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

[Nicki123]

Hey Soop - I was at Blur too! We were bopping about in the same park

Good news on DHs test. I have never heard of liquefaction before. Very interested to know when you find out.

Good luck with the forthcoming holiday you have lined up

Oh and Emme stay safe and hopefully not too close to the hurricane x

 

[Emmediva]

Beach, no we don't have to evacuate, but this morning I woke up to news that it had turned east of us, and awhile ago by looking at the maps I see we are right in the middle of the path, once it hits land starts heading inland by the time it reaches us it should be a Tropical Storm supposedly, unless it decides to gain force and become a Category2 hurricane prior to reaching land, then it'll probably be a category1 once it hits us so hoping for TS...

Sooper, not leaving, we have all the supplies needed just hope we don't lose power for long... I've been in several, I'm originally from Houston, TX, so used to hurricanes. My OH on the other hand is not so he wanted to procrastinate, I almost killed him LOL the raging pregnancy hormones, he kept saying "just don't get mad babe" but I got him to do all that needed to be done
I am going to put down the guesses on my journal. So far I have 4 boy guesses, & 2 girls lol
As to large clotting, I always had that with my AF's, so I thought it was normal? No idea about liquefaction... I qould say google, I google everything

Thurl, sending you baby

Lexi, I haven't done FB yet, will probably wait till we know what it is eeeeek!!! So excited LOL. And I second Sooper's question, any names in mind yet?

Monro, sorry AF got you, onward & upward!! baby

Nicki, I am very close, unfortunately, but we are prepared and I've been through several hurricanes before, so I'm as ready as can be.

Wooks, hope all is ok with your lil bean

Sorry if I missed anyone

I had my doctor appt this morning, it got switched from the afternoon because of the approaching hurricane. All is fine, doctor measured my tummy, and then listened to the heartbeat. She said everything was gong fine and I could get an ultrasound in 2 weeks!! Eeeek!!!! I can find out the sex on September 11!!! I don't like the date 9/11 but at least I'll know what my baby is! On another note, I found out how much my co-pay is for the labor, I'll be out $2,000. Insurance pays the rest... So need to start planning for that and for the stroller, crib etc...
I had a Quadrupple Screen test today, it's going to test for certain birth defects like spina bifida and down's syndrome. I am praying hard that all is ok with my baby. Please God please let my baby be healthy and have no defects.
Oh before I forget, to those that are newly pregnant, some advice and answers I got from the doctor today... No nipple stimulation during , also heavyness in lower abdomen is normal, and pulsating/throbbing in vagina as well. Oh and don't wash your nipples with soap, it dries them up, just rinse with water and use lotion on them as you do on your body
I wish this was in the Knowing what to expect during pregnancy book

 

[lexi374]

Soop we had good volume and motility but crap normal forms but they said all ok cos high numbers over all. Never heard of that though....

No names.... i had 1 that i liked (Imogen) told dh and his reaction was as i expected, said nothing then said it just reminds me of that slag off big brother! (Imogen Thomas the 1 that had the affair with Ryan Giggs)

All systems go for holiday bfp i reckon! Make sure you relax and really enjoy yourself!

Hey to everyone else..... we went to wedding sunday Dh had a skinful, was a bit of a long day for me but hey ho x

 

[JFG]

Hi neversaynever thank u for starting this thread!
I am 30 and have been ttc for just under 2 years I have PCSO and have had a MMC and a MC this year its so disheartening and everyone around me is pregnant at the moment I am expecting a neice/nephew early next year and just can't help feeling so sad thinking I should be having my babies I don't want to be this negative jealous person but can't help it sometimes!
I used the clearblue ov test and conceived on first cycle with them so will continue with those and fingers crossed its third time lucky for us too xx

 

[monro84]

Nicki-- GL you know it usually happens the months that we expect it not to so maybe no symptoms is a good sign.

Thurl--Chart looks good I don't think it is long now.

Soop--Sorry I cannot help you there DH never had a sample test yet can't even get him to get a blood test. Maybe the realaxing vaca holiday will help. Are you pretty regular I am on cd 4 now started Sat. I should O next Fri (Sept 7th). or that weekend. GL

Emme--GL FX it is onlya TS. I am in upper western MS (you know the land mass b/w NOLA and Mobile LOL) so I don't think we are going to get anything except rain and maybe t-storms.

JFG--Sorry for your losses. I Have you thought about tempting? That is great that OPK's still work I have heard that if you have PCSO they don't work very good. . I know the feeling my SIL has 2 kids and they are trying for their 3rd (they want a girl). She was pregnant but mc the begining of 2010 which set me off in wanting babies and starting to push DH more. He finally conceded after we had a mc at beginning of 2011 so we started ttc feb 2011 and had 5 mc including the one before ttc. If I had known it was going to take this long I would had started on him a long time ago lol. However I did have a feeling that it would take us a while but convencing him was not easy. But now everytime I get on FB someone is pregnant or had a baby luckly everyone who was pregnant has just had their babies so It might e calm for a few months hopefully. GL and

 

[JFG]

Thanks monro84 and I too am sorry for your losses. Oh I know FB is the devil sometimes think I'm the only one on there out of all my friends that isn't documenting my pregnancy or posting baby pics...or that's how it feels anyway! I am definately with you there if I'd known it would be this hard I would have started in early 20's rather than wait til late 20's!!
Yes I have tried temping in the past but wasn't very good at it, may give it another go though! Oh really I've not heard that about the opk's and pcos? I know I have to leave it 5 days from the last clomid pill as that can give a positive if you opk too soon but I wasn't on that last time I conceived. Thank you GL too and baby dust xx

 

[Sooperhans]

Nicki that's hilarious, they were great weren't they? And The Specials were really cool. Imagine we could have been near each other the whole time! I was about 10ft back from the left speaker singing at the top of my voice

Well the way they described liquefaction to him was the time it takes to go from gloopy to watery...and on his sample it was just over 2 hours....so the swimmers don't come out and swim so freely earlier on. We've been reading up and it could be linked to the prostate. He said maybe it was because he'd been waiting a few days before doing the sample (no funny business occurred for about 4 days before), so we're not sure if this is subject to much change or if his is always like this. Hmm. But doc said to not worry and try as usual. We've seen that Chinese herbalists can apparently help? But ultimately we have conceived before and they can live for up to 5 days, so will 2 hours be the be all and end all?

Emme, stay indoors and wrapped up with your supplies in the face of this hurricane...hope you are ok and well done for getting dh to get prepared! I can imagine him saying 'don't get mad baby' and you shouting 'fill up my cupboards!!!!'

And yay for your forthcoming scan on the 11th! It's making something positive out of a sad date. I've got a friend whose birthday is Sept 11th, they feel bad about celebrating it, bless them.

Thank you Lexi, counting down the holiday days now, woo! I like Imogen too....why do these wag slags have to ruin lovely names?! If you can get past the association then it's still lovely. I liked a boy's name and still do, but as it's the old surname of a boss dh used to hate, he's against it completely. She's got married now and isn't his boss but it's still a no! But I'm choosing my battles - it's not like I'm preggers or expecting a boy, lol. Hope you enjoyed the wedding, it's weird watching others get drunk! I find they become very irritating, lol.

Jfg, sorry for your losses hun, were they a while ago this year or more recently? Don't beat yourself up about feeling envious and I really hope it'll be your turn soon. Late 20s is still a good age and you may not have felt ready earlier on. I have a friend with pcos and she conceived and has a lovely Lo...much sooner than me! I hope it doesn't hold you back x

Monro, from a go at temping for 2 months it wasn't clear if it was cd14-20 for O, I'm hoping the ov predictor strips, used at a good middling point in the day, will give me some answers. Why won't your dh get a blood test? Is it the needles? What would you be testing on blood? I hope he cooperates and realises how much it means to you.

Hi to everyone else - Never Louis looks scrumptious, Thurl hope you are ok, everyone xxx

 

[JFG]

Hey Sooperhans
thanks hun its so good to speak to people who understand how I feel, most of my friends have had children with no problems and my one best friend did struggle to conceive her lo but once pregnant had no problems with mc's. My MMC was in April this year and my 2nd MC started this weekend i had only just found out i was then started bleeding so it was over before it began its still very raw at the moment!
with the MMC i was on clomid and metformin but wasn't being monitored and felt as though i was left to get on with it....I am now under a much more specialised hospital and once I re-start meds on my next cycle I will be closely monitored so i'm hoping and praying it will be different next time! I am not sure about chinese herbalists but I have accupuncture which I really think makes a difference it relaxes me and clears my head if nothing else my DH doesn't go but my accupuncturist treats a lot of couples together, only downside is the expense x

 

[Sooperhans]

Oh Jfg, sorry it's very recent for you....poor thing. Did you have your progesterone levels tested? That's good you have some specialists lined up and meds for next time. How long have you had acupuncture? I think if no luck on holiday we will try looking into some options. I know, it can get pricey, I hope you feel the benefit of it, that's good it clears your head x

 

[wookie130]

Liquification = ewww!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know why, but this concept is icky to me!!! LOL!!!

 

[BeachChica]

Soop - I have never heard of 'liquefaction'... strange. Maybe after you just need to wait out the 'liquefaction' for 2 hours with your legs up in the air!

Emme - Hope you made out OK with the storm. I said a little prayer for you for your tests. Did you do the NT scan? Interesting info from the doc! Thank you!

JFG - so sorry for you losses. I think you are in one of my other PAL threads. This a a great and supportive groups of ladies!

Thurl - how is it going? I am still stalking your chart!!! Maybe you should just try some OPKs also for the next week. I think you should be getting close to O. Make sure you put your results in FF so I can stalk!!

 

[JFG]

Thanks sooperhans I've had the day 21 progesterone test to check I ov..it was low because my cycles are irregular I don't always ov by day 21! Once I start the new round of meds I'll have day 3 and day 21 tests....will this pick up if I have low progesterone levels? Well I had it for 7 months last year and then stopped due to cost and starting meds but after MMC I became very depressed so went back and have been going for around 2/3 months will try to keep going this time though.
Where are you off to nice? I hope a bit of rest and relaxation does the trick for you x

 

[Sooperhans]

Jfg, I'd adjust the day of the test if I were you, if 21 days weren't reflective of your cycles. For instance after my last mc I average at cycles of 32 days now, the doc told me it's 7 days from your anticipated af date, do mine would be more like the 25 day progesterone test. Do the acupuncturists ever have an average success rate, when they treat people for fertility issues? Like most people conceive after 6 months of treatment? It would be helpful to know the best case scenarios! X

Beach, Wooks, Lexi, trust my dh to have a quirk to his swimmers that is unusual! Wookie, sorry to gross you out, lol. The whole business of TTC grosses me out when I think about it. Like follicles pushing out eggs, urgh! What's the deal with that, lol. Beach yeah I'm thinking extra legs in the air after bding, 2 hours though and I may lose all circulation from my hips down x

 

[BeachChica]

Thanks sooperhans I've had the day 21 progesterone test to check I ov..it was low because my cycles are irregular I don't always ov by day 21! Once I start the new round of meds I'll have day 3 and day 21 tests....will this pick up if I have low progesterone levels? Well I had it for 7 months last year and then stopped due to cost and starting meds but after MMC I became very depressed so went back and have been going for around 2/3 months will try to keep going this time though.
Where are you off to nice? I hope a bit of rest and relaxation does the trick for you x

JFG - My day 21 progesterone was always normal when I was not pregnant but once I did get pregnant and I had my levels checked my levels did not rise to a normal pregnancy level. We discovered this on pregnancy #4 but by the time I went in for my first appointment and they tested this I was already about 6+ weeks and it was about a week later by then time I finally got on it, which was just way too late. This time I started using the progesterone 5 DPO. On my first pregnancy exam this time they checked my ovaries and noticed they were not quite as active as they should be producing the progesterone. So I definitely would have experienced another loss if I would have not already been on it and it could have been the reason for my other losses.

 

[JFG]

Sooperhans..well on the meds I usually have 29 day cycles if I ov if I don't ov by day 21 they will up the dose! All fun and games ay! Not sure on success rate tbh I didn't ask lol my acupuncturist was recommended to me. I'm sure if u google acupuncture in your area it will say!

Beachchica thank u I will bear that in mind if I do get another positive to mention it to my consultant! I think clomid and metformin are meant to help with progesterone as well as ov?! I will ask at my next apt! What a shame that it took you 4 mc's for them to pick it up I just feel like if it's not one thing it's another...now I'm ov-ing and getting pregnant but then still not enough grrr lol x

 

[Sooperhans]

Beach, thank goodness you are on the progesterone now but it's such a shame it takes all this to find out. My doc isn't in this week and I'm away from Mon, so think I'm just going to take it again as usual, as we are going for it so much. I'll deal with the test in Oct and maybe challenge that my progesterone might be fine until pregnancy..?

Jfg well I hope the meds help regulate you and bring on your ov!

How is everyone else doing? X

 

[Nicki123]

Hi everyone.
Emme did the hurricane pass without too much trouble? I was thinking about you as I watched it on the news.

Jfg welcome to the thread and sorry for your losses I also have a friend with pcos who seems to have got pg pretty easily so hopefully it does not mean you'll have trouble conceiving again. Fx for you.

I'm up early doors... It's 14dpo today and I got a on a frer! I tested last night on an IC and got a squinter. An hour later my younger brother called to tell me he and his wife are having a baby. He was so nervous about telling me bless him and how I'd take it but I was fine and genuinely happy for him, he's such a lovely bloke. I think the faint line on the ic helped a little. I Couldn't sleep a wink so was up at 5.30am and got my BFP.

Am a little bit excited although with my history im trying not to get carried away. Here we go again... X

 

[lexi374]

Aaaah Nicki congrats!!!!

Did you do anything different this month?

Hi to every1 else will catch up properly over the weekend.

Emme i hope you stayed safe

 

[Nicki123]

Thanks Lexi. I started taking baby aspirin this month. I'm crossing my fingers that helps long term. I've also been carrying on my acupuncture, am seeing the lady this evening actually.

 

[Sooperhans]

Nicki, yippppeeeeeeeeee!!! Fan-bloody-tastic news!!! Oh I hope this is it for you.....did you temp or opk or just went for it regardless? Good news for your bro too....I hope the aspirin works out too and makes the difference x

Last day at work today before holiday....so frigging excited. Although I find last days before going away turn into a pain in the arse, so I'll save my main excitement for eop today, woo!

Nicki if I get my holiday bfp we can synch xxx