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Recurrent Miscarriage Support Thread 21 - tests, treatment, trying again.

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Justonemoretime · 08/04/2015 08:39

Buckle up, the threads move like lightening! Tea, sympathy, information, support and combined wisdom to guide you through the maze of testing and treatment for recurrent miscarriage. Newbies always most welcome.

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Brummiegirl15 · 11/04/2015 15:06

MrsD huge congrats - that's ace!! Fingers crossed!

Sebs hmm 6 weeks is a long time to have anything left - my longest was just over 3 weeks

You may need to definitely do another test in a couple of days

Hope you are all ok - I've come down with a stomach bug - cue projectile vomiting and feeling very sorry for myself Confused

Had my pre-op assessment yesterday. Good to go on 20th then hopefully AF will come and then we can try again!!!!

IFinishedTheBiscuits · 11/04/2015 15:24

Congrats Mrs D!

longestlurkerever · 11/04/2015 15:55

sebs I can't help but be hopeful for you. I think I was still getting faint positives 4-6 weeks after my mc2 but that was natural rather than surgical. On the other hand i suppose my pregnancy didn't progress so far.

Aw, poor you brummie. Get well soon!

sebsmummy1 · 11/04/2015 16:04

I'm on cd22 today, period due around cd25/26 so if it is a bit if remaining tissues the next bleed will no doubt remove it.

Just come back from a lovely walk with my boys and started weight watchers today to get this stone off that's crept on. Feeling pretty good xx

sebsmummy1 · 11/04/2015 16:17

Actually cd23! Bloody hell time is flying past Confused

CheesyMash · 11/04/2015 16:29

I also think you should test again tomorrow or the next day, and I'm also hopeful for you. X

Minnie74 · 11/04/2015 17:54

Congrats mrsd wishing you an uneventful few months!

sebs that sounds positive to me. 6 weeks is a long time to still be shoring from the MC isn't it. And if you were round about the right time... Fingers crossed for you!

brummie sorry you're sick- it's the worst!

cheesy lovely idea!

longest I like that thinking about just keeping going and we'll get there in the end. We've all been through the worst anyway I guess.

freckle I wondered if he might say that too- about just getting cracking. If I had a date to go I'd feel more confident doing it because then at least I know I'm on their radar if I did (miraculously) get a BFP. Should be oving soon but no signs what so ever so I'm worrying the drugs from the med management have screwed everything up. A friend had it and said she blamed it for cocking up her cycle for almost a year (can do without that!) better get back to acupuncture to work on that. Good on you for taking the plunge and leaving teaching- the thought of staying for another twenty years is pretty crap!

Waves to everyone- hope you're all having a lovely weekend x

Brummiegirl15 · 11/04/2015 18:20

I feel dreadful Confused

Stopped throwing up which is something at least. Now just feel shocking

Frecklefire · 11/04/2015 18:35

Hey brummie**, oh yes, that bastard bug got me on wednesday and i still have the runs! Blush
Minnie** - have just pm'd you useful leeds info if you get a bfp before apt. Wink

sebsmummy1 · 11/04/2015 18:41

Oh god Brummie you poor love. The last time I remember throwing up for days I had eaten some dodgy oysters from a seafood restaurant. They were a very bad 24 hours!!

Minnie I'm pretty sure I ovulated late this cycle, judging from CM I would say I ovulated last Friday/Saturday, hence why I don't think it's a new pregnancy. It's too early to test for it. I fe good though as I'm so close to my NHS appnt and Coventry, at least stuff is happening now, makes the waiting worthwhile.

sebsmummy1 · 11/04/2015 18:41

*feel

Minnie74 · 11/04/2015 18:43

Thanks freckle you're a star! Pretty sure I won't need them (not exactly hyper fertile over here!) but good to have just in case, thanks! What's the dif between HCG and prog I wonder?

Minnie74 · 11/04/2015 18:46

x-post sebs it's good to think something is happening isn't it. It's that control thing, as Flen said on her blog. Literally dying to get my appointment through!

Catlover2014 · 11/04/2015 20:12

Great news diddly I'm keeping everything crossed its a supersticky bean!!!!

Hi flower don't mind you asking at all my dear! My pregnancy was kind of natural. I had clomid with follicle tracking, cyclogest from day 21 until 12 weeks and aspirin from BFP until 14 weeks.

Brummie sorry to hear you've got a sickness bug. It's just the pits. Hope you feel better soon. Glad your pre-op has been done now.

Loopyaboutmy2boys · 11/04/2015 20:30

Sebs 6 weeks is a very long time for hcg to stay in your system and I could be wrong but I thought the hcg had to go completely for your body to then kick back into action to produce the hormones in order to ovulate again. A pregnant body, or one that thinks it's still pregnant, wouldn't ovulate. I think you should definitely test again and call the EPAU.

Brummie hope you feel a bit better tomorrow.

Too tired to catch up but hope everyone is doing ok and enjoying the sunshine. I'm hoping this isn't summer...would be nice to have more sunshine between now and Christmas but the seasons seem so messed up nowadays.

ThePopAndCry · 11/04/2015 21:23

Congrats mrsd!

cheesy I think that's a lovely idea. I think there's a few of us Leeds way. Would be lovely if they're up for it as well.

sebs did you test earlier in the month and get a negative? I have my fingers crossed for you.

minnie I do hope you get news of that appt. early next week as it might help you with a decision. Surely, though, if you did ttc and were successful, you'd already be on their radar? I reckon you'd be able to phone up anyway and get an appt. if you needed it at that point.

Waves to the rest of you.

Caught up wit a very old friend today who's just had her first dc and, even though he was born in Jan at a similar time to the due date of my 3rd loss, I was fine. So am well pleased with myself. Mainly helped by the fact that she's lovely and asked about how I was. (So I bored her to death with all the tests I'm having! Wink)

Second af since losing dd has started but it's REALLY early (25 day cycle - I've NEVER had a cycle this short before) and already light (which I can now put down to the adhesions, I guess) However, all fingers crossed this means I should be off to Coventry in approx. 3 weeks. But am now worried about timing due to May bank holiday - aaaargh! Why is nothing straightforward???

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, folks. x

Frecklefire · 11/04/2015 22:18

Don't look now brummie but that sickness bug can have a second wind, god-damn it - I'm back clutching a hot-water bottle and running to the bathroom ton

Frecklefire · 11/04/2015 22:19

ight. Rest up, i say. It seems like if i push myself physically it just resurfaces! x

sebsmummy1 · 11/04/2015 22:33

Nope I decided not to test at all after surgery as with my two natural MCs the HCG took ages to go away and constants BFPs upset me . I'm not going to think about it unless AF stays away. I've asked DP to hide the second test and im going to focus on next weeks appnt with the RMC. If AF does go missing I will definitely test before that meeting as I want Heparin if by some miracle I'm pregnant again.

pop well done for meeting your friend with her baby. I feel like I'm surrounded constantly by newborns but luckily they aren't people I'm close to so I can stick gingers in my ears and go 'la la la'.

I'm traumatised that I have now watched all the seasons of Game of Thrones bar series five. It has kept me sane throughout this latest MC journey and I have no idea what to watch instead. Breaking Bad maybe, Dextor?

sebsmummy1 · 11/04/2015 22:34

*fingers lol

ThePopAndCry · 11/04/2015 22:43

sebs I think that's a good plan but I'll keep my fingers crossed anyway. Re tv - the new Game of Thrones starts Monday and I'm soooo looking forward to it! x

Me2Me2 · 11/04/2015 23:55

Congrats mrsd I hope all goes well. I'm not very good at keeping up with the thread but hope everyone else is ok. baking glad faith is doing well

Marchgirl · 12/04/2015 06:58

Hope you're feeling better today brummie and freckle

pop, glad af is here and you're closer to Coventry. I'm sure the bank holiday won't affect things too badly. They might put on an extra clinic like they did at easter or send you to the following one.

Minnie, my understanding is that progesterone is released from the corpus luteum and drives the production of hcg when you are pregnant, so lack of progesterone would lead to lack of hcg. I think some consultants treat with progesterone and some bypass that stage and treat with hcg. There's still lots of debate about whether either is effective but I always think it's worth a try! Coventry think the progesterone had another role to play in preparing the lining so it's both receptive and selective, which is why they give it earlier (from 7dpo) rather than just from bfp

sebs, good luck with the retest. Hope it's either completely clear or much darker so that is more obvious what's going on. Fingers crossed for you

mrsdiddlydoo · 12/04/2015 08:28

Just a quick thank you for the congrats ladies. Fluctuating between complete panic and pretending its not real at the moment. Funny how our self protection mechanisms kick in. Was even thinking about stocking up on heavy duty pads in case I mc... I mean really... What the flip is that about?

Hope your both feeling a bit better this morning brummie and freckle

I survived meeting our new niece. Less than 3 days old. Difficult putting into words how I feel about it. Think I'm just blocking the emotional bit out. Some people are so lucky. And naïve. And blessed. Just going to try to be the best auntie I can be to her.

Hope you all have nice Sundays. Blue skies here at the moment so hoping to get out into the garden, dog walk and cook a yumtastic dinner.

mrsdiddlydoo · 12/04/2015 08:32

Oh I mean to say pop well done on meeting your friend's baby. She sounds like a nice friend.

And... So my best friend whom I love dearly and has had her own fertility issues is also pregnant. Maybe 2 weeks ahead of me... But really... I'm already thinking this isn't going to end well. Right more positive thinking required