@calipoppy With symptoms, I always felt my body would start to get used to things and that's why symptoms fluctuated or seemed to disappear. I've never had morning sickness, so just get tired, queasy and sometimes get insomnia. I'm not able to eat very large portions at all and my appetite hasn't been great. I need to get new bras though. It is like my body remembers what it is meant to do. I have abdominal bloating and already look like I'm showing.
@Singingloudforalltohear Hope you scan goes well!
@MO22 If you search for Tommy's and progesterone it will give you information on the PROMISE & PRISM trials. It only recommends that progesterone makes a good difference to outcomes for repeated m/c.
With all my successful pregnancies, my bfp was at 11dpo. I got hcg tests privately with medichecks this time. They do a progesterone test too as a pregnancy progress test. It is really easy and convenient to test. When I did hcg tests this time I also did progesterone tests, which were just within threshold, but very low.
I am pretty sure I have issues with progesterone as when charting my temperatures in my luteal phase would often collapse, where I would get the occasional good cycle where they surged well and stayed high. I think that might have also been why I was getting recurrent early losses around 5-6 weeks between my 2 daughters.
The midwife sonographer I saw at almost 7 weeks told me that as long as I wasn't bleeding or spotting things were probably ok and scan progression would supersede any blood results as progesterone isn't something they test for. She said I could test it for peace of mind, but she also wouldn't want me to be wasting my money. My fertility history is different though and I've not had MMCs. I always tested and knew the hcg wasn't increasing sufficiently for pregnancies that weren't viable, so knew if they were going to progress based on the hcg. The baby med hcg calculator and info alongside it is very good.
I think I'd be wary taking progesterone myself unless I had a clinical need defined by my doctor as my body seem fairly finely balanced hormonally, so I have to try to trust it, which can be hard. It's easier now as I'm almost 9 weeks and I think the placenta is taking over. I think it would be hard to get to see a doctor so early and EPAU would just scan once early enough to check everything is in the correct place, then to check growth and start taking some measurements.
Hope that helps, but the first few weeks to month are so difficult and anxiety driven. You have to look after yourself well, get plenty of rest and take each day as it comes. I liked the datayze risk calculator too as everyday my risk went down and today I was still pregnant for another day so there are occasional moments of joy that would break through the anxiety.
I had my booking appointment yesterday and have a growth scan next week at 9+2, then 12 week scan at 11+2 and a consultant appointment at 15+3. They were going to do that over the phone, but I asked if I could just come into the clinic as it would be easier than trying to take a call in school. The midwife said they would test for gestational diabetes properly this time and took a baseline test for my blood sugar. I think my metabolism is all linked in alongside fertility, as my other two daughter were both just under 10lbs. I am probably best to stick to a fairly low GI diet, but I'm also trying to get plenty of fruit and veg (can be hard if I feel icky). They do blood tests for down syndrome risk, etc at 12 week scan.
MW also said it's unlikely they would let me go past term due to my age and would induce, but would give me injections before so that I won't hemorrhage this time. Both my previous pregnancies went to 41+3. She said as well about possible low dose aspirin and blood thinning injections later on, but that depends. It was my age and then my bmi was at a threshold, which pushes me over into high risk and will more once I start getting heavier. The midwife told me to refer to EPAU up until 17 weeks and then after that to maternity assessment.