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

[Sooperhans]

Thank you Beach! Woo for FF crosshairs!! Although to me it seems ov occurred on cd20 but what's one day I guess?! 20 or 21, hope we've caught it... thanks for the bd tipoff!!

Beach I understand your concerns and I hope your doc helps out with advice. So exciting you are shortly going on your trip and you too Kat - welcome and sorry for your losses. Although may I reprimand both of you for not adding the good ol' UK to your Euro trips! ;-) I'm sure you will have a great time at all the stops you have listed. I love Spain, the food is superb! Beach, tell me what Croatia is like, always wanted to go there.

Wookie - I'm taking baby aspirin too, together with progesterone started this week. Do you have any side effects from the progesterone? Have been feeling really bloated and wondered if it was that. Also my hands have gone sooo dry, have you had that at all?

Kat - ooh about the gum bleeding. Wonder if it's a sign? I'm sorry you feel anxious about the prospect of falling pg, I do know how you feel If the worst happened when you are overseas (heaven forbid) maybe check what your travel insurance what it covers? But hopefully all will be fine with you and Beach

Hey Lexi!! Was wondering how you were. Hope you are bearing up ok with the close succession of pregnancies. I was going to go to a work lunch next week I was invited to, until one person (who knows *about my mcs) commented "it's going to be a right mother's meeting" and it has set me off today, I feel like crap and don't think I can face it, I didn't even realise until then that they all have little ones Can't seem to stop crying today! Bleh.

Gl with this cycle Lexi. Do you bd every other day until the day of and before ov and then bd every day?*

I've been feeling lightheaded on and off this week and my mind is working overtime trying to guess what's going on in there. My doc said to test on cd29 but if I've only ov on cd20/21 I'm wondering if I have to wait til 14dpo? I've bought FR and also CB digi so they're sitting waiting! (Fx'd). What do you think? Thanks xxx

 

[wookie130]

Sooper, I haven't had any side effects from the progesterone cream yet. I've been on the baby aspirin for about a month and a half, and will continue it until I'm 30 weeks along in my rainbow pregnancy, if I ever get that far into another pregnancy. I'm interested to see if the cream extends my luteal phase a bit...I have a solid 14 day luteal phase on my own, but I'm just curious to see what happens.

 

[Sooperhans]

Thanks Wookie, I'd be interested to hear if it does extend your luteal phase, and I hope you get to your rainbow stage very soon I didn't know when to take the aspirin until, so thanks for that.

It's hard for me to get an overall view of my cycles from only one month of charting but if my doc is right and if I've gone back to a 29 day cycle this month, then my luteal phase is very short! At 8 or 9 days...I feel curious to see what's going to happen and hope the progesterone goes towards helping something...

 

[KatM]

Kat- LOL yes the in-laws might be driving me crazy after this trip, we'll see. but I can't really complain as they invited us on this trip to do something nice for us after my year of MC's (and paid for the whole trip). My concoction of pills also includes baby aspirin and RE says it OK to take all the time and is actually good for you.

By the way, I will be 39 next month and still TTC #1. I did have my Day 3 FSH done last month though and everything came back normal. The doctor says that my quality and quantity of eggs are still good.

Lexi- happy

That was so nice of your in-laws. Mine always have money issues and we would be paying for them. Hopefully it will be just what you need to relax and on a cruise, you and DH can always do your own thing here and there.

That is good to know about the baby aspirin. I am going to start taking them as soon as my new Dr okays it on Monday. I used to take it daily to prevent wrinkles, lol. I stopped when we were TTC as I heard aspirin wasn't okay, but now I read that baby aspirin is okay. I am a bit confused and will just like some clarification from my Dr.

Good to hear that your egg quality is good!

Kat - ooh about the gum bleeding. Wonder if it's a sign? I'm sorry you feel anxious about the prospect of falling pg, I do know how you feel If the worst happened when you are overseas (heaven forbid) maybe check what your travel insurance what it covers? But hopefully all will be fine with you and Beach


I've been feeling lightheaded on and off this week and my mind is working overtime trying to guess what's going on in there. My doc said to test on cd29 but if I've only ov on cd20/21 I'm wondering if I have to wait til 14dpo? I've bought FR and also CB digi so they're sitting waiting! (Fx'd). What do you think? Thanks xxx

Hi Sooperhans,

I do want to visit London. It's just not going to happen on this trip.

If I am pregnant and make it all the way till May (would be my longest), I will do my best to relax and enjoy. If worst case scenario did happen, I know European hospitals are just as good as the ones in the States, and we could handle it.

My last pregnancy I felt lightheaded daily. I have ALWAYS gotten a dark line by 12DPO. 14DPO is the standard amt of time they tell you since everyone implants at a different time. Some people are POAS addicts. You clearly are not.
I would wait till at least 10DPO as to not waste your expensive tests. I heard the FR are the most sensitive. Sounds like that could be as early as tomorrow. Don't forget to use FMU this early on. Good luck hon!!!

 

[Sooperhans]

Thanks for the advice Kat, and I went a bit UK tourist board on you then, haha. Your trip sounds amazing.

 

[Sooperhans]

Sorry, that posted before I'd finished!! I have 2 FR and I'm tempted to do one on cd29 as I'm getting impatient, lol! Then 10dpo would be the next day. I'll see if I can hang on until then. It's a different experience knowing your exact ov date, before I did online calculators and made assumptions. Thanks for your GL! Been getting left side twinges all day, hmm wondering if it implantation or my imagination going a bit crazy! Hurry up next week!! xxx

 

[BeachChica]

Sooper- I never had any side effects from progesterone. I had even started to worry about getting nauseous before taking it, but when I was on it, nothing. Just a little messy "down there" if you know what I mean. Going to the UK sounds fabulous! Next Med cruise I may need to go around the west side of Europe.

Kat and Sooper - I hope those weird feelings are pregnancy signs for you girls!!!

 

[Sooperhans]

I hope so too! Excited and terrified at the prospect! Will hopefully know next week...xx

 

[wookie130]

Sooper, in addition to the progesterone cream for your luteal phase, I would recommend taking a B-50 or B-75 vitamin complex in addition to your normal prenatal vitamin. It'll not only boost your folic acid intake (folic is a B vitamin), but you'll get extra B6 and B12, and the B6 in particular can help boost progesterone and lengthen your luteal phase.

I will definitely let you know if the B-50 complex plus progesterone cream have extended my luteal phase at all.

 

[Sooperhans]

Thank you Wookie, that's really helpful xx

 

[wookie130]

Sooper, !!!

 

[River12]

Hi ladies,

I am new to this but just felt I needed to talk to people who have been where I am. I am slowing making my way through all the posts on this thread and it seems there is a lot of support.
I have had 2 miscarriages. One in Aug 2011 at 10 weeks, baby stopped growing at about 6 weeks resulting in a D&C. And my second was only 1st March when I gave birth to our beautiful baby boy at 17w 5d. We miss him so much!
My body seems to have recovered very well. I delivered him naturally and no medical intervention (D&C) was required except for pain medication.I didn't bleed for very long at all and got my first neg HPT 13th March. While it was all happening I couldn't even begin to think about starting to try again and I told my partner I just couldn't do it again but now it is all I think about!
My Dr has told us to wait one cycle before trying again but I had a pos OPK yesterday and all I want to do is try but I know it is too soon. To make things harder it would have been our first baby angels due date last week

 

[Sooperhans]

Welcome River and so sorry that you have had such a tough time recently. I'm pleased that you are recovering but I would probably follow the advice to sit out ttc one cycle and then try again. That's what I've done and hoping to test this week. Although you are healing, you may not feel emotional ready for an immediate ttc month? But everyone is different so do what feels right for you. Do they know what caused both losses? And why your 2nd mc went through to when it did and what caused the loss? You are very brave and I hope each day you feel stronger hun You've come to the right place for support xxx

 

[River12]

thank you Sooperhans.Wishing you all the best for when you test.
I know waiting to ttc is the right thing to do it's just hard to know that I am ovulating now and not take advantage of that. Only a few more days to wait it out and then it'll be too late. I know that if we tried now and I got pregnant, if something went wrong I would never forgive myself for not waiting. we are by no means trying to replace our son he will forever be a part of our family but we made the decision to start a family last year and it has been taken from us twice.
My first loss they didn't really test for anything specific as it was so early and it was my first pregnancy. I was told any other pregnancy will most likely result in a healthy baby.
Once we got to the magic 12 week mark with our son, we thought we were in the clear. I had a lot of bleeding throughout the pregnancy and the Dr couldn't find the cause so he said all should be fine. On the night of our engagement party when I should have been 16 weeks, I had a rush of what I thought was blood but it was in fact amniotic fluid. Straight to our local hospital but they didn't do too much that night. I was referred to the specialist maternity hospital on the Tuesday and was diagnosed with (low amniotic fluid) oligohydramnios. they gave me the option to be induced as there was a high risk of infection but I couldn't do it our boy was well in the womb and still had a strong heartbeat. the following Wednesday night I start contracting and gave birth the next day. it was by far the hardest thing I have ever had to do but I have to believe everything happen for a reason.
My local Dr cant give me any explanation as to what happen or what caused the loss. they were talking about an incompetent cervix but my Dr doesn't believe there is enough evidence to support that theory. I think that makes everything so much harder - not knowing.

 

[BeachChica]

River - welcome and I am so sorry for your losses. Its hard enough to go through a loss but especially one that late. I am so sorry!!!
My advice would be to follow what your doctor said and wait it out at least 1 cycle. You want to be sure that you have enough time for your body to recover and build back up your lining so that you have a healthy environment for your next baby. Good luck to you, everyone here understands the pain and are very supportive.

 

[wookie130]

River, I'm so very sorry for your loss.

I do agree it would be best for you to wait it out, and then try again.

I've found this thread to be very helpful to me, as well. Next week, hopefully my 2nd post-miscarriage AF returns so we can try again soon. Hoping to be third time lucky like everyone else!

 

[Sooperhans]

Thanks River, I'll tell you all how it goes once I have tested. Hoping for the best as still going lightheaded and had a tiny bit of spotting this morning, although I know you can get that with the progesterone. We'll see...

I teared up reading your story. You poor thing Is there any type of natural/alternative treatment that you could take to strengthen your cervix? Even if it meant bed rest next time. But hopefully you won't encounter any further problems and I hope this month of rest does ylu the world of good.

Wookie, hope your AF arrives speedily and you can get back to ttc v soon!

Beach, any more tests lined up for you?

How is everyone else?

 

[Sooperhans]

Beach - when is your appt with the doc to determine when you can get the green flag to ttc again?

 

[BeachChica]

Sooper - as long as AF arrives tomorrow my appt is scheduled for Thursday. I am supposed to go in on Day 3 for a Sonogram.

 

[lexi374]

Thank you Beach! Woo for FF crosshairs!! Although to me it seems ov occurred on cd20 but what's one day I guess?! 20 or 21, hope we've caught it... thanks for the bd tipoff!!

Beach I understand your concerns and I hope your doc helps out with advice. So exciting you are shortly going on your trip and you too Kat - welcome and sorry for your losses. Although may I reprimand both of you for not adding the good ol' UK to your Euro trips! ;-) I'm sure you will have a great time at all the stops you have listed. I love Spain, the food is superb! Beach, tell me what Croatia is like, always wanted to go there.

Wookie - I'm taking baby aspirin too, together with progesterone started this week. Do you have any side effects from the progesterone? Have been feeling really bloated and wondered if it was that. Also my hands have gone sooo dry, have you had that at all?

Kat - ooh about the gum bleeding. Wonder if it's a sign? I'm sorry you feel anxious about the prospect of falling pg, I do know how you feel If the worst happened when you are overseas (heaven forbid) maybe check what your travel insurance what it covers? But hopefully all will be fine with you and Beach

Hey Lexi!! Was wondering how you were. Hope you are bearing up ok with the close succession of pregnancies. I was going to go to a work lunch next week I was invited to, until one person (who knows *about my mcs) commented "it's going to be a right mother's meeting" and it has set me off today, I feel like crap and don't think I can face it, I didn't even realise until then that they all have little ones Can't seem to stop crying today! Bleh.

Gl with this cycle Lexi. Do you bd every other day until the day of and before ov and then bd every day?*

I've been feeling lightheaded on and off this week and my mind is working overtime trying to guess what's going on in there. My doc said to test on cd29 but if I've only ov on cd20/21 I'm wondering if I have to wait til 14dpo? I've bought FR and also CB digi so they're sitting waiting! (Fx'd). What do you think? Thanks xxx

Hi soop yes it is hard when everyone else is having successful pregnancies and we are not, work is going to be difficult for the foreseeable future. Hope you are feeling a little better today?

I seem to have the shortest surge ever so cant really rely on opks so just gonna try and bd as many days as possible this week and hope for the best!

I hope you are getting on ok with temping and the progesterone?

Welcome river so sorry for your losses.

We seem to have alot of new ladies lately which is so sad, but at least we can support each other.

Im sorry ive forgotten most of what ive read..... GL and to all.