1983 - my first pregnancy was a blighted ovum, we were scanned at 6 weeks as they suspected ectopic due to some severe pains I'd been having. But scan showed it was not ectopic, but no h/b etc, but we were told it was just too early. So we actually went away reassured as we'd seen it in the right place, and at that time our main concern was that it may have been ectopic. They wanted to see me again in 2 weeks, so at 8 weeks gestation. And it was at this scan that we were told there was a problem. I went to theatre 2 days later for evacuation.
Second pregnancy was completely different - this time I'd been poorly at about 6 weeks with diarrhoea, horrendous diarrhoea, like I'd never experience in my life! I must have been going about 20 times a day, belly just churning all day and gurgling every time I ate or drank anything. I spoke to GP who said try not to worry, keep eating and drinking etc. 3 days later I saw GP coz no better and still GP was happy, I was keeping myself hydrated and BP was ok etc. Then about day 6 this subsided and I felt a bit better, and day 7 I started bleeding! And then nature took its course, and I miscarried spontaneously. I was scanned during all of this, and we did see a yolk sac inside the gestational sac, which was more that we'd had the first time, but by then we already knew that HSG was falling and I was going to m/c.
I felt a bit comforted by the fact that things were different from the first time, and that we did have a bit more progress even if things had gone wrong again. If exactly the same thing had happened again I would have wondered if we ever COULD get any further.
They tell me that this is just purely bad luck, and that the two things are not related, and there is no reason why it should happen for a third time. But as u can imagine we won't be happy till we see something positive on our first scan on Friday.
As for the aspirin, I was told to start when AF started after my last m/c and I've taken it right through since then. I had not heard that it could affect ovulation, and it certainly didn't affect mine.
In terms of AF, I'd come off the pill about a year ago before we started to TTC, and let myself get regular again. At this point my cycle was about 24 days, ovulating on day 10 or 11, and I felt it clearly every month. Never done any temping or OPKs, I just felt it each month so never felt the need to do anything more. I got pregnant 2nd month of trying. After my evacuation in January it took 7 weeks before I had another period. Afterwards my cycle got settled again, but I'd gone to having a 28 day cycle, ovulating on day 14. Again I was pregnant 2nd month of trying.
I think because it was more natural with miscarrying spontaneously the second time, my body got back to normal much more quickly, and a couple of weeks later I was having my next period. That's when I started aspirin.
Again my cycles were 28 days, ov on day 14, I wouldn't say heavier than normal (although I'd only had about 4 in the whole time since I'd been off the pill due to rest of time being pregnant or miscarrying! So hard really to compare to "normal") but this time it took longer to get pregnant, which was frustrating because I'd been pregnant really quickly both times before. September was the 4th month I'd tried, which I know is not long, but its nearly a year from starting to TTC, so was starting to get me down. That's when I started this thread, and to my delight got my BFP a couple of weeks later. I'll be 6 weeks on Monday....
It sure is a roller coaster ride!
I don't know about u, but when this happened to me for the first time I realised just how many people this affects. So many people I know told me that the same had happened to them, or their friends, or family members. And their stories made me feel better as out of all of them only one person is still waiting to have their first baby, all of the others have their families now and it all just feels like a blip they had a long time ago, rather than feeling like the huge loss that it feels to all of us at this time.