Pregnancy after miscarriage

[Selena33]

Hello,

I just found out I’m pregnant again (very early days, 4w today). I had a mmc back in April which was diagnosed at almost 12 weeks but baby had stopped growing at 8 weeks and then I fell pregnant again but had a natural mc at 5+5.
This time I am taking progesterone pessaries and aspirin. Anyone else pregnant after a loss? I’m so scared about mmc but trying to relax as much as possible.

@SRLaycock might be a bit easier privately. I will pm you.

@Loubylauralou no probs chick - I'm V new to this app so how do I access the private messages?! 🤣

@Loubylauralou never mind I've figured it out!!!!

Thinking about you @Onebabyandamadcat! Hope all goes well today.

Oh no @Loubylauralou that's awful, I'm so sorry you're going through that again 😔

I know this won't be any consolation right now, but after my second miscarriage I was able to get my GP to agree to basic blood tests (thyroid function, clotting screen, APS antibodies, and full blood count). I also got a prescription for cyclogest for my next pregnancy, which I'm now on, and off my own research started taking low dose aspirin too and am now for the first time in the second trimester. Sometimes third time's the charm.

@Loubylauralou I'm so so so sorry to hear that.

I had medical management - feel free to PM me.

Hey everyone back from my scan with more questions than answers I think. I'm measuring 5+4 (going by last period I should be 6+5). However gestational sac looks good, yolk sac looks good, there might be a small fetal pole (1mm maybe) and the womb lining is think and healthy. Going by ovulation I think it might just tie up with when I think I ovulated. I'm so annoyed I didn't ask for measurements at my epu scan on Tuesday when they just said 5-6 weeks to compare whether it's grown enough.

Bleeding was minimal yesterday and there's been none today though if I bleed later I'm going to blame the internal ultrasound rather than think it's anything bad.

Anyone got any insights? I'm cautiously optimistic but also don't want to kid myself. What do you guys think?

Sounds really confusing but hopeful. Maybe you ovulated a bit late? We're you tracking at all?

Do you have another scan booked? And what did the docs say?

I would be cautiously optimistic, also. I think booking in for another scan might reassure you. Did they suggest that?

I've a follow up on Friday at EPU so that'll hopefully say one way or the other. I wasn't tracking cause it was so soon after our miscarriage but only DTD twice that month and the dates just about tie up if I ovulated late give or take a day

Friday, isn't too far away. It'll seem like it though.

I'm so irritable! My boobs are uncomfortable. I'm thinking what are the chances. I've also realised that CD42 is Thursday, not Monday as my period started on 8 October. Fighting myself to test or not. I know that there's absolutely nothing I can do to affect the outcome. What will be will be.

One DTD with a condom coming out of what I would have considered my fertile period. It just doesn't feel positive to me yet my period still isn't here.

Wish I could fast forward.

Evening all, I introduced myself and then disappeared as I couldn’t talk about being pregnant and had to just ignore it to get myself up to my first scan. I had my first scan on Wednesday and it was terrifying after my three recent losses, I was in bits, but everything went well, the doctor reassured me very quickly about seeing a heartbeat and then, ‘was this an IVF pregnancy?’.

It most certainly wasn’t and I most definitely was not expecting him to find twins there! I have spent the last three days in complete shock, researching statistics for twin loss/risk/complication and also wondering how on Earth I will cope!

I don’t know that anyone will have experienced this and I recognise that on a board where everyone has experienced such terrible losses, to feel conflicted about a pregnancy is really quite terrible and perhaps the wrong audience, but I just feel so incredibly overwhelmed!

@russianred that's good news 😁not one amazing gift but two miracles at once I do understand must be a lot for you to take in it will sink in eventually but from an outsider like myself your news are nothing but great give urself time eventually all your fears will be replaced by excitement and love

@russianred

Evening all, I introduced myself and then disappeared as I couldn’t talk about being pregnant and had to just ignore it to get myself up to my first scan. I had my first scan on Wednesday and it was terrifying after my three recent losses, I was in bits, but everything went well, the doctor reassured me very quickly about seeing a heartbeat and then, ‘was this an IVF pregnancy?’.

It most certainly wasn’t and I most definitely was not expecting him to find twins there! I have spent the last three days in complete shock, researching statistics for twin loss/risk/complication and also wondering how on Earth I will cope!

I don’t know that anyone will have experienced this and I recognise that on a board where everyone has experienced such terrible losses, to feel conflicted about a pregnancy is really quite terrible and perhaps the wrong audience, but I just feel so incredibly overwhelmed!

Gosh that's a LOT to take in. You must me reeling. Massive congratulations on scan going well. Not sure what to advise but I think just take some time because it must have been a shock.

It’s a huge shock! I already have children who I share with ex-DH. My partner has no children, is the most incredible man and it has been very important for us to have a child together - our last loss was at 18 weeks and was simply awful. So on reflection, of course this is a much wanted, longed for pregnancy, but it’s completely life-changing for so many of us. I can’t plan too far ahead because experiencing loss has meant I don’t feel able to, but I know I need to plan ahead because this needs so much thought. I have a scan every two weeks for the coming 10 weeks and will find out more about my care once we know what kind of twins they are.

@russianred ur other half sounds great and will be supportive like u said wanted and longed for pregnancy so you two together will make a strong team yes late loss spoil pregnancy but one step at a time you will get there

@Loubylauralou I'm so sorry you're going through this again. I did expectant management following a MMC and it happened fairly quickly. They say once your mind knows your body often catches up. Sending love and so many best wishes.

My boobs have stopped hurting, which was my only symptom with my MMC. So now I'm convinced it's gone wrong again.

Still nothing from EPU so I think I'll have to book a private scan. Not sure I can cope with this again.

@Onceuponathread remember symptoms can come and go, especially in the early days. It's rubbish you've not heard from EPU can you not contact them directly in your health board? I totally get the second guessing and waiting - it's utter torture!

I'm scared to say this incase I jinx anything (ridiculous I know) but other than slight bleeding on Saturday which I'm putting down to the vaginal ultrasound I've had no spotting since Thursday, like nothing not even tiny spots. I've got tender boobs and spent twenty mins throwing up this morning. I'm starting to get a bit hopeful that maybe I am just a week earlier and my spotting was implantation (the longest implantation bleed in history but maybe?). Though now I'm scared to let myself get hopeful only to be utterly crushed on Friday. It's going to be such a long week.

@Onebabyandamadcat that sounds really promising!! You are still so early on that scans are quite often inconclusive and they just guess dates etc. My early scan they thought it was identical twins as there was another blob, then it turned out to be just one baby, I really think this is why they don’t normally scan so early. I am very hopeful you will have a brilliant scan on friday! I hope you can keep super busy this week and it goes quickly for you xx

@OnceUponAThread Are you going to book a private scan? I'm furious for you that you've been left to worry for so long! I know it's easy for me to say but my symptoms do come and go regularly and all is fine at the moment so try not to let that make you panic too much (but I know that's super easy to say but so much harder to actually do) xxx

Hey everyone, having a very difficult day today so thought I'd come here. It makes a difference to read about everyone's experiences

I had an internal scam last Thursday at 7&1 and I was showing as normal looking (gestational sac, yolk sac and 3mm embryo tail) but quite small, so was told to come back in 10 days for another scan.

Today I've had dark brown spotting. It's very very light but this, coupled with the fact that my boobs aren't as sore as yesterday is making me super nervous.

Could be from the scan, but could be start of a mis. I know there's nothing I can do but wait and get bloods but it's really tough

Big hugs to everyone

Meant to say, no heartbeat yet on the scan but the dr said it's just v early as it's so small, and not to worry at this stage

@mumuldn I'm so sorry you're going through this. I totally get the panicking after the brown spotting. I've been panicking over that for two weeks! I really hope it's just some old implantation blood making its way out or the internal scan irritating your cervix. Have they booked you in for another scan?