Journey after miscarriage support thread March 2023

[SMG1992]

Hi All,

I've started a new thread as the other was at page 39.
I hope everyone had a good weekend. I'm still just about in my fertile window - I got my LH surge yesterday.

The clocks going forward has hot me a little bit, but I'm looking forward to brighter evenings.

@TheBirdintheCave God, I know, it’s so
expensive - I totally get it. I’d say it’s essential for IVF, as we’re playing with numerous eggs & lots of money and you need to give the eggs the best chance. There’s real science behind it and if you can afford even 1 tablet per day (100mg) Then it would help - It’s all about giving the egg energy to go the distance.

To be fair, millions of women conceive without it! It’s definitely not “essential” But it can help, especially when we reach a certain age.

@Chocolatebean Here now! Transfer tomorrow. Can’t believe it! X

@VillageFete omg sweet got everything crossed for you I hope so much it all
goes well ❤️❤️❤️

@VillageFete Good luck for tomorrow! 😬

We have our nurses consent meeting on Friday so I'll ask her about ubiquinol then and see if she thinks I should take it for the next month.

Hey ladies 💕 hope you're all ok!

Advice please, on Friday I had the faintest (can't emphasise that enough) positive pregnancy test. However AF is now in full swing so definitely not pregnant but could this faint line have been from my miscarriage (I've had two cycles since then, and both times periods have been heavy) or a chemical?

Staying positive (kind of) either way, I have some stuff to focus on, today two more blood tests for fsh & tsh, and apparently a consultant has been looking at the results from my miscarriage analysis and would like me and my partner to have blood tests to check our genetics (I think that's right) all have got me really worried to be honest but Atleast it's being looked into x

@VillageFete Best of luck for today - so exciting!

@kookyelephant I had a similar situation earlier this month and honestly I don't know. Have you had negative tests in between?

@SMG1992 I took digital ones which said not pregnant, I had the very faintest line a few weeks after the miscarriage but after my first cycle kind of just though right the mc has definitely gone now type thing x

@VillageFete good luck today xxx

Hi ladies how’s it going? Had my 3rd Accupuncture session today. Argh my app moved me to 3dpo so I’ve gone from 4 to 3 nooooooo 😂😂😂.
hows everyone and everything. I’ve been so good with my eating but today caved and have eaten a load of crap 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
love to all xxx

@Chocolatebean im only on 1dpo, it’s going to be a looong 2 weeks
dont put yourself down about eating crap today, you’re only human
I’m still about half a stone heavier post mc which puts me in an overweight bmi, I’m trying to keep healthy but not diet or over exercise so getting rid of the excess is tough!

@SMG1992 3 DPO and already tired of waiting. Also not managed to lose weight gained pre mc. And the midwife told me I wad too heavy then. Oh well. I can't really exercise any more than I do and eating seeds every day at least makes me feel healthy (and surely must counteract the crisps?!)

@hennie222 @SMG1992 yup I’m also half a stone heavier than before the MC just adds insult to injury doesn’t it 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️. Went for my accupuncture yesterday so hoping it’s going to work some miracles.
my I watch apparently tracks my cycles using my body temperature however it hasn’t recorded a rise since ovulation it never has I should really stop checking it as it just makes me feel crap xxx

@Chocolatebean Do you check with a thermometer too? I wouldn't read too much into it.

@SMG1992 no I don’t lol I’d would just always forget lol xxx

@Chocolatebean curious about the acupuncture, definitely keep us updated.
BBT measuring is overrated!!! I have dreams about it which wake me up in the middle of the night, thinking it's time to temp.........

This is my 1st month doing it and it is making me feel a bit more reassured that I have actually ovulated as temp has risend since LH surge so everything seems to be in the right direction, however it's more reassurence than anything else.

@hennie222 yes I would be exactly like that, I did buy a bbt thermometer. I suppose I could try and dig it out. I’m as sure as I can be that I actually ovulate I had a scan on cd 8 and there were lots of eggs she could tell the dominant one, then I had a hospital appt where they were going to do a hycosy I think it’s called where they flush the tubes through but she didn’t want to do it as I’d just been pregnant so tubes should be clear I was kind of gutted they didn’t do it but kind of pleased they didn’t.
she took some bloods including amh this is over 2 weeks ago and I’m still waiting for results and she’s going to see us in her clinic in about 8 weeks.
however I’ll be 40 in July and already have children so there will be nothing the nhs will do for me so if nothing this cycle I’m going to go to a fertility clinic and get the tests done there.
I’m sure they will make sure I’m ovulating ( one would hope 😬) xxx
@SMG1992 that’s brilliant news got everything crossed I’ll try and dig my thermometer out lol xxx

@SMG1992 That's what I use it for too :)

@SMG1992 Same here .After so many months of nothing, thought I'd try the BBT to check I ovulate (even though I had blood tests that said I did I wondered if it was fluke!). Seems that this month I did which is reassuring, I guess...., even with the very variable graph (my app tells me off for not temping at the same time every day!!)

Argh @hennie222 @SMG1992 so my u watch works by tracking g my wrist temperature overnight just looked it up and in studies it is more reliable than using a thermometer so now I really have no idea maybe I’m not ovulating after all. Defo have an LH surge get the spots get the headache the whole thing even the ovulation pain this month and my mucus changes it’s just the temp that doesn’t seem to fall right xxx

I just did an ovulation test 15 days post medical management for MMC and it was really high. Stronger than control line, etc.

Wondering if HCG can throw things off a bit. My pregnancy test was faint positive this morning.

I feel really up for it 😂 and my cervix is high but haven't noticed any change in cm. Haven't monitored temperature as literally only tested because I was feeling really in the mood haha

I have no idea how to read these bloody things but this is what my I watch has recorded this is from Wednesday and I ovulated ( apparently Fri/sat) does this make any sense to anyone ?

My temp just seems to drop after ovulation 😭

@Chocolatebean its hard to tell without the days showing but it does look like a rise at the end before the drop