Anyone struggling to get pregnant after a miscarriage?

[susan_1981]

I changed doctors last month because mine were useless. Everytime I'd go, they fob me off and they've always been like this since my usual doctor there retired. Like, for instance, I suffer really badly from knee problems from time to time. Like it hurts if I'm sitting down for more than 15 minutes without being able to stretch my legs and my knees click all the time. So I went to the doctors, and my old doctor referred me to the hospital for an xray. That showed no problems, but my knee problems only ever last for about 2 weeks at a time and by the time I had the xray, my knee was better. Anyway, I went back a few years later after she had retired and was told "knees are complex things" and that was it. Useless. And when I was pregnant, I had a urine infection (the baby had actually already died at this point - it was the day before I found out at my 12 week scan). Anyway, doctor prescribed me antibiotics and when I went to the hospital to arrange my ERPC, the doctor there looked horrified that I'd been prescribed those particular antibiotics. Obviously it didn't cause my miscarriage and the doctor at the hospital didn't say I shouldn't have been taking them, but the look on her face said it all. When I told her what I was taking, she looked horrified and immediately said "how long have you been taking those?"

So I've changed doctors to the one that my husband goes to and she was fantastic. She said if you've been trying for 8-9 months, she will refer you for bloods. She also said "Have you thought about your husband getting checked out because I would recommend it just to rule that out". So she's given me a referral and I just need to go to the hospital on CD21 (although I understand it's 7dpo but CD21 generally is 7dpo for me). So I'll go there and see what they say. I just felt so much better after I'd been to see her as I'm sure that my old doctors would have told me that it can take time to get pregnant and to be patient. But she did say, even if my husband's SA comes back as not great, he has got me pregnant before so it shouldn't be a problem in the future as, like we all know, it only takes one sperm to make a baby. But she did say after my blood test and my husband's SA, I have to go back to her and she said that generally, most things that cause infertility are treatable.

I'm not sure if I want the tests to show something wrong that's treatable or to come back all clear. Either way, at least I've got the ball rolling to see what's going on xx

 

[chanel]

hey susan, thats a promising bit of info for me in that if you DH got you pregnant before then there is definite hope of conceiving again... that may be either naturally or assisted but at least we know its possible.

sending lots of baby dust to you... hoping we both get our bfps before too much longer.

Actually, heres a laugh for you... my mum reckoned we are like animals in that we are only capable of conceiving at certain times of the year which for me is the month of august but lets say its august/september/october so obviously thats the reason we haven't caught throughout the rest of the year. When i though about it i thought she might have a point which is more evident when you think of couples that have more than one and there bdays are around the same time of year.

With this in mind you fertile time is coming up in the next 2-4 months

good luckx

 

[Widger]

hey susan, thats a promising bit of info for me in that if you DH got you pregnant before then there is definite hope of conceiving again... that may be either naturally or assisted but at least we know its possible.

sending lots of baby dust to you... hoping we both get our bfps before too much longer.

Actually, heres a laugh for you... my mum reckoned we are like animals in that we are only capable of conceiving at certain times of the year which for me is the month of august but lets say its august/september/october so obviously thats the reason we haven't caught throughout the rest of the year. When i though about it i thought she might have a point which is more evident when you think of couples that have more than one and there bdays are around the same time of year.

With this in mind you fertile time is coming up in the next 2-4 months

good luckx

I think there may be something in this.... ok bear with me... I am not normally crazy

I was thinking about this the other night, my mum had the 3 of us in June, July & August. I had bfp last october (unfortunatley was chemical), then straight after in november (unfortunatley mmc). My nan had her children in May, 2 in June, July.

I was hoping that this would be my month (even though it wasn't last year) but am about 13dpo and got a bfn on FRER today.

Maybe it will happen and stick in October as defo think I'm out of the running this month. Anyway, watch this space.

Great news about the doctor Susan. My hubby went to docs the other day to see if he could be checked out (sperm) but doc said that there wasn't a prob as I had conceived 3 times. Just unlucky....!!!

I have gone out today and bought every supplement known to man as I am determined to get that elusive .

Let's just hope that by the end of the year we will all have stories to tell of our BFPs. We have to hold on to the hope that maybe our bodies are rejecting all the pregnancies that would not go the whole term and that next one will be sticky xxx

 

[shalagirl]

Chanel & Widger I think you are on to something about being able to conceive (or having a better chance of conceiving at certain times in the year) - this too has crossed my mind before. Both times I did get pregnant was around June time. However thinking back to when I was young(er) (around 24 to 28) around May / June time I would really notice a difference in the amount of CM my body was producing - much more than normal. I would wonder what was the matter and wear panty liners much more and even bought powder to help keep me fresh and dryer! (sorry if this is too much info). Then my CM would settle back to normal levels. Perhaps I was getting lots of great CM as I was at my peak fertility time - not sure if this all sounds silly but just maybe there are certain times in the year ur body is more open to conceiving than others.

 

[shalagirl]

I have gone out today and bought every supplement known to man as I am determined to get that elusive .

Widger - what supplements did you opt for? I am taking the Pregnacare for conception tablets. However I was reading in a book that if you have had a miscarriage 300-400mg of magnesium may help and the Pregnancare supplement only supplies 60mg. I am planning on going through all the books I have gathered up and making a list of what vitamins and minerals they suggest and checking the levels and if I need to buy extra or an alternative to Pregnacare.