Shoegal - I am glad you are finding this thread helpful. You can ask whatever you like here! I cried every day for a long while after each of my m/cs, so you are quite normal there. A chem pg is when you get a positive test but then AF arrives a few days later - it's basically a very early m/c and apparently they are v common, and a lot of women don't even know about them, as it can happen when AF is due. A molar pg is... actually, I may leave that to someone else to explain, I think I know what it is but I'm not sure how best to explain it and I don't want to confuse you! They are v uncommon though - I think 1 in 10,000.
Pash - you're right, low dose aspirin should only be taken if prescribed, and usually would only be prescribed if you have a blood clotting disorder. It does thin the blood, so if you don't have a blood clotting disorder and were to m/c, then you could experience excessive bleeding, as your blood won't clot.
Salt - just remember, AF symptoms and pg symptoms are often the same! Not long now til you test - you must be going crazy waiting! Luckily DH didn't make me hug my legs last night!
Sharon - yay on AF leaving! I think it can be good to have some alone time - I hope you are feeling a little better now. Have you gone to see your dr? I hope DH's spermies didn't swim straight past their target the other night! Silly spermies - you wouldn't think it would be that hard to swim in the right direction!
Leyla - you must be really frustrated with your body. It looks to me like you may have O'ed 10 days ago, so just had a long cycle for some reason. I hope you find out one way or another soon - there is nothing more frustrating than trying to figure out what your body is doing and having long cycles when TTC!
Mel - welcome. I saw your other thread - you have been through such a rough time, I really feel for you. Has your OB done an endometrial biopsy? I have had nearly all of the recurrent m/c tests done too, and all has come up clear. It is so frustrating to go through this more than once when they can't find a reason! Are you getting any treatment as a precaution? I hope you enjoy being with us and we can be a good support to you. I find, and I am sure you do too, that there are so few people IRL who you can talk to and understand what you are going through, that finding these girls has been a god-send for me. I am hoping for a sticky bub for you asap!!!
Satya - I am glad you had a good birthday. I can totally understand your reluctance to see a FS again due to the disruption in your life. I am finding this monitoring is taking over everything and although it doesn't really make sense, it is also really emotional. It's like every time I have to get a BT done, it reminds me of what has happened and why I am going through this, and just brings it all back IYKWIM? It is really disruptive. I am not sleeping well because I have to be up early every morning for a scan or BT, so I wake up in the early hours of the morning thinking it is time to get up when it isn't, and I just keep doing that every night! By the time I get to work in the morning, I am exhausted! I am feeling so much better today because the monitoring for this cycle is finally over - last night was the only decent sleep I have had all week! Definitely go to a gyn if that will be less disruptive - you need to live!!
megsmum - you are nearly at the end of your TWW! Fingers crossed for you this month!
The clinic phoned back last night and said to BD last night and tonight, so I must have had the LH surge yesterday, meaning I may have already O'ed or am about to. They are also sending a pg BT form to have in a fortnight. So I guess now we just cross our fingers! I am glad we BD'ed the night before last too, even though the clinic told me not too - from some reading I have done, it looks like BDing before O is better as the EWCM can keep the spermies alive and waiting in the right place for up to a few days. I have had heaps of EWCM, so I am hoping it's doing its job! You know it's funny, before going to this clinic where they scan me and tell us when to BD, I was doing a pretty good job of knowing when I O through temping, and we managed to fall pg first go on the two times we tried. However, since being with the clinic where they tell me when to BD, we have not fallen for the last two months! So despite the constant BTs and scans (and paying $200 per month for the pleasure), I seem to have a better success rate on my own, without the intervention and for no cost! It seems that a lot of girls on BB who have been prescribed clomid are just told to come back in 6 mths if they're not pg, whereas my clinic's protocol is constant monitoring. I would understand that if I didn't O naturally, so they need to see what's happening, but I do O naturally, and am using clomid to hopfully reduce my chances of m/c, so it just seems really silly to me to go through all this monitoring. I have decided that if I am not pg this cycle, I am not going to do the monitoring next cycle. If they tell me I have to while on clomid, I will just tell them that I am taking a break, and will secretly take the clomid on my own and go back to temping. I have 12 mths prescription for it. I am just so sick of the disruption to our lives!
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