6 weeks dropping BBT. am I having a miscarriage

[MoonstoneAndRoseQuartz]

Firstly , I know what your going to say stop tempting.
I've been temping since they took me off progesterone 2 weeks ago because I've had a miscarriage before and previous bloods came back low progesterone. I can predict my period based on my bbt.
I've been using my bbt to check my progesterone. A few days after stopping it my temp started to go down. Its now at the stage today it was 36.19 this is when I would expect a period. Now I'm worried it means I'm having a miscarriage and confirms my low progesterone. Does anyone have experience with this.
Is a bad sign isn't it?
I've been so stressed all morning I've upset my bowels and had to skip work. My boss is raging at me .
I've been concerned that I may have a blighted ovum and that's why I'm still testing positive. Have been to gp and basically no help. I explained I was having severe cramping and I was concerned anout my progesterone. She refused to do a 48hr hcg tests. I also contacted my nhs fertility clinic where' id had treatment they told me they don't routinely check hcg and progesterone either. I just feel lost. I've explained to both clinic and gp I'm mentally struggling really bad given my past miscarriage and something just dosent feel right. I lost all my symptoms aswell and told them I feel like im sitting here not knowing if I'm losing yet another baby or not. I have a scan in 2 weeks but that feels like an eternity. I feel like im getting no help from anywhere.i already told my gp before we had treatment I'm crying all the time and I need help, it's been such a long fertility journey and I'm just refused help.
Its not normal for my bbt to be dropping like this during pregnancy is it?
Has anyone experienced similar what was your outcome?

I’m in the same boat I’m afraid. Temp had been consistently high and has started falling now.

Getting further HCG results today but like you, I think it’s blighted ovum. I’ll ask the nurse what the temp might indicate and let you know what she says x

I made this exact post myself at about 5w pregnant, following a long fertility journey. I wish I could find the thread to link for you but ultimately everyone said stop temping. I did so I can't tell you what happened ultimately with my temp but I'm now 28+5 so im my case it wasn't a bad sign.

I'd tell you to relax and enjoy your pregnancy but I know it's virtually impossible. Just try to hang on in there and remind yourself it's more likely than not to have a positive outcome. And congratulations both on your pregnancies ❤

@LavenderSweetPea thanks so nice to hear
Did you have a constant slope with your bbt or just a one off temp? I think its the fact mine is progressively declining
And I'm not at base temp I normally would start a period.
I've got cramps and grogginess which is what I get leading upto my period so its hard to think there's a positive outcome

@EllieN17 yes please kindly keep me updated

Turns out I’m ectopic but the temperature wasn’t necessarily an indication of this.

best of luck with your pregnancy!

When I had a BFP but my temp was lower than normal post ovulation temps but higher than normal follicular phase temps my pregnancy was ectopic. In your shoes if you don't start bleeding in the next few days and if you still test positive I'd probably see if I could get a scan.

@EllieN17 sorry to hear that
Take care of yourself
@Bleepbloopbluurp it's interesting because a week ago I was concerned about ectopic as I'd had slightly right sided pain but as my hcg was in an acceptable range and I had no bleeding gp wouldn't refer me to epu. My epu isn't self referral I require my gps referral to get a scan there. Can you still have rising hcg with ectopic? They told me hcg would be low

HCG levels in ectopics tend to be lower than normal but because "normal" is a broad range you really can't diagnose an ectopic with one or two blood HCG values.

They do rise (albeit may not double as they would for a normal pregnancy).
Not sure I'd read anything into the pain you felt on its own because a corpus luteum cyst (perfectly normal) can do the same. But to me the temps suggest something may be amiss.

@MoonstoneAndRoseQuartz I had a decline in temp over about 3-4 days before I posted about it and decided to stop temping for my sanity.

As we are discussing ectopics, my previous pregnancy sadly was ectopic. I ended up very suddenly in a&e with sudden pain at 6 weeks and I've never thought to look back before but I've checked my old temp chart from then and I didn't have a temp fall at all (in fact temp was slightly rising still). So for me definitely falling temp in no way linked to ectopic or not.

Also, rereading your original message have you been using progesterone in your follicular phase and have just recently stopped it? Or are you just concerned about low progesterone

@LavenderSweetPea I was using progesterone but they stopped it . Thats when my temps starting dropping away down.
I do have a progesterone issue.
We managed to get a private prescription and
I've been back on the progesterone since yesterday morning but just fearing its too late now. My hcg is still rising . Digital has went from 2-3 last week to 3+ this week but I suppose that means nothing.
I just feel like something isn't right
. I had exhaustion, tender boobs and tummy and food aversions but all those have completely disappeared too and I'm now 6+ and have no symptoms at all and combining this with the severe cramping I had and now temp drop it's just seems odd

I'm glad you've managed to get a new prescription for the progesterone, that's really good news. Just hold on in there. In regards to the cramping, does it go away with paracetamol? If so it's likely to be regular pregnancy cramping nothing to worry about, if it's bad enough paracetamol doesn't help tbh I would go to a&e for an ectopic scan, they can refer you straight through to EPU.

@LavenderSweetPea the cramping is alot milder than it used to be. It was one bout of severe cramping that has left me quite paranoid since I suppose as gp even told me the cramping should be severe. Mine was way worse than period pain. I'm used to cramping all the time so it must have been bad enough for me to take notice.
I've rang the clinic see if I can get my scan any quicker as I can't handle much more mentally and they've now changed my appointment to next Friday 1st so one week earlier.
I'm just hoping I'm being over paranoid and maybe I'm just lucky and my body tolerates pregnancy well. I think its rhe fact I've had a miscarriage at the start of the year and knowing my progesterone is low I fear because I've been off the progesterone now for 2 weeks. That's a long time for my levels to be low.
I went through ivf and I'm not sure we can financially do another round so I'm really dreading this pregnancy not working out either

I'm shocked your clinic didn't prescribe progesterone to 12w following your bfp. This is usually standard procedure following IVF. Glad they moved your scan forward a bit, how many days post transfer will you be one the 1st?

I'll be 7 weeks at that scan.
I cant really understand it either and it really frustrated me . Maybe it's because I had a fresh transfer as opposed to frozen?
They wouldn't organise bloods either as they said its not routine following a transfer

7 weeks is also kind of on the late side. I guess every clinic is different. If it would help your mental health and you've got any money left you could book a scan at window to the womb or ultrasound direct, they'll scan from 6 weeks to check position of baby.

Can you ask your IVF clinic to run bloods and do a scan? Worth paying for peace of mind if you can (and I'd expect them to be willing to do both).