My journal: PAL journey

[mrs unicorn]

Sorry about that cupcake. It's so frustrating when you just want to try and get back to normal. Are you still spotting then? Or could it be the beginning of af? It's just I remember at my scan at 11 weeks I started spotting and they said they could see an area that looked like it could be the start of a bleed. Hope it's af starting to arrive for you.

 

[cupcake23]

I'm so bored of it all, just wanted this to be over with.

When I went in she asked me if I had stopped bleeding, which I have, no spotting or bleeding for nearly 2 weeks, she asked me again about bleeding during the scan and didn't mention anything about af arriving. Considering it's been only 2 weeks would I expect af so soon? I don't know what to think, sometimes I think they should give you 5 mins to think of questions before they allow you to leave.

 

[mrs unicorn]

Could you call someone and ask? Has it been two weeks since you stopped bleeding or two weeks since you started?

 

[cupcake23]

2 weeks of no bleeding, my mc only lasted 1 week. I've been able to contact someone at work who's told me not to worry about the scan but not to get pregnant before af! I'm so annoyed with myself for getting carried away. Now I'm praying af turns up 😔

 

[ttc126]

Oh hon I'm sorry! Sounds very frustrating! I was told not to expect AF for 4-6 weeks post miscarriage. It's such a process. Your lining is trying to heal up and everything is trying to get back to normal. I got my first AF 31 days after my mc (from day of miscarriage starting not end of bleeding).

 

[mrs unicorn]

It took 34 days for my af to return after my mc (from the start) and I normally have 28 day cycles. So hopefully you won't have too much longer to wait. You also hear lots of different things about TTC straight after a mc. My hospital said it was fine once the bleeding had stopped. She said the only reason they say to wait until af is purely for dating purposes. But it's always best to take your docs advice, I just wish they were all on the same page.

 

[lesondemavie]

Hope it's coming soon cupcake. My MMC cycle was 30 days. AF came 31 days after I started bleeding. My cycles are usually 22 days (but my first cycle post-MMC was 24 days and this second one is shaping up to be 25 days bc I'm Oing a bit later than usual).

 

[cupcake23]

Thanks for all your responses. I have to be patient, there's nothing more I can do.

 

[cupcake23]

So I realised that I'm kinda in a tww/ af watch mode, I'm 100% sure I was ovulating last week, so every cramp/ twinge I'm feeling is being over analysed 🙄

It's 23 days since the start of my mc, only 19 since taking misoprostol so I think I will be waiting for some time for af, it would be amazing to get a bfp but if my body isn't ready for it I'm worried how this will effect a pregnancy 😕 I feel very lucky that I'm getting such good care from the NHS plus it helps that I work within it so can ask endless questions, what doesn't help is being on annual leave and googling.

 

[cupcake23]

Not much to update.. I took 2 ic, both negatives, not surprised but thought I would start testing as af is still MIA.

 

[cupcake23]

Another neg hpt, af still missing. I keep thinking that af is going to arrive but no luck, slight cramping and right sided pain... I hope it arrives soon, back at work on Monday and it will be my luck it arrives then.

Also since my mc my skin hasn't been the same, I did start taking omega 3-6-9 so I'm not sure if its that, I'm giving it time to settle, never really suffered with bad skin but it's starting to bug me, damn hormones. I also started to take pregnacare preconception vitamins, initially they made me feel nauseous but after 2 weeks I seemed to have got used to them. Hoping al these vitamins help with hormones and getting pregnant.

 

[mrs unicorn]

Sorry af still hasn't arrived, the waiting is horrible. I also take the Pregnacare vitamins. Not had any trouble with them. Was thinking about omega 3-6-9 too as I take EPO up till ov in an attempt to increase cm. Not sure it works but the bfp cycle was the first time I took it.

 

[Jchihuahua]

I am in the same position of waiting for AF. If I count the first day of bleeding when my miscarriage started as CD 1 I would now be on CD 35 and no sign of AF. I had cramping and was sure it was coming on Monday and Tuesday and a small amount of brown spotting when I wiped but that was it. I have done 2 HPTs, both negative. I can't bear the waiting. I want my cycle to restart so I can TTC again . Also, I have 4 spots on my chin and I never ever got spots before my miscarriage.

 

[cupcake23]

I thought I would depress myself by looking at the thread I posted my positive hpt in March 😞

Oh well, another 2 negative hpt today, can't help myself. Still cramping and now have backache so I'm sure af is coming, which is bittersweet but it means I can start ttc properly. It's a very frustrating process, I hope your af arrives soon jchihauhua.

 

[cupcake23]

So another bfn this morning, cd 30 if I count first day of mc.

Sitting here at work being asked when am I going to have another baby 😒 Hate working here when every other person I'm in contact with is pregnant! 😩

 

[ttc126]

I'm sorry cupcake.

 

[cupcake23]

So slight PV spotting noted on and off since last night, only on wiping, wearing liners and nothing on it and I have no cramps so I have no idea if it's af or something else going on. Still getting neg hpts, I'm not expecting a positive, but it would be lovely to know what's going on with my own body.

Apart from that I'm all good, have another scan on Sunday, hopefully get the all clear.

 

[cupcake23]

At last af has arrived!

So this means CD1, I have a pregnancy calculator for work and using the ovia app both giving me tha same predicted fertile week, I average 28-30 days, I've never had difficulty getting pregnant so I'm praying that it won't be too long till I see a bfp and hopefully a sticky bean

 

[mrs unicorn]

Yey, cupcake that's great news! Sending you lots of luck and baby dust!

 

[cupcake23]

Thank you Mrs unicorn, I'm feeling so positive for this cycle, it's ironic that I should have been excited about my dating scan today but instead I'm excited that af arrived