A group for TTC#1 and had more than one loss?

[wookie130]

Misswish, huge congrats! Praying it's a very sticky one this time!

Lexi, good luck with your midwife!

AFM, CD 2...the witch struck a bit early yesterday, which gives me my old LP of 14 days back, which really, I'm thankful for.

 

[lexi374]

Still waiting for the midwife she is running late grr....

Dh is at work til wed, then off. I am meeting a friend i havent seen for ages tom then haircut wed. Thursday im hoping it will be 3rd time lucky and we actually get the kitchen tiled!! So that is pretty much this week done.

Next monday is scan, im shitting it about that..... Would like to get away for a few days after that but i dunno.... theyve just said the crap weather is gonna continue for the rest of the month!! Im dreaming of swimming pools and sun!!!

 

[lauraemily17]

Hi Ladies

I originally joined this thread in the beginning after suffering 2 mcs but have been mostly a silent stalker.

Firstly I am so sorry for all your losses that have bought you here but hope, like I did, you take comfort from all the support from such lovely ladies. For those that have recently had a loss sending huge I know it is hard to see now but one day you will get your rainbow baby. Congrats to those who have got their BFPs and their rainbow babies.

I wanted to add a little more info on the aspirin debate based on my experiences.

All the talk about taking it is related to blood clotting issues, but its supposed benefits are far wider than that. I was lucky in that I had full testing after only 2 miscariages, all of which came back normal. This surprised me as I have an autoimmune condition (psoriarsis) so something should have shown up on the auto immune tests. Even the professer who runs the clinic was surprised. Because of this he advised to take baby aspirin anyway. Now I'm not sure exactly how it helps autoimmune conditions but apparently it does. I started taking it that month while TTC and concieved this baby. I was told to keep taking it until I reached 34 weeks.

At 16 weeks I had an appoitnemnt at the pregnancy hypertension clininc due to a family history of pre-eclampsia. At the time my blood pressure was fine but again was told to take baby aspirin but this time until my baby is born. Now again, I'm not sure exactly how aspirin helps but assume this is something to do with it thinnng the blood. Unfortunealty I have still ended up with pre-eclampsia albeit mild and am now on beta blockers to control my blood pressure but, while in hospital being treated I was again told to continue taking aspirin daily until my baby is born by a hypertension consultant.

For me I really think the aspirin helped me keep this baby and probably kept the pre-e away for longer and stopped it from being any more serious.

Sooperhans - My DH tried to get me some from boots but stupidly told them it was for his pregnant wife when they asked so they refused to sell it to him so seems to be something speciifc to boots. I always pay for it now on their self service tills, it'll let yuou put 2 packs through as long as you're not buying any ibuprofen as well!!

 

[Nicki123]

Hi everyone, what a dreary Monday. Mind you I had to work yesterday as work is so busy so it feels like Tuesday. Not good.

Happy Birthday Thurl!! What I wouldn't give to be 30 again... I'm going to be 36 this year so you're a young pup.

Wookie YAY for a 14 day LP I had my first one of those last month, trying to see a bright side to getting AF

Soop well done for making decision re aspirin, hope it didnt do your head in too much.

Lexi enjoy your 2 weeks off work, so jealous!

NSN lovely to hear from you as always. I'm ok thanks, just working so dmn hard at the mo and am knackered. Meant to start smeping at the weekend but had to work lots and was too tired. Cd13 today so should still be in time a I don't usually ov til cd16-19 but noticed lots of ewcm today so must summon up some energy from somewhere and jump on DH tonight

 

[Nicki123]

Oh and hello LauraEmily, congrats on your pregnancy, not long left for you now!!

 

[wookie130]

Nicki, I normally have a 15-16 day luteal phase, thanks to the Clomid and B-50 vitamins...so longer than most. 14 days is what I usually have au naturale usually, even though this last cycle I was still taking the B vits and Clomid.

On to round 3 of Clomid after my loss in February...it's technically round 4 of Clomid, as that first round succeeded in knocking me up. I lost that one early on, and now I'm on my 3rd round of Clomid post-loss. It's so frickin' frustrating.

 

[notoptimistic]

I hear ya wookie! I haven't been pregnant since my last miscarriage in January 2011, so needless to say I'm very frustrated!

 

[Nicki123]

Hey wookie, sorry, so hard to keep up with everyone! I suppose a 14 day LP is the ideal and you don't want a longer one if you're not pg as its longer to wait to try again so I bet you're glad you're back to 14 days. I have my Fx that clomid works for you and notsooptimistic. TTC is probably the most frustrating thing we will ever do....

 

[wookie130]

Hey wookie, sorry, so hard to keep up with everyone! I suppose a 14 day LP is the ideal and you don't want a longer one if you're not pg as its longer to wait to try again so I bet you're glad you're back to 14 days. I have my Fx that clomid works for you and notsooptimistic. TTC is probably the most frustrating thing we will ever do....

Yes, it is, undeniably. Especially when I know I can get pregnant...I'm just not carrying my babies to term.

 

[NewToAllThis]

Hi everyone

Some of you will remember me, others not!

Lady - wow, you're nearly there hun. Good luck and can't wait to hear that she's arrived safe and sound

Patiently - best of luck with the TTC and so sorry you've had a really crappy few months with everything

Lexi - OMG, 11 weeks already - time is flying. Hope you are well

Susywoosy - thanks for popping in to give us all hope. Its nice to read success stories

Soop - I'll join the big aspirin debate and say that the FS said to me to start taking it if and when I get a BFP as there is 'some evidence' that it can help sustain a pregnancy.


Hi to all the newbies - no chance to read everything but I promise to try and keep up from now on.

AFM - Sorry I've not been around for a while but really been struggling with everything.
I'll start from my first FS appointment on 27th April.

I went with no idea what they were going to say or do. I bawled my eyes out for most of the appointment. The fertility nurse was lovely, held my hand and told me they were going to do everything they could for me and went through tons of stuff and arranged lots of blood tests. I have now had virtually all of the recurrent miscarriage tests but not yet had many results.
We are still waiting the results of all of the blood tests, not too sure what tests they are apart from the karotyping and the FSH/LH (CD3/4) tests.

I was booked in for a hysteroscopy which I underwent on May 30th.

DH had to provide a sample for SA. A couple of days before I went in for the hysteroscopy, we received a letter asking for a repeat sample in 4 weeks. I was a bit shocked by this and went into complete panic mode.

When I went for the hysteroscopy, I mentioned it and the gynae looked in my notes and said that the sample was very poor. So poor that he would never expect me to get pregnant naturally. I was devastated - although he did try and make me feel better by explaining that as I have got pregnant naturally... twice... and within 'normal' range of 12 months, that he thought it was a duff sample therefore that's why they asked us to repeat it. (DH is due to do it week after next sometime as it has to be delivered by 9am so there's only a set week in which he can do that)

I underwent the hysteroscopy with no anesthetic (as local is apparently more painful than a 'standard' procedure)
But guess what... mine wasn't a standard procedure - he discovered the neck of my cervix was stuck together. Most probably scarring from my last D&C.
He had to 'unstick' it and my god, was it painful. Then he inflated my uterus with water to check the rest of the sides - major major period pains but it only lasted a couple of minutes.
All is well with the rest of my uterus - apart from my lining not being thick enough. I was mid cycle when I had it done and he wrote on the notes ''cavity appearance slightly atrophic for mid cycle"

I have today made an appointment for a mid cycle scan as they want to assess my endometrium and follicles (so the letter says)

So in a nutshell that's it - not really positive about the whole thing at the moment and have struggled to be on here to be honest.

 

[BeachChica]

Misswish - congrats!!! Try to stay positive if that's possible! I know its hard not to worry but you have to remember, that can't change the outcome and this could be your forever!!!!

Soop - I have everything crossed for you this month!!! When will you start testing?

Thurl - Happy birthday!!! 30 is still young!!! Ugh I just turned 39 Booo!!!

Wookie - maybe your cycle is getting back to normal!!! Since you don't seem to have trouble getting pregnant, just carrying, why are you taking the Clomid? Just wondering because I keep asking my doc about it and he says I don't need it.

Lexi - enjoy your 2 weeks off!!!

NSN - so great you are still popping in with us here!!!

Laura - congrats on your Little one!!! Its so great to hear the sucess stories, it gives us all hope! Did you do anything else different this time?

Nicki - Yes get on it tonight!!!

NTAT - welcome back! So sorry for all that you are going through!!! I had all that testing done and I know that it's awful!!! Hope you will be able to get some answers though.

:wave: to everyone I missed!!

AFM - just waiting for O now, I think this week we will start to get to it I am hoping that my temps have finally settled back down after my vacation time adjustments!!!

 

[Madeline]

hey Beach Chica, misswish, soup, thurl, rookie, lexi, Nicki and everyone

hope you are all having a good day fingers crossed for everyone trying to catch that egg

I just got a positive on my OPK. This means I will O day 12 of my cycle instead of day 10 when I normally O. I am wondering if this is because of the mc. Has anyone else had this experience?

Madeline xxx

 

[wookie130]

Beach, I have low progesterone, and was not ovulating very strongly at all. My first pregnancy was right off the BCP, and my hormones were wonky anyway, which I'm sure allowed me to become pregnant easily. This last time took 6 cycles, and only on my first medicated cycle did I become pregnant again. I'm now beginning my 3rd cycle after the last loss in February. The Clomid allows me to ovulate strongly, and have good progesterone.

 

[BeachChica]

Madeline - my cycles were definitely all over the board after MC's I have O'd anywhere from CD 14 to 20. I am glad I temp because if I didn't I would probably definitely miss my "window of opportunity".

Wookie - thanks for the info on the Clomid. FX for you this month!!! I have low Progesterone too but so far I haven't had too much trouble getting pregnant... its keeping it that seems to be my problem. I wanted to go on Clomid hoping to O earlier and maybe get a "fresher" egg, not one that is over-ripe But my doctor doesn't seem to be ready to go there yet. I sometimes wonder if my eggs are just old.....

 

[wookie130]

I often wonder that about myself, Beach, particularly since I've been a heavy smoker on and off.

 

[BeachChica]

I often wonder that about myself, Beach, particularly since I've been a heavy smoker on and off.

Wookie - Have you tried taking CoQ10? Its supposed to help with egg quality. I asked my RE about it and he said that he has not seen any research to back this up but it wouldn't hurt me to take it so I started taking this after my last MC. We'll see what happens since last month was my first month of TTC since then. Several girls on the boards with RPL now have successful pregnancies after taking it so I thought I'd give it a try. Here's a thread about this. You don't have to read the whole thing but you might be interested in the info on the first page. Its a very interesting idea.

https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/t...nt-coq10-could-key-pregnancy-older-women.html

 

[lauraemily17]

Beach - took us 8 months to conceive our first do we did a lot if stuff. I think the main thing that helped us was using progesterone cream. The first month using it for the whole 2ww got us our first bfp. It didn't stop us mid carrying the first 2 times. For this pregnancy I about quadrupled the amount I used which may well have made a difference. My cream was totally self medicated & bought on line. Dr didn't have an option either way but was happy for me to use it.

 

[Ladyfog]

Lauramilly - I'm due on 4th July so you're just one day ahead of me Congrats and hope you are finding your pregnancy a straight forward one.

NTAT - It sounds like you're having a really tough time after losses and then waiting so long for AF it must be so hard having more hurdles to go over. At least with testing they can help you as much as possible, and please don't forget that you have got pregnant twice before and one of those was twins so OH's sperm must be doing something right! Fingers crossed for the next lot of tests for you and him.

Thurl - happy 30th

Lexi - Good luck with the scan next week, I'm sure everything will be fine, and remember even shitty scans like mines often turn out to be OK. Are you having combined NT screening?

Misswish - congrats

NSN, nice to hear from you as always

To everyone else, sorry to anyone I've forgotten - my brain has turned to mush.

AFM, I'm good. Just 2 more sleeps until my maternity leave starts now. It's really feeling pretty surreal now but I'm looking forward to having a rest before the chaos begins - I've been working my arse off at work getting ready to hand everything over. Got the fear the other night and really didn't feel ready for this baby, but after a hug from DH and a good(ish) night's sleep, I'm feeling a back on track again. I just hope she gives me a couple of weeks to catch my breath before she arrives - I need a chance to get my head in the right place, the time seems to have gone so quickly!

 

[Emmediva]

Thanks so much for your support girls I may have been just paranoid Friday, I was crying and expecting the worst but gladly nothing happened and the spotting (I hope I don't jinx it) seems to have stopped. My ovaries kinda feel like they hurt every now and then, not sure if thats normal and my cervix I think feels kinda sore? When I put in the Prometrium I feel it. Anyway, praying hard that all is ok with my beanie.

Sooper, I took Progesterone from cd21 till now, my doc said to take it once at bedtime but since last week I've been taking it twice a day by mouth and now have started taking it twice a day vaginally... I am also taking baby aspirin, although my blood clotting tests came back normal. I am cutting down the dose though to 1/2 a pill per day, just in case that is making more blood rush to my sensitive cervix...

Lexi, yay for finding your lil ones heartbeat!! How awesome!

Misswish, OMG yay!!! So happy for you, I hope all goes ok with this pregnancy.

Patiently, sorry you got a BFN, that sucks. Sending lots of positive thoughts for you to catch that egg this month!

Thurl, happy birthday!!

Newtoallthis, sorry you are in pain from the testing, I had the HSG done twice, ughh hated it! But it's for a good cause.

Beach, the COQ10 is great for our eggs, I've also used it. I used Soy Isoflavones in Feb and this in April, they work like Clomid, in February I took them day 3-7, it made me O sooner but the egg implanted late and I got a chemical. This time I took it cd5-9 and I O'ed mid cycle. So you could look into 'natures' clomid if the doc doesn't want to prescribe it.

Lady, whoohoo!!! Two more weeks till you are off work! Baby will be here in no time


:wave: hi to anyone I may have missed. I'm taking things one day at a time

 

[wookie130]

I would like to try CoQ10, but the only thing about that, is that I'm on baby aspirin, which was prescribed to me after my miscarriages. CoQ10 is also a blood thinner, to my understanding, and I've read a few things about how they shouldn't be taken together...I suppose one could stop after getting a BFP, though...