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Have anyones' monthlys messed around since mc's?

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AuntyFlo · 07/01/2009 15:40

Hi Everyone.
Had to post this up as I don't know if this is 'normal' or not - and hope the following isn't confusing to any readers.
My monthlys have been messing me around a little since I had 1 mmc Jul08 and a mc Nov08.
Before then my cycle lengths were 29 days - or thereabouts.
Since then I expected them to be a little irregular.
Had ERPC in Jul and the next period was 36 days later. Then the next, 31 days, then fell pregnant again. Had natural mc in Nov, the next period was 38 days (counted from the first day I started to miscarry).
I'm now on day 27 and have had period pain, sore boobs and short tempered etc so I know I'm premenstrual.(TTC too but know I'm not pregnant as I'm too premenstrual to be so.)
Before the mc's last year I would have PMT and slight draggy period pain for a couple of days but now I'm getting PMT, it seems, a little earlier in the cycle (definitely post-ovulation) and I get the period pain as if I'm 'coming on'. Then it goes and I think "well maybe I'm not coming on then?!".
Am getting so cross. It's as if my womb's having a laugh at my expense signalling I'm coming on and then no show for at least a week!
It's as if the 'coming on' bit is stuttery rather than before when it would be, period pain one day and 'coming on' the next - done no messing around.
Sorry for the rant everyone but feedback would be great
Thanks and Happy New Year by the way x

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Forrester · 13/02/2009 09:06

Yay!! good for you Sifuentes. Well, if it has taken some people 5-6 month for their cycle to settle, that works for me as I'll be apart from my DH for a significant period this year, so I'll be ready to jump back on it come September.

Bring on the AFs ladies!!

mermaidspurse · 13/02/2009 09:09

chocolate anyone

barbie1 · 13/02/2009 09:09

Mind if i join you??? its been 6 months since mmc and just as long since af, starting to get worried now...Some will know me from another thread hi girls barbie waves!
I have just moved to dubai and am waiting for my visa so i can get to the hospital for some tests, im the mean time i sit and wait looking like this at all of you with periods!!

mermaidspurse · 13/02/2009 09:22

barbie hi hun, I did think of you when this thread suddenly had such prompt results!How long do you think all the red tape will take to sort out with the visas? you seem to have been sun bathing for ages now.

Forrester · 13/02/2009 09:23

Barbie1- have you tried taking Evening Primrose Oil? It could help jump start things.

mermaidspurse · 13/02/2009 09:27

hmmmm well she has posted, so now we all sit back and wait......

barbie1 · 13/02/2009 09:30

The visa is being processed so about 4 more weeks ...forrester nope havent tried a thing, suppose the doctor convinced me for so long that it was one of those things, but now im here and on my own with so much time too think about things im getting worried ..been here for 3 weeks but feels lie forever already

sifuentes · 13/02/2009 09:32

hiyer barbie. You have come to the right place. Sit here in the shade, have a choccy off mermaid, and wait for saint florence to work her magic.

hope something gets you kick started soon xxx

And forrester sorry you are going to be away from DH for so long. That must be tough

barbie1 · 13/02/2009 09:35

Yum chocolate....its so windy today, if you go out side you will be engulfed by sand. Its our weekend and dh has been called in so i cant even be bothered to walk to the shop and get some chocolate.....You see girls not having to work has made me lazy and google obsessed!

The sun is still shining though

Forrester · 13/02/2009 11:18

Thanks sifuentes. I've decided not to TTC now they've booked a date for me to go away (work didn't know I was pg in the first place as it was before 12 weeks), because getting pregnant would simply put off the inevitable and they'd end up making me go after maternity leave, and if I can avoid leaving a child for prolonged periods for work by doing it now, then I will. I read a thread yesterday where someone was asking peoples opinions on wether leaving her child for 2 weeks (with DH etc) was deemed ok. I'd be looking at 4 + months! and so many mothers supported her but said they couldn't do it themselves- 2 weeks! Imagine longer, much longer. Not nice and I know plenty have to do it.

The main annoyance is time is ticking for both me and DH age wise.....

Joolsiam · 13/02/2009 12:02

mermaid - you called !!

hmmm - some sites I've read say that AF should be considered AWOL and medical advice sought if she hasn't arrived 7 weeks after the first day of a miscarriage.

I've also read that you can consider CD1 as the day after you've passed all the clots. This kind of works for me as I did have an anovulatory bleed 28 days after that date

hope that helps (I know it doesn't help Barbie much though )

My second (hopefully proper) post MC AF is lurking - think she will arrive in full flow tonight or tomorrow - right on schedule ...

barbie1 · 13/02/2009 17:37

7 weeks jools???? bloody hell im screwed then Dh has promised to call bupa and explain the situation and see if we can push for an appointment in the next week or so...

barbie1 · 14/02/2009 08:15

Hello girlies, a warning here do not watch the new jennifer aniston movie marley and me......sat down last night to watch it and i cried from middle to end! Jen suffers a mmc in the middle of the film and they show a hospital scene where she gets the scan (you can see the monitor) and it look just like my scan dh must of realised what it meant because he grabbed my hand and squeezed it. It was so sad, took me right back to a place where i thought i had left a long time ago and the bloody dog died to in the end, a lab like mine honestly its meant to be a childrens film but i sat snotty nosed, red eyed and tear stained all the way through. So take my advise and steer clear! Happy valentines by the way xxx

barbie1 · 15/02/2009 07:45

whoops did i kill the thread

Forrester · 18/02/2009 15:19

The dog dies?! What kind of a film is that? I thought it was meant to be a comedy?? In a way its nice they show someone having a mmc, as it humanises it and 'brings it out of the closet'.

Found out this morning that I have to go away for 6 months. Not happy.

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