Recurrent miscarriage support, tests, treatments and trying again.

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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.

Please start with the traditional recap of your stats.

So i had my road to damascus moment this week on weight. I rwached 100% self loathing due to a photograph i had taken with my y11 form. It was awful - i mean, it's no wonder i can't grow babies, clearly i have the body of a 67 year old!!! So my healthy eating low carb no sugar diet has been adopted with vigour and verve! Feeling mitivated by fear
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Hi ladies,
Just popping in for a quick question about low dose aspirin, does it make bruises look much worse? Tripped at the weekend and sporting some sexy bruises and wondered if the aspirin is making them worse? Also, has anyone had advice about how long into pregnancy you're supposed to take it? Was suggested to take from bfp but not when to stop... Will hopefully make it to midwife apt at 8 wks (says with every finger and toe crossed) and will ask then but just looking for reassurance! Thank you x

Ffs still no high on the monitor! I should be oving in the next two days if all was normal. Another effing no ov cycle coming up. My cycles are knackered. MC the gift that keeps on giving! I'm never going to get pg again!!!!

Minnie have faith! You will get pg! Even I still labour under the misguided belief that one day I will get my miracle bfp like cat!

Erica I had assumed I would taking aspirin all the way through pg, but then I had thrombophilia so it might be different. It could definitely explain the bruising.

I agree with cat on the selectivity concerns. Progesterone is prescribed to all women having iui or ivf to support the luteal phase and encourage implantation. There's no way they'd give it to women in that situation if there was any risk it could reject a potential success story. I was on it for my second mc, so it can't be that selective! (I know there could have been any number of reasons though).

I know politics don't matter here, but I'm depressed this morning. Here's hoping there's still an NHS to treat us in the next 5 years.

Me too tanny. Very disappointed that this looks like the result and what that means for the nhs

tanny I don't know about depressed, I am fucking furious. Where did all the labour voters go? It's not that hard to stick a cross in a box. And now I have to go to work and be all politically neutral. Aghhhh

I'm a Conservative voter in afraid, sorry!

BFN for me today. Devastated but what can you do.

Minnie are you using ICs as well? I found the clearblue monitor a nightmare once I got past a certain age. I know Brummie loves the smiley face opks and I did use then myself for a long time, only stopped because it got so expensive.

2 bloody years of this shit. I'm so done now

I feel the same about the elections, very disappointed!

sebs could still be too early but understandably its soul destroying seeing a bfn!

minnie opks have been driving me mad this cycle!! You have my sympathy! They don't always pick up ovulation though. I find the ic's to be more accurate than digital sometimes too.

Just done my first progesterone (front in case you're wondering). I just pushed as far as I could, assume that's the right way. Having a lie down with a towel underneath, hope it's not too messy when I get up!

Disappointed is an understatement. Bloody politics.

cheesy Pop a pad in for the day - I find there is a lot of gradual leakage...

Erica It depends what you are taking the aspirin for - I would keep taking until you can speak to your midwife. And yes, as it's a blood thinner, bruises can become more prominent.

Minnie Hope your mum is OK. What a worry!

March Yeah, your colleague is weird. Something's not right there... The last thing you'd want with an 8-week old is reading emails. Which you could do from home anyway...

I'm feeling quite detached from all the election stuff because I'm not allowed to vote. Which I find increasingly annoying, after all, I have been living in this country for nearly 18 years now, work, pay tax, NI contributions, the lot. Whereas I can still vote in Switzerland, where I never actually lived and have no clue whatsoever about what is going on politically in that country! Hmph.

No news at my end. Feeling very bleurgh this morning, but no puking. I need to chase the midwives and/or the EPU to arrange a scan for the week after next...

Feeling bleurgh here too cloud and spots have gone mad but still no puking...not feeling that hopefully in private but publicly keeping up the positive face.

Sorry you're still getting a bfn sebs, but you're only 9dpo aren't you? I've never had a bfp before 11dpo, so don't gone up hope yet!
Good luck with the progesterone cheesy. I would agree about the slow seepage and wearing a liner

How annoying that they won't let you vote cloud! Seemed silly when you've lived here so long

I'm with Sebs on this one - I'm a conservative voter but I admit even I'm shocked about how badly labour did!!

I do love a bit of smiley face action I do admit!! I hate the stress of trying to decipher a line. Cd 8 today and an empty circle for me.

I admit though because I've always fallen pregnant quite quickly I've only used them for a short amount of time so I've not had the expense month after month. But the price has gone up to £30 from £26 and even I'm a bit at the cost!!!

Cloud I admit I am pleased you are feeling a bit crap. Hopefully that's a good sign!!!

girlie big hugs - really hoping everything is ok for you. Feeling crap is hopefully a good thing!!

Sebs & March (& any one else in 2ww) got my fingers crossed for you. Remember You're not out until AF arrives.

Thanks Brummie. Unfortunately with previous mcs still had symptoms even when they had stopped developing weeks previously, hence not getting my hopes up.

March, forgot to say earlier wtf with your colleague. Clearly not right!

girlie I know that resigned feeling. I feel a bit like that, and I haven't even reached the 2ww yet!

Just sorted my follow up appointment with Mr Watts for 15th June (was 18th May but am away!)

1 more week of preggo colleague....

I will admit my BFN cycle has fuelled the various arguments I'm currently having across the forum this morning.

I'm so fucking incensed with my shitty shitty deal over this lifetime that I could quite happily punch a wall. I can only hope I spent my last life shagging beautiful honed men and being fed grapes so this bullshit was well deserved.

sebs I am so sorry about the BFN. I agree with the others that it could still be too early but I realise that the anger and despair more about still being on the whole shitty ttc journey - I know it sounds terribly dramatic but I hate that part almost as much as the mcs and I never had to wait more than 6 months so I totally understand how you and others who take a while to get a BFP feel.

Sebs I love a bit of MN arguing. As does Monten!!

I agree it's shit. And I hate looking at my pg colleague touching her bump and I want to punch a wall too

But it still could be too early. The earliest I've ever had a BFP is 10 dpo so hang on in there

Love the image Sebs of previous love! On serious note, it is still a big early. Didn't you say last time you had a late bfp?

Right had word with self and decided got to be positive. Feeling less bleurgh now which shows something is still happening. Taking DD swimming- wish me luck she thinks she can swim And doesn't want her armbands and chucks herself in the pool. As someone that swam for GB in my youth, I'm pleaded she's got my passion for swimming but would prefer if she didn't drown!

Sasha well done at telling your colleagues. That must have been incredibly hard to do.

I've been open from start with my colleagues. Admittedly it means a lack of privacy but they've been amazing and incredibly supportive so I'm glad everyone has with you as well.

I feel the same about fb and I hate the fact I'm still on it. Friend that expected the girl but had the boy finally put some pics up.

Stupidly I had a sneaky peek and I felt incredibly sad and jealous. Plus she's the 2nd friend in a month that has used a name from our boys list

So that made me sad too. If I'd not lost my babies maybe I'd have used that name...

Baby. Is. Back. Again. FFS