Tips for conceiving after 2 miscarriages

[Shan1991]

Hello everyone,

I’m not sure if I’ve chosen the correct topic but hopefully someone sees me here🙏it’s a long one…

I am 33 years old and have a little boy who was born in November 2021. I conceived my son pretty much straight away after coming off the pill
which I’d been on for around 13 years. Healthy straightforward pregnancy with no problems at all.

I conceived again in October 2023 after trying for around 8 months. I sadly lost this baby at 8 weeks just a few days before Christmas😢we started trying again straight away and conceived in February 2024 but sadly had another miscarriage at 5 weeks.

After this second miscarriage my epu offered to give me blood tests which came back all clear. Since then (March 2024) I have pretty much been living like I already am pregnant to try and help me conceive again. Here’s a list of everything I have been doing; I don’t drink alcohol or any caffeine at all including chocolate, having quite a strict diet - leafy greens, wholegrains, sweet potatoes, beetroot, nuts/seeds, lots of
citrus fruits & berries, not having any real treats/sweets/cakes etc, been keeping my feet warm, having hot drinks (herbal teas), no strenuous exercise. I use clearblue digital
ovulation tests & dh & I bd alot during my fertile window. I had been taking maca root powder for a few months but felt it was just delaying my period each month so I stopped taking that.

I do feel like I may have low progesterone which I will be requesting next time I become pregnant but I feel like I may be helping my progesterone levels with my diet as I haven’t been having spotting before my period which I usually have.

With my first 3 times conceiving I didn’t really do anything specific to help me I just didn’t drink alcohol or caffeine which I haven’t done since becoming pregnant with my son, I breastfed him for 28 months & just have never went back to drinking alcohol or caffeine, knowing that I wanted to have another baby soon. So I’m getting incredibly frustrated & tired of ‘trying’ so hard to conceive again.

My next step I feel is to try & cut out all chemically harmful things; no perfume, scented shower gel etc has anyone got any recomendations of cleaning products to use in my home/on myself
etc. Or any other tips would be greatly appreciated.

thank you :)

@Shan1991 CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🥰 Lovely to see this update! I swear the preseed helped me so it maybe did help you too. Wishing you a healthy pregnancy 🩷. All going well so far for me thank you, I'm almost 18 wks 💕

@jellyfish2 Thank you so much🥰🥰 ahh so lovely to hear all is going well for you🤍🤍

@Shan1991 congratulations that is amazing news!!! Thanks for sharing your tips, it will be one month till we are allowed to start trying again so will try the cough syrup! Xx

Longhotsummers, I know you mentioned you didnt know the science behind your friend being told to take antihistimine but do you hapoen to knowcshethercshe has any food or other allergies. Thank you x

@FullMoon1917 thank you🤍 Good luck & hope it helps 🙏I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the cough syrup is the only thing I done differently this cycle, so hopefully it works wonders for you too! Also I would deffo try drinking pomegranate juice, it’s supposed to help thicken the uterine lining to help with successful implantation - this obviously comes cold as it’s kept in the fridge but I put some hot water in mine - I really became obsessed and adamant that I would not drink cold drinks🙈

Good luck 🌈🤍

@Shan1991 i actually did try pomegranate and beetroot juice ( i mixed them together) last time but i am worried about getting obsessive about it like last time. I think stress was a huge factor for me so need be careful. I do unfortunately think alcohol played a part as the times I conceived I didnt have a drop from just before ovulation till positive test but when its 2 years of trying its hard to always stick to it!

Did you track BBT and CM? Xx

@FullMoon1917 ahh sorry I just scrolled
back & seen when you first posted in this thread that you had originally tried pom juice. I get what you mean about becoming obsessive, I was buying 3/4 bottles a time & at £4.80 a bottle it’s not cheap! Yeah I did track CM, when I started to see it that’s when DH & I started DTD. I did try BBT once a couple cycles back but it just got a bit confusing for me, was getting different temp readings all over the place (don’t think I was doing it right tbh) so I didn’t continue tracking it. Sending you lots of luck & dust in your next cycle 🌈🤍 take care xx

@Carportforme not that I know of. It wasn’t something she would normally have taken.

Hay did you manage to concieve my case is quite similar

@Mk1494 yes, I am 20 weeks pregnant. Sorry to hear you have been in a similar situation :( if you scroll back a little you will see everything I did to help me conceive again. Sending luck & baby dust🤍 xx

Lovely to see your update! Can't believe that's you now 20 weeks. I'm 33 weeks now, time really does fly. 💕

@jellyfish2 thank you🥰 wow not long at all fir you to go 🤍The time is really just flying by for sure! xx

Hey @Shan1991 , thank you for updating the thread and congratulations on your pregnancy!

Can I ask - what was your reason for avoiding cold food/drinks? I've not come across that before!