TTC after Methotrexate shot

[JPARR01]

First off sorry for your loss. Myself and the ladies in this thread are a huge help. It is important that you wait to try again due to the fact the methotrexate shot wipes out your folic acid. The methotrxate can cause serious problems in a pregnancy. Majority of doctors say to wait 3 months. Or at least 3 cycles. Xoxoxo

 

[PreshFest]

The husband and I have the flu!! Can this delay ovulation? Fine if it does since we both feel like crap, but I'm due to ov tomorrow. What timing!! Grrr!

 

[Annie77]

The husband and I have the flu!! Can this delay ovulation? Fine if it does since we both feel like crap, but I'm due to ov tomorrow. What timing!! Grrr!

What rubbish luck! I would say just grin and bear it and get BDing BUT I appreciate your husband is a man and hence has man flu (which is always much worse than females endure)

Good luck - sperm can live up to 5 days so maybe wednesday's swimmers may still be hanging around by tomorrow?

 

[Annie77]

Okay - last methotrexate shot on 11th Sept. 12 weeks on will be 4th december and luck would have it that i am due to ovulate on the 5th

I am taking 400ug folic acid along with a multivitamin which has 200ug in it. Is 600ug folic acid enough? I get more than this as i eat lots of sprouts, spinach and broccoli but just wondered if I should more to help boost my levels?

Also has anyone had a blood test prior to TTC to check folate levels?

 

[JPARR01]

I would take over 1000mcg which would equal 1mg. My doc said I could take up to 4-5 and the rest ya basically just pee out.

 

[PreshFest]

I ovulated on my ectopic side today... It was so painful it almost knocked me off my feet. Let's hope those swimmers get that eggy and that it makes it to my uterus

 

[Annie77]

I am due to ovulate from my right (ectopic) side and can feel it getting sorer - am really nervous as it has always been sore since I was 14 but dreading 1st time since ectopic

Good news though is that it seems back on track as a 28 day cycle and with any luck I will ovulate 5th Dec (day after the 12 week post-meth recommendation).

However (sorry if TMI) had some EWCM with brown spotting today - could this just be left over blood etc from tube?

 

[coxy1978]

Good luck girls.... im looking forward to hearing your updates at testing time!

Im 11 wks now....sickness eased a little and next scan booked for 21st nov - annoyingly i'l be 13 wks...so they're making me wait another week to see if my beanie is developing as it should be! uh! Why couldnt they have just done it at 12 and put my mind at rest!

Annie, not sure what the spotting would be, but sounds like a reasonable explanation, poss a last little clear out from the tube. I have heard some women can spot during ovulation but not sure how common it is. Has spotting settled now? My only advice would be, if you have any doubts that your tube is still blockd at all, maybe get them checked before trying again. xxx wish you lots of luck!!! x x

 

[belleedancr]

Positive thoughts to you, Presh! I am about 4 DPO today. This was my first cycle since my shot on 7/21 ... hopefully we'll both have fantastic news to share in a couple of weeks!

 

[colta]

I'm currently on my last AF before we start actively trying to conceive and I'm beyond nervous!!
I spoke to my Dr last week and had more blood drawn and he has given us thumbs up for trying this cycle, but I'm so scared that if we do fall pregnant, that I'm going to go through the same thing again or something else might happen.

How do you ladies manage to keep a cool head about the whole trying thing? Me and DH have never actually tried before, our ectopic pregnancy being an oppsie. We're both excited but extremely nervous about the whole thing. DH seems to think we'll fall preggers right away, but I don't think so. AHH!! The nerves are getting to me and Ov is still 10 days away!

 

[JPARR01]

The first month back for DH and I with TTC I was a nervous wreck. It was not easy at all. I had to continue to stay positive throughout it and just have faith. It is scary, but, just think good thoughts and try to not think about the bad stuff. xoxox

 

[Renzalxx]

I'm currently on my last AF before we start actively trying to conceive and I'm beyond nervous!!
I spoke to my Dr last week and had more blood drawn and he has given us thumbs up for trying this cycle, but I'm so scared that if we do fall pregnant, that I'm going to go through the same thing again or something else might happen.

How do you ladies manage to keep a cool head about the whole trying thing? Me and DH have never actually tried before, our ectopic pregnancy being an oppsie. We're both excited but extremely nervous about the whole thing. DH seems to think we'll fall preggers right away, but I don't think so. AHH!! The nerves are getting to me and Ov is still 10 days away!

Hi Colta
So very sorry about your loss. My husband and I were not actively trying for a bubby either when I had my ectopic so now I am desperate for things to go well. We started TTC two weeks ago and able to test tommorow so heres hoping and I must admit i am VERY nervous but excited at the same time. Every little twinge or cramp and i get the sweats but I guess it will happen when it happens.
If you go back and read this thread, alot of the lovely ladies here have gone on to have nice sticky beans in their uterus so there is a very good chance everything is going to go smoothly for you.
Keep positive and you can always vent your anxieties here where the girls are so comforting and imformative, took a huge weight off my mind.
All the best and keep us posted

 

[Renee413]

i was wondering if i could join you girls... i have been such a ball of nerves for almost two months now.. DH and I have been TTC #1 for 2 years, I have PCOS, September 7 I had an infertility appointment and was given a script for Clomid, I never got to start it...and the story begins...
9/13- BFP
10/3 Ectopic in right tube discovered, given two shots (1 dose) of MTX
10/20 I started bleeding/cramping just like a period. My dr's office said to count this as my first period (at this time my levels were somewhere between a 33 and an 8) <---is that even possible? I thought you had to be 0 for a period??
So anyways, this brings me to last night/today, I have started bleeding AGAIN just like a period. I am so frustrated, I feel like I have been bleeding forever. My doctor would like us to wait 3 cycles before trying again but said when we decide to really TTC to call and set up an appointment to discuss everything (i.e. progesterone supplements, clomid) I have been dealing with this for almost 2 months now, I just want to start trying again!

Oh, and hi, I am Renee lol

 

[PreshFest]

Help!!! I'm 3dpo today and I'm having a lot of pain in my ectopic tube today. I definitely ovulated from that side, so I'm a bit worried!!

Did any of you pregos know that you ovulated on your ectopic side?

 

[epump]

Renee, so sorry for your loss hun. Welcome to the club here - I am sure you will find lots of support as the ladies here are great. As for me, I definitely started bleeding before my HcG went all the way back to zero - probably somewhere around 2000 in fact. I figured this was my body shedding the lining of the uterus and the dissolved pregnancy tissue after I got the mtx shot. I didn't really consider this my first true "period." Then it took about 2 weeks to get to zero and then I had a normal cycle with a period occuring about 4 weeks after I got to zero. I ended up waiting 4 months from the time I got the mtx shot (March 16th ish) and the time I conceived this pregnancy (July 12th ish). In between I had 3 regular periods. I hope this helps! xxoo

Presh, I ovulated on my ectopic side this pregnancy. Although I didn't know it until my first u/s and they could the see the corpus lutuem cyst on my left (ectopic) side. It's nerve-racking fo sure but hand in there!!!! Fingers crossed!

 

[PreshFest]

Renee, so sorry for your loss hun. Welcome to the club here - I am sure you will find lots of support as the ladies here are great. As for me, I definitely started bleeding before my HcG went all the way back to zero - probably somewhere around 2000 in fact. I figured this was my body shedding the lining of the uterus and the dissolved pregnancy tissue after I got the mtx shot. I didn't really consider this my first true "period." Then it took about 2 weeks to get to zero and then I had a normal cycle with a period occuring about 4 weeks after I got to zero. I ended up waiting 4 months from the time I got the mtx shot (March 16th ish) and the time I conceived this pregnancy (July 12th ish). In between I had 3 regular periods. I hope this helps! xxoo

Presh, I ovulated on my ectopic side this pregnancy. Although I didn't know it until my first u/s and they could the see the corpus lutuem cyst on my left (ectopic) side. It's nerve-racking fo sure but hand in there!!!! Fingers crossed!

Did you have quite a bit of pain on that side for a while? It was just on and off this morning, but now it's constant and is getting worse. Trying to stay positive!!! It's pretty hard with that constant nagging reminder.

 

[epump]

No, I didn't have any pain on my ectopic side. But I did have lots and lots of weird aches, twinges, cramps, etc. I also had just had an HSG procodure to check my tubes and make sure there wasn't any blockage, so I tried to take some comfort in that fact. But it's hard!!! Didn't you say you've been having on/off pain with ovulation, etc. since your ectopic?? Your body could just be more senstive to these things, Presh. I don't think it's indicative of anything wrong (plus at 3dpo it's probably way too earlier for ectopic pain). Try and stay as calm as possible and call the Dr if the pain gets any worse. Thinking of you!

 

[PreshFest]

No, I didn't have any pain on my ectopic side. But I did have lots and lots of weird aches, twinges, cramps, etc. I also had just had an HSG procodure to check my tubes and make sure there wasn't any blockage, so I tried to take some comfort in that fact. But it's hard!!! Didn't you say you've been having on/off pain with ovulation, etc. since your ectopic?? Your body could just be more senstive to these things, Presh. I don't think it's indicative of anything wrong (plus at 3dpo it's probably way too earlier for ectopic pain). Try and stay as calm as possible and call the Dr if the pain gets any worse. Thinking of you!

Yes, i can feel ovulation on both sides now, but it's 1000x worse on the ectopic side. I keep telling myself that I'd be feeling these pains regardless. It's just hard not to worry. But I'm going to do my best to not worry until I get that bfp!

I think if it doesn't happen this month, then maybe I will see if I can get the hsg. I asked my midwife about it right after the ectopic and she told me there was not point since I still have both my tubes, and if my left one is blocked and my right was clear, then I'd still try to get pregnant... which is very true! But at least I would have peace of mind (hopefully) knowing that everything looked good...Or if my left was blocked, then I could at least wait to BD until I knew which side I would ovulate from. Not the best method, but still!!! It would be nice to know either way.

 

[PreshFest]

i was wondering if i could join you girls... i have been such a ball of nerves for almost two months now.. DH and I have been TTC #1 for 2 years, I have PCOS, September 7 I had an infertility appointment and was given a script for Clomid, I never got to start it...and the story begins...
9/13- BFP
10/3 Ectopic in right tube discovered, given two shots (1 dose) of MTX
10/20 I started bleeding/cramping just like a period. My dr's office said to count this as my first period (at this time my levels were somewhere between a 33 and an 8) <---is that even possible? I thought you had to be 0 for a period??
So anyways, this brings me to last night/today, I have started bleeding AGAIN just like a period. I am so frustrated, I feel like I have been bleeding forever. My doctor would like us to wait 3 cycles before trying again but said when we decide to really TTC to call and set up an appointment to discuss everything (i.e. progesterone supplements, clomid) I have been dealing with this for almost 2 months now, I just want to start trying again!

Oh, and hi, I am Renee lol

Hi Renee! Sorry to hear about all of this. It's such a long, drawn out frustrating process on it's own, so I can't imagine it with PCOS So sorry!!

I'd count this bleed as your first period, not the other. It sounds a lot like what happened to me. But in any case, you have to wait a few months to try again so you're cycles should regulate by then. My period came 26 days after I reached 0 and then has been spot on at 28 days ever since. I'm on my 2nd month ttc and 3dpo, so waiting to POAS!!!!

 

[Annie77]

No, I didn't have any pain on my ectopic side. But I did have lots and lots of weird aches, twinges, cramps, etc. I also had just had an HSG procodure to check my tubes and make sure there wasn't any blockage, so I tried to take some comfort in that fact. But it's hard!!! Didn't you say you've been having on/off pain with ovulation, etc. since your ectopic?? Your body could just be more senstive to these things, Presh. I don't think it's indicative of anything wrong (plus at 3dpo it's probably way too earlier for ectopic pain). Try and stay as calm as possible and call the Dr if the pain gets any worse. Thinking of you!

Yes, i can feel ovulation on both sides now, but it's 1000x worse on the ectopic side. I keep telling myself that I'd be feeling these pains regardless. It's just hard not to worry. But I'm going to do my best to not worry until I get that bfp!

I think if it doesn't happen this month, then maybe I will see if I can get the hsg. I asked my midwife about it right after the ectopic and she told me there was not point since I still have both my tubes, and if my left one is blocked and my right was clear, then I'd still try to get pregnant... which is very true! But at least I would have peace of mind (hopefully) knowing that everything looked good...Or if my left was blocked, then I could at least wait to BD until I knew which side I would ovulate from. Not the best method, but still!!! It would be nice to know either way.

I know some people whose ovulation pain lasts for days and I have to confess my right (ectopic) ovulation pain is lasting longer than normal. It is usually very painful for 5-6 hours but this time it is moving about and just generally achy 2 days after it started.
Fingers crossed that this is your month
x