TTC after ectopic

[EverythingXd]

Hi ladies, and welcome to our new gals :wave:

Hilslo - yes very similar! Let's hope the similarities continue because if I follow your pattern I will conceive a keeper baby this month lol! Fingers crossed your good tube picks the egg up for you.

Beemeck - it could just be that the MC affected your fertility. It can take a few months for your body / fertility to recover. Some ladies are lucky enough to be more fertile after a MC but I'm not one. My body always seems to take the longest time to recover from anything (MC's, breastfeeding, being on contraceptive). Hopefully this will be your month!

Laubull - did your AF show up or have you tested? Good luck

AFM, AF showed as expected on 10th. It has been a lot lighter this month though, pretty much gone today at CD5 so I'm hoping that means my body is returning to normal at last. I O'd on CD15 the last 2 months so just waiting for my fertile spell at the moment

 

[Laubull]

I tested again this morning and BFN again, think AF must be on her way now I really must stop symptom spotting, I was so sure we could have got lucky! Anyway, hopefully AF will hurry up and we can get on with trying again.

Everything I am sorry AF arrived, but hope you can start looking forward to all of the BDing you'll be doing soon ;-)

x

 

[beemeck]

Laubull - 9dpo is still v early. I've got my fingers crossed for you!!

Breech - blimey, you must have been terrified when they mentioned hysterectomy!! So glad for you that you didn't have to go through that! Have you managed to keep both tubes?

And - I'm now 1dpobut I'm not holding out much hope this cycle. We timed it really well (we dtd in the 3 days leading up to O and on the day of O) but scan has confirmed I ovulated from my tubeless side. I know it's still possible and that the opposite side tube can pick up the egg etc but it's not very likely. Both times I've conceived after my ectopic, I ovulated from the side with a tube. Still a bit of a chance though

I was super terrified! Or more just depressed... I told the doctors to just let me bleed out if it came to that, but I know I was being dramatic. Just don't know what I would do if I could never have kids I have kept both tubes as nothing was affected there. The baby had implanted in my cervix so made it clear through my tubes (and then uterus for some reason) without a problem. Supposedly I got away with no complications whatsoever, but that is what I'm worrying about now

Good luck in your TWW! I will be joining you shortly. I think your BD timing sounds fine

 

[beemeck]

Hi ladies, and welcome to our new gals :wave:

Hilslo - yes very similar! Let's hope the similarities continue because if I follow your pattern I will conceive a keeper baby this month lol! Fingers crossed your good tube picks the egg up for you.

Beemeck - it could just be that the MC affected your fertility. It can take a few months for your body / fertility to recover. Some ladies are lucky enough to be more fertile after a MC but I'm not one. My body always seems to take the longest time to recover from anything (MC's, breastfeeding, being on contraceptive). Hopefully this will be your month!

Laubull - did your AF show up or have you tested? Good luck

AFM, AF showed as expected on 10th. It has been a lot lighter this month though, pretty much gone today at CD5 so I'm hoping that means my body is returning to normal at last. I O'd on CD15 the last 2 months so just waiting for my fertile spell at the moment

Hi everything - thank you so much for that input. I really feel like everything I hear seems to lead toward being extra fertile after a loss and it's been driving me nuts making me question everything. So I really appreciate hearing that

My wait time to O this month went pretty quickly and now it's upon me any day now. Expecting it by Thursday at the latest so hopefully it goes quick for you too!

 

[hilslo]

Everything - the similarities continue! My body takes ages to bounce back too! Fingers crossed my pattern repeats itself and this will be your month! 😃

Beemeck - sorry, I've just seen autocorrect changed your name to breech(!?!?) in my message! Hope you're busy dtd!

Laubull -sorry BFP is being shy. Still in it if AF hasn't shown though!

I'm starting progesterone today as I have a short luteal phase. Any of you ladies take anything to help the cause? Xx

 

[Laubull]

Hilslo what is your LP normally?

I'm taking folic acid and a low dose aspirin.

X

 

[beemeck]

hilslo - I saw that "breech" and loled let's just hope it's not another one of my complications. although right now getting pregnant and carrying a baby to term sounds great

I started red raspberry loose leaf tea this month. it says it's good for the uterus and uterine lining, but I've heard some ladies say that it's good for CM too. I actually have noticed a difference so far. My watery CM started 2 days earlier than usual this month and the past 2 days I've had EWCM but no pos OPK yet so it sure seems like my production is upped.

I also have my SO taking maca root. I know a lot of women take it to regulate hormones but I heard that it helps with sperm motility. I am not taking it myself as I have very regular cycles.

I'll be busy BDing for the next few days. GL to the other ladies !

 

[EverythingXd]

Hilslo - I'm currently just taking a prenatal multi-vitamin.

I have some EPO but then read that it interacts with Warfarin (which I'm on for life) so I've shied away from taking it. I am considering Progesterone supplement as well, my LP is 11 days but the last 2 cycles I have spotted a tiny bit on 10dpo as well. I worry I am peri-menopausal except for the fact that my AF is still very regular every 26 days, and I am pretty sure I O each month.

 

[hilslo]

My luteal phase varies from 8-11 days and I often have a couple of days spotting prior to starting. Last cycle it was 11 days with no spotting and I was pretty pleased!!

What makes you think you are peri-menopausal Everything. Your cycles sound beautiful to me 😊

Beemeck - I've heard really good things about Raspberry leaf tea but I've never tried it (I don't like normal tea so the fact that's its tea has always put me off lol!).

 

[hilslo]

Ps - breech babies aren't too bad. My DS was transverse breech so his head stuck out my side beneath my ribs. I'll try to dig out a photo- it was quite amusing!!!

I had to have a csection which at the time I was really disappointed about but now I'm quite thankful as they went in using the trace of my laparotomy scar (from my extopic surgery) so it turned a sad scar into a happy one 😊

 

[MomV13]

Hello new here. Not really sure how this all works. Going to post to see if I did this right.

 

[MomV13]

I started bleeding a day after period was due. Just very light spotting for two days so I decided to take preg test and it was positive. (Sept 2)I continued to bleed and it got heavier and heavier. I also passed a few clots. Have U/S done and they couldn't see anything on scan. They tested the tissue I passed and did hcg test. Tissue came back not preg tissue and hcg level was 80 (this was all this past Wednesday) yesterday had second hcg and it was 172. They said its most likely not a viable preg and want to do D&C tomorrow to see if it's ectopic. I'm really torn. I don't know what to do

 

[hilslo]

MomV13 - I'm so sorry, what a horrible place to be in. I think Hcg levels are supposed to double every 48hrs (roughly) so if you had the first hcg last Wednesday and the 2nd yesterday it doesn't seem to be following the rule of thumb. However, it's very early to rule it out entirely.

Ectopics are nothing to take lightly but I wouldn't have thought that waiting a few days at this early stage would make a massive difference.

Could you talk to your doctor to let him/her know your concerns?

I think limbo is the worst, once you know either way, you'll feel better I promise 😊.

Good luck and lots of hugs xx

 

[MomV13]

Thank you for responding. I'm so torn and stressed about this. I had a previous loss in March. I'm afraid of being an ectopic but the same time I'm afraid of it being a normal pregnancy and it was ended by D&C I've told them how I feel but they said the numbers don't look good and a D&C will help diagnose it. I'm so upset.

 

[hilslo]

Have you had an internal scan?

 

[MomV13]

Yes nothing could be seen

 

[hilslo]

Bugger. Could you ask them to do another hcg first? If you had the last one yesterday then tomorrow should be perfect for seeing how much it rises in 48hrs. It might help you make a clearer decision and if you do then have a D&C you'll feel confident that it was the right decision

 

[Laubull]

Momv13 I'm so sorry to hear this, what a horrible situation. I agree with hilslo, getting bloods done at 48hrs might help....that said bloods that double can still be ectopic, as my second was. How far along are you meant to be?

X

 

[MomV13]

Thank you ladies. Yes I'll have another draw before. I should be 6w3d today. I don't want to terminate something that could be viable but I don't want my tube to burst either. I'm soooo torn. I haven't had any pain just bleeding and that has gotten less and more of a brown color. What symptoms did you have laubull?

 

[MomV13]

You've both had them. What were the symptoms. Is there any early signs that you guys felt?