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

[NewToAllThis]

Soop - glad you enjoyed your holiday. How was the party?

Ayclobes - blimey, nearly 19 weeks, I remember you getting your BFP. Hope you're doing well

Beach - glad you had a good time on the boat - hope you can get some answers from your appointment this week.

Thurl - I recently went through all those tests when I was referred to the FS back in April. Its quite reassuring to be looked after (that's how I felt anyway). I have had all sorts of tests and procedures and so far everything has come back clear. Which is good, but quite frustrating as it would have been nice to get some answers.
Good luck for your ultrasound

AFM - busy packing, not much to report. No sign of ov so not sure when that'll be. TBH, I'm going to be NTNP for a bit so not testing, but I normally know when its going to happen as my ovaries ache.

 

[thurl30]

Thanks NTAT, did they suspect you might have pcos then? or was this just testing to check your levels?

 

[monro84]

Hi ladies:wave: how was everyones weekend?

Emme--Love the pic of your little boy do you have a name yet?

Thrul--Yeah for O. That is great you got to see the dr hope you get your answers asap and not more question.

Beach-- OOH boat sounds fun and relaxing I would LOOOVVVVEE if me and DH was able to do something like that. His parents did stuff like that and that is how is little bro was conceived in the middle of the chesapeake bay .

Ambivalent--That is how I am feeling right now hopeless. So sorry you had another, that is good about the hormone test though.

NTAT--I went to a suprise 40th birthday party this weekend had a few drinks also. I might have gotten my DH to start taking pills again. Almost everytime I have fallen pregnant he was taking mens one a day vitamins. So maybe that is the key. I bet you will get your sticky bfp with the ntnp alot less stress. I wish I could go back to doing that but with my way of thinking if you don't bd close to or on O day I feel like I wasted an O (silly I know) and the whole month would be wasted for me. Like if I don't get my bfp before Nov. my dh is going on a hunting trip to Missouri then on the 3rd and I am going to be on cd 14 on the 1st (if my cycles stay with me Oing on the cd 14) my earliest would be Oct 31st (halloween great my mom would love that she is very very religious and thinks it is an evil day and you should just stay at home locked up on that day lol well maybe not that bad) lastest I could O would be 3rd (unless I get pregnant next month and have another early loss then it would screw everything up.)

Soop--That is great your DH wanted to be so proactive. Hope you coverd all the necessary areas.

AFM--Not sure what that test was about b/c BFN on all others. I even took one 2 hrs right after it and it had a lot lighter line but I could still see one. My temp never went back up then next day so maybe progestrone had a role to play in it this time. I still believe my theory that when the egg starts to implant it lets out a lot of hcg maybe enought to register like 5 to 7 on a blood test. I might have actually caught it when it was starting to implant but it failed to implant all the way I was 7 dpo in the evening when I took the test and before I even took it I began having symptoms, gas, burping, heartburn, tired and even vivid dreams (and I did not know it was a symptom) lasted 2 days and then they were gone. My dh invited his bro and SIL over to visit and his bro said they could not come because the youngest and my SIL was sick. My Dh was like what kind of sick and his bro was like she is pregnant when he told me that I was like well duh we already know that.
Bless her heart she really does try to be nice (i think). She text me and asked if I wanted to come and look at some decorations and curtains for our new house. I told her not this wkend maybe next she said great we can cook out and her dh is off that day. Then she decided to volunteer info and procedes to tell me that her pregnancy has her all messed up b/c she has had morning sickness and a cold. I really don't think she is rubbing it in my face I really just think that she was trying to make convo and she is excited so tries to mention it alot (Now that I think about it I did the same to her thing last time I was pregnant) I really think it was the excitement for me (eventhough I still thought it was not going to stick) so I want to believe it was the same for her. But instead of using anything realted to pregnancy just say you are sick and nausas (I will know why). But in her defence it was after my DH talked to his bro so maybe she was trying to explain why they could not make it.
What is really going to break my heart is if she has twins unless they are twin boys then I am going to lmao I know I am bad

 

[NewToAllThis]

Thanks NTAT, did they suspect you might have pcos then? or was this just testing to check your levels?

No, mine was recurrent miscarriage testing but I do wonder if they thought I may have pcos as I am 'larger than I should be!'

 

[NewToAllThis]

Monro - hope your DH decides to take the supplements. Why is he so against them?
Not sure how long the NTNP will last as I.think like you, its wasted O's. Been trying for three years now though so fed up of testing and monitoring everything - need a break.

 

[thurl30]

Monro sorry about your tests, your theory does make sense, your not out yet though the hasn't shown yet has she? I haven't experienced the SIL being pg thing yet but I don't think it's far off, she is desperate but her dh isn't so keen, but I think with everything that has happened with my MIL they will go for it sooner rather than later, I am literally dreading it, I sound awful don't I but when it's family it feels too close so I think I know how you feel, sending lots of and

NTAT did they find anything out from your blood test?

 

[NewToAllThis]

No, everything came back 'normal'

 

[thurl30]

Oh well hopefully your next bfp will be your rainbow I'm overweight too, it's a nightmare because it's proving so hard to lose, your ticker looks good though

 

[Ambivalent]

"I wish I could go back to doing that but with my way of thinking if you don't bd close to or on O day I feel like I wasted an O (silly I know) and the whole month would be wasted for me." oh Monro, how well put. Thats how i think, but i need to not be pregnant for 8 weeks straight for certain blood tests. And considering i have been pregnant for some period of time every month since June, i dont know how thats going to happen unless i can make myself 'waste' an ovulation.
I did hormone tests and anti mullarian yesterday so 3-5 days until results. Has anybody here had any significant results from these tests before?

Boating sounds good. I dont know about you all, but i feel like all i do is obsess about pregnancy. I need a hobby that isnt googling reasons for misscarriage. (but on that topic, i found a really interesting article about recurrent early miscarriages which says it could be because your body isnt selective enough with the eggs it allows to implant https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19361432 )

 

[NewToAllThis]

Oh well hopefully your next bfp will be your rainbow I'm overweight too, it's a nightmare because it's proving so hard to lose, your ticker looks good though

I've tried (and failed) at every diet going but so far have been.doing well just calorie counting. I use an app on my phone called myfitnesspal and its amazing.
It works out how many calories you should be eating to like weight and you input EVERYTHING that passes your lips. It even allows you to scan barcodes.
There is a recipe builder whereby if you're making something, you input all the ingredients and it tells you how many calories per portion.

Try it, I love it. And you can go on the main website and sync between that and the app.

 

[thurl30]

NTAT that sounds good, I'm about to get started again on Slimming World, that works for me but I just have this absolute addiction to naughty food so I tend to creep off the plan, however a baby is my motivation and so nothing will get in my way this time

Today is my second wedding anniversary, and my second due date. We are going out for the day, not sure where yet but will see where the car takes us, we are having dinner at home tonight and will definately light a candle tonight for our lost angel like we did for the first

 

[BeachChica]

NTAT- I use FF when I am dieting too. It's really a great app. When you see you calories going down for the day, it really makes you think twice before putting something in your mouth!!!

Thurl - Happy Anniversary! Sorry it's going to be a tough day! I am on the edge of my seat waiting for you tests to one back, I see you had a temperature drop today but I get that around the same time when I have implantation.

Ambi- it might be good to give your body a little bit of a break during your testing.

Monro- I see your temp is still up, ny sign of AF? Oh I hope this is it or you!!!

:wave: how is everyone else doing?

 

[monro84]

NTAT--He was fine with taking vitamins he did not like that he had to eat with them or it would make him sick. But the reason he stopped taking them was he started having bad stomach cramps and was going to the bathroom like 5 times a day. He went to the dr and had a ct done b/c the dr thought it might be diverticulitus but it did not show anything on the ct. Gave him some antibiotics and he got better. His clients are alot of drs so he was telling one of them that the problems did not start till he started taking the vitamins. His client said well if that is what you think is causing it then stop them and he did. But what is weird is I noticed the last 3 or 4 times I got pregnant he was on vitamins so that got me thinking. I got him gernic last time so I thing I will get him the mens one aday like he use to take. He still does not want the fertiliad for men.
I totally understand about the testing and monitoring I use to not have to that much b/c I would get gassy pains before O and day of O and would spot looks like spotting came back this cycle so thats good. I have been at this sinc Feb 2010 so it will be 3 yrs for me too soon.

Thurl--Af has not shown up yet suppose to Fri or definatly by Sat.(that is if FF was right the first time) but I would put my money on Fri. . Test this morning nothing. I think I am through testing and I was taking left over progestrone and I think I am stopping that b/c my stomach is cramping and I am really gassy and I think the progestrone is doing it.
That sounds like me and my dh at the beginning I was desperate and he was not ready .
Happy anniversary!! That sounds so fun just to go where the car takes you I would love to do that.

Ambivalent-- If you are starting testing for RPL. Have them follow your blood down to where it is almost neg. Then you will more than likely start af then wait another week and you shoul not have any hcg left. I was told after my last mmc with the twins/triplets that I would have to wait 6 wks after my neg blood test. I was very confused and faught with them when it became neg and I got visited by af. Well I called the RE that I was being refered to and talked to the nurse ( I was just calling to see if I needed to stop what I was taking b/4 the test) I asked her about waiting 6 wks after and she said I did not have to and there was no reason to wait as long as the blood test was neg and since I already got af. I got the test done the first visit which was I think end of nov on the 29 then I had saline ultrasound on cd 8 when all my test came back normal and they found a septate had surgery the next week. So I got eveything done in Dec if I had waited the whole 6 wks it would have been the end of Jan before I would have been through with everything and my deductable was already met so everything was paid 100% and it would have rolled over and I would have had a big bill if I had waited.
Good luck with all your test hope you find an answer.


Beach--Thanks but I doubt it is. I think I am going to try EPO and maybe even Meca root next month I just got to find out when to take both. My fertial cm seemed no exsistant this cycle so that might have been the problem, and so did my sex drive and usually around O I am all for it so I heard meca root can increase sex drive. Tested this morning and still neg so even thought it can happen I am pretty sure I am out. Should start af Fri if I O'd on cd 13 or Sat if 14 but I am pretty sure Fri. And temp is up that high b/c I took the left over progestone this cycle start at 9dpo so I am quiting that b/c it is giving me gas cramps and bloating.
How are you doing?

 

[Emmediva]

Ayclobes, yup you are not too far behind me, do you have your anamoly ultrasound date yet? DO you want to find out the sex of the baby?

Monro, thanks hun, we are undecided on Jonathan or Nathan sorry to hear you got bfn on your other tests, has the arrived? About your SIL, it is very hrd listening to someone that has gotten pregnant easily while we struggle, so your feelings are totally normal. Re: EPO and Maca, you can take EPO from cd3 - till ovulation is confirmed, it is not safe to take afterwards because it can cause uterine contractions, I recommend Mucinex to increase cm, it really works, since I normally O around cd 15 I started taking it around cd 9 and stopped once OV was confirmed. I took Maca root from cd3 - 11dpo, it's supposed to help if you've had recurrent miscarriages.

NTAT, I am over weight as well, I found the only thing that helped me lose weight was eating artichoke hearts and taking artichoke capsules. It's a vegetable that naturally helps you get rid of fat, how it works I do not know but it does.

Soop, I hope you caught that egg


Thurl, happy second anniversary, good idea on lighting candles for your lil angels

Beach, what'd you think about my mini pharmacopia? It's not too much eh

Ambilent, I agree with Beach about giving your body a break during testing


Lexi and Wooks, how are you ladies doing?

Andrea and Lady, I know you ladies are busy with your hope all is going ok

AFM, I went to the doctor yesteday, I had some sharp pains, like lightning bolts/pinching on my abdomen, mainly on the left but sometimes smack in the middle. It wasn't bad pain and didn't last for more than 2 or 3 seconds but it was bothersome, so I went to make sure all was ok. I was told it was round ligament pain and that I have a bladder infection great! So I am just waiting on them to send the prescription to my pharmacy so I can pick it up. Oh how about this morning, I felt my baby move while lying my hand on my tummy?! It was so surreal! I mean I've been feeling him move for awhile now but hadn't felt from the outside I am looking forward to feeling him again later when I get home, I hope he cooperates

 

[lexi374]

Congrats on team Emme i hope you managed to find some nice bits while shopping. Sorry about the uti that sucks.

Soop so glad you had a fab hol and got lots of bd in, you sound really positive and i feel positive for you this month! How was the party?

Thurl happy anniversary Yay you def ovd this month!

Ambi all my recurrent miscarriage testing was clear, but i have high levels of NK cells in the uterus. I was on steroids and progesterone for this pregnancy.

Ntat i hope you have a fantastic time in florida!

Cant remember who said about feeling bad about other people announcing their pregnancies etc, everything you said is perfectly normal and i think we have all had those feelings at some time or another. TTC AND RM is soul destroying sometimes.

Beach how are you hun? Still gathering info about nk cells?

Ayc are you staying team yellow?

Lady and Nsn pics of bubs please

Wookie, horsey, monro, noto, nicki and everyone else x

Afm getting bigger, really hungry the last couple of weeks! Still tired still sleeping like crap! My bf had her baby yest, she was 5 days over due in labour 20 hours then emergency c section! Not quite the birth she had planned but anyway they are both ok. They called her Jada and she was 8lb 10oz!

 

[thurl30]

Hi everyone :wave:

Thanks Beach, I'm going to be bricking it when I get all my results back, but I reckon I am atleast a month and a half away from that because my friend had an ultrasound recently and there was a six week wait, will be sure to let you know as soon as I know anything

Monro you're not out yet, hang in there hun this might still turn out to be your bfp

Emme sorry to hear about your infection, the round ligament pain sounds a bit rough too, but.... you saw him moving from the outside

Lexi good news to hear your bf had her baby safely, a few people I know recently had their babies and didn't even nearly have the straight forward birth they were hoping for either. Sounds like you are doing well hun, have you started on a nursery for the baby?

Afm, I'm a little annoyed, I don't know whether I have O'd or not. My temp has dropped for the last 2 days, and so I am expecting af very soon, perhaps I just had a short LP or I have prog issues? I just don't know what to think anymore

 

[Emmediva]

Lexi, I haven't purchased anything yet I think my mom's superstitions about buying anything prior to 7 months has rubbed off I went to a store and saw the cutest onesies, I SOOO wanted to get them but then I got scared and didn't Have you purchased anything for your princess?
Aww newborn baby for your friend, I'm glad all turned out ok.

Thurl, I looked at your chart and maybe you aren't ovulating strong enough? Have you taken Vitex or Soy to help with ovulation? You may want to look into that hun.

AFM, I started my antibiotics for the UTI last night, I am not happy about taking meds while pg, I am wary about putting anything in my body that may affect my but alas I have to fight the infection.

How about we purchased a King size bed over the weekend, we had a Queen size bed with our bedroom set but I am sleeping with a pillow between my legs now and we needed the room because of that. Anyway, OH set it up on Sunday, it’s just the mattress, box springs and the frame, no foot board or head board. He set it up but it wasn’t centered so I pushed it and centered it. Well Tuesday night we are sleeping and around 1 a.m. I hear a BOOM, and the middle section of the bed collapses! OH immediately asks if I am ok, and I am shaken but ok and am laughing LOL. So I ask him if he’s going to fix it, he says no it’s late and it’s really not that bad I go along with it but not even 5 minutes later, I have to PEE! So I try to get up, and fall back on the bed and I try again... and nope not happening I look around trying to grasp something (the Queen bed had a head board I could hold on to) to propel myself with but found nothing, so I fell back LOL, I felt like a beached whale By this time OH has turned on the light and is seeing me fail at my effort to get up from the bed, so we both start laughing, mind you it’s 1:30 a.m now LOL. He helped me out of bed so I could go pee while he fixed the bed. Yesterday while I was at work I could not stop laughing every time I remembered the incident. Oh the things we go through while pregnant

 

[thurl30]

Emme your story really made me laugh out loud, how funny, is the bed all fixed now?

I took soy this cycle and the last one, it clearly doesn't work for me, I have actually decided to scrap all my vitamins now, I think they have really messed with my cycle, the cycles I got pregnant were ones where I wasn't taking anything, I think I will just wait for the doctors to figure out what's wrong with me and take what I need to then Thanks for looking at my chart, I'm still getting to grips with it x

 

[Emmediva]

Thurl, maybe try Soy but use 75 mg from CD 4-8 or 5-9? Don't increase it, since that can actually delay OV. When are you going to the doctors? It's so frustrating when you don't know what's going on
About the bed, yeah it's fixed, I haven't told OH that it was my fault it collapsed since I had moved it previously but hadn't adjust the middle section that's going to be our little secret Can you imagine if we'd been that would've been hilarious!!!

 

[thurl30]

I took 80mg on CD3 - CD7 this cycle, but I think I am going to not take anything next cycle to just see what my body does naturally, I started vitamins in January so it's been a while, hopefully I will have some answers about PCOS towards the end of my next cycle

Good to hear your bed is all fixed now