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Pregnancy after misscarriage

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Anonyymouss · 08/07/2024 11:18

Hi,

I had a misscarriage (5weeks) on 12 June.
It happened naturally and I am still bleeding (light) and hcg has come down to 10.
Main reason of misscarriage was low progestrone and low hcg.
My hcg was 126 and progestrone was only 14.

I am emotionally depressed and I want to have a baby but I am afraid that due to low progestrone same happens next time.
I have pcos and irregular cycle.

Anything I can do to increase progestrone as gp/epu does not prescribe progestrone.
And how long should I wait to conceive again.

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Anonyymouss · 08/07/2024 12:23

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OneSillyBee · 08/07/2024 15:39

Hi OP, so sorry for what you're going through. I had an early loss in August last year too and it's awful. You're in the middle of it right now and I completely understand the need to plan ahead! I never had a cause identified for my loss (interested that you got results for HCG and Progesterone, how did that come about?) but I also have PCOS and had irregular cycles. If it helps, I can tell you what I did after my experience and how it's gone...

First just be aware that it could take your cycle a while to resume. For me it didn't return until October, after my loss in August. This is your breathing time really, even though it is very hard waiting to start bleeding again. When I was ready I read a book called "It Starts With The Egg". It details all the latest research into what might optimise your eggs for pregnancy - there may be a section in there about optimising progesterone but I can't remember. I found the section dedicated to Pcos really helpful and I followed most of the advice supplied - I cannot possibly say whether I wouldn't have got pregnant again without the regimen, but I did, and reading it at least made me feel like I wasn't completely powerless to help my situation (it involved a lot of supplements, which is a personal thing as to what you feel comfortable taking) and some diet changes. I had already taken myo-inositol for a long time prior to pregnancy and really found it helped regulate my cycle in PCOS, if you haven't ever tried that. I got pregnant again, in November, on my second resumed cycle after miscarriage - I am now almost 35 weeks along and all thankfully seems really well.

A word on progesterone - I was prescribed it because when I started bleeding in August I told them (truthfully) that I had had a suspected miscarriage a couple of years previously, and at the time I was seen for the bleeding at the EPAU my pregnancy still looked viable on ultrasound. I didn't have time to start taking it because I lost my pregnancy later the same day. I kept it under my bed for future use but never needed it in my second - part of the reason I didn't just take it anyway is that ironically it can CAUSE bleeding, and I knew that bleeding would tip my sanity over the edge - I dreamed I was bleeding constantly in the early weeks of this pregnancy.

Sorry for the long essay but my heart goes out to you so much, especially if you aren't even through the bleeding stage of your loss. It is awful, truly, and don't let anyone or yourself tell you it didn't matter because it was so early - take your time and don't rush resuming trying until you're ready emotionally (whatever that looks like, I'm still not sure!) as well as physically. Huge hugs

Anonyymouss · 08/07/2024 15:53

@OneSillyBee Hi,

Thank you so much for your kind words and support.
I went to EPU because of the bleeding and dizziness and they did the tests. I am also taking myo-inositol but I am much more broken emotionally than physically.

Congratulations on your pregnancy.
May you and your little joy be safe and healthy and always be a source of peace for each other.

I will also start reading the book.

Hugs 🫂

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OneSillyBee · 08/07/2024 16:04

Anonyymouss · 08/07/2024 15:53

@OneSillyBee Hi,

Thank you so much for your kind words and support.
I went to EPU because of the bleeding and dizziness and they did the tests. I am also taking myo-inositol but I am much more broken emotionally than physically.

Congratulations on your pregnancy.
May you and your little joy be safe and healthy and always be a source of peace for each other.

I will also start reading the book.

Hugs 🫂

It's still so so so recent for you, it's not even 4 weeks. I promise it really will get easier, and you may find you have learned so much about yourself and your body when you begin to come out the other side. I like to think my little lost one had some lessons for me that I needed (and I still cry and grieve regularly almost a year on - it's just less overwhelming and more a natural bittersweet part of my own individual motherhood now). All the best and thank you for the good wishes to me too 🤍

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