had my prolactin tested recently and that was fine. We only feed once a day at bedtime, and not quite ready to stop. Hope you're feeling okay now you have stopped. It's a hard thing to do x

Hi girls. I had my appointment with the GP this morning. She was super nice. Context for those reading this is Ireland. She's referring me to a private fertility clinic and will put me on both the public and private lists. I've to go back to her next cycle for tests (between days 2-6 for test 1 and 21-23 for test 2) and those results will be shared with the clinic. Also said I could do with losing a stone - I knew I'd put on weight since January but to be told a stone had me 😱She said I'm not "fat" as she put it but every kilo could help.

Other useful things were that I need to take a step back because I am getting too stressed. She said at 37 I am far too stressed and the conversation could be different if I was older. She also recommended I stop with the ovulation tests. If I know I am ovulating and my cycles are regular, I just need to have sex every other day from the end of my period. The constant testing, she said, is making me stress which isn't good for ttc either.

So I feel that now I have a project: project lose a stone. I think I'll focus on that for now. I don't usually weigh myself because in the past I got a bit too hung up on what the scales said and it wasn't healthy. So the plan is to devise a meal plan and get out for more exercise.

@ForGiddyDreamer that sounds so positive! It helps so much to have a "goal" or "project" knowing that by putting in the effort something might change.

@ChaE05 how old is your little one? It's frustrating because non-medics will say if you're having regular periods you're fine but breastfeeding can thin your endometrium and prevent implantation which is a lesser know side effect. My results were also "normal" although looking back, my progesterone was super low for day 21 and they just flagged it as "the breastfeeding". Hoping now i've stopped, if i want further testing they won't just fob me off!

Feeling super happy tbh....it was time, i was exhausted....It was hard when she was upset but i told her mummy wants another baby so we have to stop, seemed to help :) she even told me mummy is gonna have a pink baby! Good luck whatever your choice!

@ForGiddyDreamer that's great that she's referring you on and doing some tests herself. I'm the same with the weight. I've a good two stone to lose and I know that but it's still very confronting to hear it 🙈
I have heard that before about BDing every second day after your period. Sometimes I say I'll do that but I think I'd still be so tempted to know when I ovulated!
At least you've something to focus on that's not just TTC. Cause it's good for your general health too. I'm trying to be good too and increase my protein.

@SureLook @ThatNimbleOP yes, trying to see it as a chance to just be healthier all round. When I was living in England I was probably more active and since moving here with the losses, I have been comfort eating. So just eat better and move more like I used to do. I don't eat meat or fish (veggie but not vegan) so have been sitting here drawing up meal plans. She also said that although the two losses are difficult it means I can get pregnant so take the small win there. I asked about moving between the public and private system and her recommendation was to go private for the testing because it's quicker and that I quality under the public system for IVF should we need that. But basically, to just chill out 😅

This is hopeful! I'm keeping everything crossed for you. I hope you rest really well, that sounds like a great idea. Please keep us updated 🙏🏻❤️

A stone isn't loads love, most people could do with losing a stone or more ideally, so don't worry about that, it won't take long if you really feel you need to! Destressing is an excellent plan, but always easier said than done right? 😆🤞🏻