42.3 and trying for #4

[marathongirl]

Sunshine that's great news!!! I know what you mean about not getting too attached. It's very hard after you have had losses. I know this last one my BFP was super dark and came up instantly when I tested. I figured that my levels were good so started to get excited. It's normal so just try to be happy about being pregnant until proven otherwise or NOT!!!

 

[charlie15]

Sunshine it's totally understandable to be anxious after what you have been through. The only thing to do is take one day at a time and think positively about the baby growing inside. this ride sure is a stressful one with either a BFN or a BFP, especially for us oldies!

Fandabby I am so excited to hear about you having your baby 2 more days to B'ham, good luck Hun x

ClaireCath how are you going? Did you get your solid smiley?

Yes I think I have O'd, yesterday on CD 15, so a day later than normal. We gave it our best shot this month with lots of action and I managed to avoid anti histamines this month despite hay fever!

 

[2plus1more]

I know it's easier said than done, but I hope you can enjoy these early stages of your pregnancy. Hopefully your kids and the job search are keeping you busy enough from stressing out at this point. Any news on the potential job you mentioned?

Yay Fandabby for getting so close to meeting your little (big) baby. Hoping for a speeding delivery. I'm also taking the red raspberry leaf and heard it can help with delivery too! Ill definitely try it for that reason as well.

Sounds like Marathon, Charlie, ClaireCath, and I are all getting busy right now or have recently...lol. I'm on CD 9 and usually o around CD 12. My husband works til midnight tonight and I told him to wake me up for a quickie. Not a bad end to his day!

 

[Sunshine14]

Thanks Mgirl, Charlie and 2plus for the positive vibes! I'm trying to stay positive and, like you said Charlie, just take it a day at a time but I never got past 5 weeks with any of the recent chems so we will see what this week holds! I have loads of cheapie HPT and so I'm testing every second day to check the levels are still high - which they are but that doesn't mean anything really ............ I have a doctors appointment for tomorrow and am going to see if I can get a referral for an early scan at 6 weeks to check for the HB - fingers xd. As for the job 2plus -- so weird -- I attended a second interview last Thursday, found out Friday I was the preferred candidate and have been waiting for the job offer to come through ever since!! Agh!!!!! Seems like a lifetime - fingers xd I will get the offer tomorrow and they won't withdraw the role (there have been loads of changes just announced in the company that the job is for!).

Anyway onto more positive things hope you ladies have all been enjoying your bding and sending you all tons of baby dust xx

Fandabby thinking of you and your appointment tomorrow! Without any pressure, you will have to try to keep us all updated as we will all be waiting to hear your good news / what is going on!! Exciting times for you hun xx

Clairecath hope you are doing ok hun?

 

[fandabby]

Hi ladies

Charlie, good to hear you ovulated, fingers crossed this is it for you.

Keep up the positive vibes sunshine and good luck sustaining your pregnancy and your job offer. It'll all be fine.

ClaireCath, you are you doing? Did you get your solid smiley face? Keep at it, this could be your month.

2Plus1, the red raspberry leaf helps tone uterus so for delivery it supposed to help with pushing baby out. When I had lady, two pushes she was out.. so who knows. I'm also just starting to bath in lavender oil as it's supposed to soften perineum to help lessen tears. I've torn with all three so far so this will be interesting to see what happens this time around. I took the rrl when ttc and stopped at o for a good few cycles. Good stuff from what I have read. Good luck catching your golden egg.

How's our other ladies doing? and thanks everyone for asking after me.


Birmingham yesterday was a long day but all good news. The fluid is reducing in amniotic sac, they think it all increased and went crazy with whatever was going on the babe and the fluid around heart and MCA's being so high. Fluid around heart still absent and titre levels stable as is MCA.

They took a cross match of my blood and will need to do it again next wednesday. They said I have difficult blood to match for in case I bleed out so they are organising it in advance. I get rescanned too next week to make sure babe still stable and if all good they will give me a date next week for the following week for induction. So it's possible by 2 weeks I will have delivered at 37 weeks, which is a big result since this whole pregnancy has been delicate and it all went crazy early 20 weeks. They are all so amazed I am this far, bit of a medical mystery as was expected to deliver weeks ago.

Hopefully this will mean I only need a short stay in after babe born, assuming there are no transfusions for the babe. They still don't know what state babe will be in once delivered but strong heart beat is a good sign and they feel being at 37 weeks babe can handle better the treatments he/she may need.

Proper count down for me now.

Thinking of you all and hoping to read about some more BFPssssssss.

 

[ClaireCath]

Hi ladies...just checking in! Sunshine, I hope you are still taking it easy and thinking positive thoughts...how about the job offer...did you get another call yet? Marathon, I think I would try straight away too, keep up your positive spirit!!, and sounds like you have your bases covered this month w BD. As do Charlie, 2plusone and myself...lol Funny how we all ended up close in our cycles this month(so we are all in the 2ww right?)....Fandaby...i guess you are one to go in the medical journals alright! So happy for your good news in Birmingham and that things are staying stable with you and the babe. He will be super strong at 37 weeks and able to take on the world! It's so fantastic that you are at this point after what you went have been through. AFM, I DID get my solid smiley after 6 flashers on CD 15. DTD on Day 14 and again the morning on the 16th...hopefully our timing was good. DH and I work crazy hours so sometimes hard to get in more than a quickie but....whatever it takes. Keeping my FX'd for a fast 2ww. I'm only 4dpo now so will not test for quite a while...although i do have some IC's hanging around.....will try to resist. Take care ladies. xo

 

[Sunshine14]

Hi Ladies, hope you are all having a good weekend xx

Fandabby that is such a great update to hear, that everything is going well and you are almost there!! Only couple more weeks and you will have your baba. THinking of you over next couple of weeks hun.
ClaireCath sounds like you timed it perfectly fingers crossed for you this month hun x
Charlie, 2plus and Mgirl where are you all at now? Fingers xd foor you all this cycle too xxx

Afm 5 weeks tomorrow!! I managed to book in for an early scan on Monday 28 July so will see what that shows! I akeed the doc if I would see the HB and she said too early but they should be able to see the fetal pole - so fingers xd.

Thanks for asking ClaireCath I got the job and start Tuesday so looking forward to that as it is a geat job and will certainly help to keep me distracted whilst I see how the next few weeks work out. Feeling much more positive about things now and am just going to go with the flow. Babydust to you all - have my fingers xd for you all this month xx

 

[marathongirl]

Sunshine- that's great!! You might see the hb if you are truly 6 weeks along which you should be if you are 5 weeks now? Fx'd that you see what is going to be your take home baby
Fandabby- thinking about you in the count down to your little rainbow

Afm- on vacation with my 3 kids. Well I should rephrase that as I'm visiting my family we flew almost 8 hours to get here. It felt like an eternity with my 14 month old!! It's been great seeing family so worth it of course!
Definitely no idea what's going on with the body as its first cycle post mc. Pretty sure I o'ed but not charting so not positive? We will see I guess.
Hope everyone is well

 

[charlie15]

Fandabby, wonderful news that all is going well and that you're surprising the Docs! Only 10 more days or so

ClaireCath nice to hear from you again. Glad you got your smiley face, fingers crossed! I am one day ahead of you, 7dpo here. One more week left!

Sunshine yey for getting to book an early scan. Glad job is good, a good distraction for you.

Marathongirl, ew an 8 hour flight with a 14 month old is not fun, but glad it was worth it and your enjoying seeing your family.

 

[2plus1more]

Fandabby, glad that everything is positive and coming together nicely for you. I held a nine week old the other day and it was heaven. So excited for you.

Sunshine, good to hear everything is working out for you. Moving back to London was a great move for you...new job and a healthy pregnancy

AFM, I am 3 dpo, so somewhere just behind Charlie, Marathon, and ClairCath. It's my anniversary today, I'll be 41 in a couple days, and we leave for a vacation to California in less than 2 weeks, so very busy getting ready. Actually, my period is due the day we leave. Yikes! Good luck to all the ladies that are waiting. We can do this!

 

[ClaireCath]

What day shall we start testing then? Lol. Day 7 tooooo early?? ;-)

 

[fandabby]

What day shall we start testing then? Lol. Day 7 tooooo early?? ;-)

I started testing 7 dpo, it killed me waiting that long. Whenever you decide keeping fingers crossed for you and remember 7 days IS early so maybe save your tests and wait 3 more days and test from 10dpo. Lots of baby dust..

Thanks ladies for thinking of me, back to bham Wed more scans, tests and hope to get a date. Taking my 3 with me this time since school is out, should be interesting keeping 3 youngsters from wrecking the hospital before we leave!

I'll keep checking in to see when you all test, won't be long and hoping to see some more positive results. Good luck ladies.

 

[charlie15]

What day shall we start testing then? Lol. Day 7 tooooo early?? ;-)

My original plan was to wait for AF, killjoy I know! Let's see if I can hold out that long lol! If I do and AF doesn't show it will be Sunday.

 

[ClaireCath]

I have some internet cheapies but ya maybe day 10...or maybe wait for the and be a killjoy w u Charlie! hehe I can never decide what's better or worse for me!! Fanab gl in Bham with the three little ones!! Hopefully they won't take over the hospital!! xo

 

[charlie15]

We'll I didn't have to wait too long, the witch turned up 4 days early. I feel just awful, I now have this sinking feeling in my gut and well just want to cry. Don't get me wrong this is not because I haven't got pregnant, I am not that naive but what is going on with my body? An 8 day LP!! Last month 12 days, which I believe is pretty normal for me and fine. But why 8 days now? Everything I read says your follicular phase, therefore ovulation day is the variable part of the cycle, yet that part is like clockwork. The LP should be constant to within a day or 2, so what's with a 4 day variation? When I last had this I was breastfeeding which is normal then. Now I am not breastfeeding! I just don't understand and that is freaking me out. The only vague explanation I can find is my hormones are not back to normal since the MC. But that is now 4 months, surely they would be by now?
Just want to cry, this is the lowest I have felt since TTC No 2 tbh. I know I'll pick myself up soon, I am not one to fester on things, but

 

[marathongirl]

Charlie- so sorry about the witch being early. That just so sucks but there has to be an explanation? Are you under a bit more stress? Are you taking b6 that helps with lengthening lp. I also know that after my 12 week loss 3 years ago that my hormones were way out of wack and it took a lot to get them back. I was taking Maca root for a while. It's supposed to balance hormones. A short lp would be a result of low progesterone. So maybe that would help? Also maybe talking with your doctor about progesterone supplements after o? Just throwing out ideas? It might just be a one off as well?
ClaireCath- good luck with testing! I find I never test earjy because I can't stand to see the stark white. When I was charting I always "knew" when I was pregnant because I would have a temp spike on 13 dpo?!

 

[2plus1more]

Ugh, so sorry about the witch. I know what you mean about being taken by surprise. You can take a look at my charts. Last month my lp was shortened by 2 days. Still okay, but it was unnerving and unexpected. Did you change any supplements? Do you take a b6 vit? B6 is suppose to help with the lp. I did stop taking mine mid cycle last month so maybe stopping it messed up my cycle. Don't know? Anyways, my point is they say the lp should be constant, but for some reason mine changed last month. If you're not on b6, look it up. I think your hormones are still regulating from the breastfeeding and the mc. Good luck next month.

 

[fandabby]

Hey Charlie, be kind to yourself, as the lovely ladies have said your body is balancing from bf and your mc. I read up on low progesterone and I took black cohosh to help increase progesterone and also the red raspberry leaf which tones uterus but also aids balancing hormones. I would have said at beginning of this thread how I took them. Not sure if it helped as took other stuff too but textbook is supporting ladies hormones.

Stress also plays us and messes things up.

Keep your chin up and dont dwell it'll come good.

 

[fandabby]

Just trawled through to see where i listed supplements and here it is:

This is my list of what I took before getting pregnant:

Prenatal vitamins Fertilaid from Babystart - 1 a day

Calcium, Magnesium with Vitamin D3 - took 3 a day with meals. total dose taking all 3 are Vit D 400 i.u. Calcium 1,000mg, Magnesium 500mg*

Mega B-100 Time Released Vitamin B Complex - 1 a day

CoEnzyme Q-10 30mg - I took 6 a day with meals

Royal Jelly 100mg - I took 3 a day with meals

Wheat Germ Oil 1130mg - 1 a day

Triple Mega 3.6.9 1200mg Active Omega Complex - 3 a day with meal

Vit D3, 10,000IU - 1 a day

Black Cohosh 40mg - 2 capsules twice a day with meal (I took this after my miscarriage finished end of Nov 2013) From what I have read you are supposed to only take this up until ovulation. I stopped at CD12. Then waited for period to come and then started again on CD1 if not pregnant

Red Raspberry leaf 3 a day tablets. Stopped at CD12 then started again CD1 if not pregnant

Evening Primrose Oil (again stop at CD12)

Once I got my positive I stopped everything apart from prenatals, the calcium mix, triple mega 3-6-9 I reduced to 1 a day and Vit D3 10,000 IU.

This may help......

Good luck.

 

[ClaireCath]

Hey Charlie..i agree with the others, your body is still balancing from what you have gone through with the mc and just stopping breastfeeding...i am by no means an expert but that makes sense to me. Marathon i am the same, hate the stark white. But i did test this a.m. 10dpo and i got nuthin. I think my eggs are all hard and rubbish. Blek. Sorry to be a party pooper but that's just how i feel at the moment.