Trying to Conceive after Miscarriage or Loss #2 April '08

[nicjay]

Hi everyone,

I just thought I might post in here again....I'm actually not a newbie, but an oldie LOL I'm sure no one in here would remember me because it has been a while since I last posted, so here is a run down on my story for those who are interested

DH and I have one beautiful DD who is about to turn 4 in June. We started TTC #2 in Dec 06, and a few months later we fell pg. Less than a week later I started to bleed - a chem preg. Joined up here not long afterwards. Anyway, some cycles later I saw my ob because we were worried about how long it was taking (we are no spring chickens DH and I LOL) and the fact that I had had a chem preg. My cycles were shortish, there was some doubt as to whether I was ovulating and I had a possible LPD so I started taking Clomid in July last year. To our surprise and joy we fell pg 1st go on Clomid. Sadly though our joy was short lived - I had a missed miscarriage at 12 weeks in early October.

After this miscarriage we were totally devastated and despairing that we would ever be able to have another child. We waited the suggested one cycle and started TTC with Clomid again. My second cycle of Clomid was a total disaster Horrible side effects and probably an anovulatory cycle. And to add to our troubles, my DH found out in December that he was to made redundant from his job in April this year. We stopped with the Clomid and my cycles have been mental ever since, ranging from 16 days to 31 days, so we made an appointment to see an FS. I decided that TTC was starting to rule my life, so I have had a long break from BB just to save my sanity.

The FS was wonderful - he did more investigations to rule out causes of recurrent miscarriage - nothing was found. So he has suggested a couple of tracking cycles to see what is happening. I am on CD14 of the first tracking cycle at the moment, and am feeling pretty happy because I actually Oed on my own on day 12 and had excellent hormone levels leading up to O day. So I'm feeling really hopeful that things may be finally getting back to normal. Add to this the fact that DH has finished up his old job, got a payout and starts another job in a couple of weeks, so we are hoping that things are starting to look up for us after what has been probably the cr@ppiest 6 months of our lives together. We still may end up doing some sort of assisted conception, but at least with me Oing and the cycle tracking we should have a pretty good chance this month and next (if it is needed, I hope not!!).

Anyway, if you got this far, thanks for reading and hope to talk again soon

Susannah x