Recurrent Miscarriage Support thread 13 - tests, treatment, trying again

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Welcome everyone! A thread for anyone who has experienced recurrent miscarriages and is in need of information, companionship, tea and sympathy. Newbies welcome to join at any stage.

Start with the traditional recap please......

flen, with my last m/c I had some small clotty bits with my first af, which came a few weeks after I'd stopped bleeding from the m/c, so I think this is still normal and might not necessarily mean retained pregnancy tissue, just uterine lining. And they did warn me that the first period might be heavier, which is what I took this to mean.
My first m/c I bled for 7 weeks after the foetus passed, but my first af came at 5 weeks (during the m/c bleeding). I have no idea if I was still testing positive then as i was never told to test. Have you done a test recently?

flen one of my 1st af's post mc was nearly as bad as the mc itself. As per epu, the first AF can sort of flush out any remains from the mc. Maybe see how it goes and get checked if you're still passing clots?

Thanks bootles and March. My previous two afs following m/c have been fairly straightforward. I did another test on Tues and it came back negative, so that is good, and means this could be AF proper. Will keep an eye. March that sounds incredibly confusing and hard to have bled for so long, and after your first too.

Great scan news just I am beginning to pysche myself up for the 12 week one.
boozle what a dilemma. One thing you might want to check, you may be able to get reassurance scans through walk in, but what about your 12 week scan and bloods? Not sure they would do this through walk in.
flen good to know things are settling down for you.
well I was woken up this morning by excruciatingly painful nipples. Discovered one of them haD a massive, thick, jet black in growing hair. Pregnancy is many things, glamorous is not one of them. I ain't complaining.

Ah Flen, if you had a negative test then I reckon it'll be AF - my doctor said that if there was anything left at all I wouldn't get a negative test. Hope everyone is having an ok Friday?

Arghhh... Was doing ok. Could punch myself for checking fb when I've been avoiding it only to find out a colleague who sits within a couple of metres of me has just posted 12 week scan photos. Today was being a positive day. I wish I had more control over my emotions. Right. must win lottery this weekend so I don't have to go back to work next week. Or ever. Rant over. Sorry ladies.

I just don't understand posting scan photos to FB. Why would anyone want to see the inside of my uterus?

I have to admit that when I was pg with DS, I did post scan photos on Fb and enjoyed receiving all the positive comments and messages I received... It's normal to want to share good news, and what news can be better than this.
However, I would take an educated guess that, like myself, you only do this if you have not had to experience a mc... Anybody I know who has, myself included, never posts scan pictures. So although it is a kick in the teethnot pleasant, I can acknowledge that these posters are blissfully unaware of the heartache their pictures can cause.
If they do know, well, then they are callous and unfeeling.

Well, things are very much up in the air for me. Had some cramping and spotting last night, and I thought, great, I'm out, AF is arriving. But then nothing so far today. Temps are staying high.
Hate this limbo. I never used to spot during my cycle before my mcs, so this is really annoying and adding to the stress

tanny book just arrived, thank you! (happy to post it on to anyone else when I'm done...)

How you feeling today boozle? Thanks for the doctor info, that's reassuring.

cloud, keeping fingers crossed...

belle and charlie, you both elicited a giggle from me. Although I know from painful experience belle that ingrowing hairs are no fun at all.

Sorry about you getting baby bombed mrs. It's horrible when that happens, especially when you're not expecting it.

I've just had my appointment with the rmc. It went ok I think. It was a doctor who i recognised from when i had my daughter. She said it's more than likely just bad luck, which slightly annoyed me, but prescribed cyclogest 400mg twice daily from bfp anyway, which seems to be in line with everyone else.
She has taken bloods for all the clotting things and results should be 2 to 3 weeks, so hopefully back before we starting ttc again, which is good. If they are neg then that will be it as far as she is concerned. If positive I might need to repeat them and/or she will prescribe aspirin and heparin.
Even though its not standard policy anymore she has taken bloods for the karyotyping and sent them to the lab. She seemed to be all for still testing parents but she says the lab are the sticking point, so it might not happen but she'll try to persuade them as the foetus didn't yield results.

She told me the lab never warned them about the change in policy, so they'd merrily been sending samples in for karyotyping and everyone just got a 'we don't do this anymore' type response. Pretty bad really!

Flen glad it arrived! I sometimes had a clotty first AF after MC. Only on the first day, but felt like the final clear out. Hope it's the same for you.

Cloud how exciting. I can feel something brewing for you! When will you poas?

tanny Sunday...

Good luck, Cloud!

Great news just
Good luck cloud
I'm still really sick and seem to have lost even more of my marbles turned up to work today to find I had forgotten to put my bra on, I had to sit with jacket on and all the windows open so as not to scare people with my unrestrained 32ggs.

Sorry can't name check everyone as on my phone but hope you are all well

Purple, love it!

Very funny Purple !!!

Good luck for Sunday cloud, and let us know all your symptoms! x

Grrr just got home to letter from gp. Says blood sugar level is high end of normal discuss with midwife. Anyone got any experience? Is it easy to rectify by laying off the choccie biccies or are we talking wholesale diet change. Could do.without this really.

Good luck for Sunday cloud. All sounds good.
Hahaha purple.
Not sure about the blood sugar belle. Fingers crossed its nothing too drastic.

I don't have any experience of it Belle but my SIL had it and just had to avoid anything sweet - I'll give her a yell tomorrow and get some more specifics if it helps? That said it's probably like anything in our messed up cases that no rule fits two. Try not to worry - I'm sure if it was serious they would have called you in straight away

belle if it's only high normal you prob have nothing to worry about, but suspect it will trigger sending you for a glucose tolerance test to check for gestational diabetes. If that also comes back high they try diet first ( low gi diet) and worse case scenario you need hypoglycaemic drugs or insulin. My SIL had it in all three pregnancies. I've been tested in each as family history of diabetes, but have been fine. Don't stress.

Thanks ladies. Hoping not GD and something I can just tackle by eating less sweet stuff. Don't normally have sweet tooth but have been eating more goodies than usual.

Belle, try not to worry too much - it's still 'normal', right? Just something they need to check. Hopefully, it was just a one off, pregnancy does all sorts of weird stuff to your body.

My temp did a big dive this morning Don't hold out much hope anymore now, probably just a matter of time until af shows up