Recurrent Miscarriage Support Thread 15 - tests, treatment and trying again

[Justonemoretime]

Information, support, hand holding, tea, sympathy and a hell of a lot of combined knowledge - all welcome as we try to make sense of the RMC roller coaster of tests, NHS admin, heart ache and (hopefully) happy endings!
Please start with a recap of your stats :)

just - chuckling in hairdressers at the idea of lucky socks

brummie - I'm also thinking of trying the raspberry tea / Pom juice once I get AF back. Will check out health food shop on Monday.

....although at this point, feel like investing in some lucky socks. Hey - just as useful as the results of the investigations so far!!!!

Am up to two cups a day now, but will increase this to three in a week, and like Just I quite like it..

I'm going to give raspberry leaf tea a go. tanny ( I think it was you!) also suggested maca root and royal jelly earlier in the thread.

After one day bleeding this af looks like it is the heaviest yet. Perhaps acupuncture has helped. girliesaints I also think it looks like my body had just taken a while to repair itself. When I think back to my periods after the latest Erpc they were so so light (only a day or so of very light bleeding) it's no wonder I didn't get pregnant. Hopefully my body is now healing/healed . I do have very bad feelings towards the stupid consultant who did the Erpc. She had a terrible bedside manner (at one point I was lying down on the bed and she was writing in my notes and was using my stomach to rest her pad on! Don't know why but that really stuck with me, I felt like a piece of meat). Can't help but blame her in my mind for botching it.

Big hugs barking. You've been through so much. I have everything crossed for you.

tanny hugs for you too. I can't believe you're starting mat leave in 2 weeks! I remember you getting your BFP. Just brill.

Thanks brummie. Feeling a bit better today. CD2 and all that. New cycle, new chance. Really glad you liked the acupuncture. I love how detailed they are with their questions - it's so nice to feel really listened too.

Sun, I do have lucky socks in this pregnancy. My M&S fox socks have come with me to all my scans, 6w, 8w, 10w, 12w, 20w and 23w and all the appointments... I shall bring them to the section as well!

And I hate herbal teas! Yuk!
I'd rather have clexane injections :-)

tiny - am off to M&S. Throwing everything at it this go! X

Tiny, your lucky socks make me laugh. What will happen to them after your pregnancy? Perhaps lucky socks need to have a medical study of their own ??

M&S Fox socks. Love it!!

Off shopping today - going to big Tesco Extra so will see if tea is there. If not, Amazon sells the clipper teas so will order from there.

Monten I found the acupuncture truly fascinating and maybe that is why I enjoyed it so much. I think with a lot of these therapies - it helps to have belief as well.

And let's face it, our strength and belief is really being tested...

Raspberry Leaf tea is sold in Tescos. I used it to speed up the bleeding in the last mc as I was still getting bfps and bleeding on and off 5 weeks later.
I never thought of drinking it to improve blood flow generally, but that makes sense.
I am a big fan of acupuncture. I've got my next appointment on Weds night before the scan on Thurs to see how the follicles are doing, so that will be good to relax me. When she leaves me I practice deep breathing, and there's always a difference in my pulse at the end.

And I need some fox socks....

I'm definitely getting some Fox socks too!

Right been to Tesco and managed to buy both RL tea and Pom Pomegranate Juice. The tea was £1.69 for pack of Clipper 20 bags.

The pom juice (as in the proper one not Tesco own with sugar in) was £3.56 for a 710ml bottle!!!! So I bought 2 - as you do. DP hates food shopping - so I've hidden the receipt

But blimey oneday you aren't wrong, it's really tart !!! Definitely better now I've put a bit of sparkling water in it

Not tried RL tea yet that's this afternoon with the Saturday papers

Just a quick post to let you know I will be awol for a while. Faith has started to have seizures and been admitted to the children's hospital for tests. She's been diagnosed with infantile spasms but we won't know for a few days what the underlying cause is. The outlook can be pretty bleak. DH is in bits, I'm remarkably calm about it, but bloody angry that it's us that gets the very rare condition yet-a-bloody-gain. She is supposed to be our over the rainbow and happy ever after FFS!
I did ask the question if it could be related to RMC treatment and the answer was a resounding no, so none of you pregnant ladies are to panic, that's an order. Probably " just bad luck".......

Baking, how scary for you and your dh! I truly hope Faith will be OK. Thinking of you. xx

Oh baking, I can't believe you have something else. I am sure you both have support irl but I'm not far away and really willing to help out any way I can. Big hugs. Will be thinking of you.

How scary Baking.
Wishing Faith a speedy recovery and that they find the right treatment quickly xx

Oh, baking, hope you're all home again very soon with a good prognosis. .

baking that sounds like it's very scary. I hope they can give you some useful answers soon, and good wishes and hugs to you all.

Baking. I really hope Faith is home and better very soon. You poor things. I can understand the anger. I hope you have people looking after you.

baking - thinking of you and really hoping you manage to get some clarity very soon. All the very best to you and your family. x

baking how scary. Thinking of you and all your family. Hope they identify a cause quickly so treatment can be sorted asap.

baking Thinking of you and wishing you lots of strength, hope that you get the best possible answers and treatment for Faith!

How incredibly scary baking. So sorry That You have yet Another difficult thing to deal with. Really hope you get to the bottom of it soon and that all is well. Hugs to you all

baking wishing you some positive news very soon and lots of strength for you and your loved ones x x x