Trying to Conceive After Miscarriage or Loss October 2010

Welcome Joeve! Hope you get your BFP really soon

Clairesmummy: I agree with Joeve: Knowledge is power. If you find anything hopefully it will help mean there's something you can do to bring your baby closer.
You mentioned thyroid: I know that thyroid problems can make you more vulnerable to miscarriage. Can it also lead to problems TTC? (I had an overactive thyroid in one of my pregnancies. Seemed to be pg related though. As soon as i miscarried, the thyroid went back to normal). Thyroid problems are usually treatable though (medication etc). I hope you get good news tomorrow.

Melster: i've been too scared to ask what a 'digi' is. At first i thought you meant you were testing with your finger (digit!) but then you mentioned running out of 'digi's' and i was stumped!:o lol Hope you 'O' soon!

I have stopped googling now, lol. Just trying to keep my mind active and be ready for anything. Not much I can say now until I know what is happening. So I bid you all good night and will catch you all tomoro after I get home. Take care all and have a great night all.

Morning ladies..

Waiting to hear clairesmummy..i hope ur ok..

ATM..i have no idea whats going on with me...i have a high cervix and kinda wet....but i tested this morning just to see and still negative...there is still a line there tho...ill do one this afternoon...

So do i go by my body or the tests??? i havent had much cm....but it is wet...............so does it mean there is an issue then, that im not having a high amount of hormone and i am not o'ing..??????? its so annoying...im so frustrated

Melster- Opks never worked for me.. i never got a positive the month i conceived.. i ended up going to the dr for bts because i didnt think that i had O'ed.. but i had! Maybe just try and go with ur body and make sure ur bding every couple days! :) Good luck! x

melstar - I never got a full positive on an opk (the line got darker but never as dark as the control line) but went off my cm as well and that is how I knew I had o'd xoxox

Melster I never got a positive either they
drove me crazy. The month that worked
I didn't use them. Id trust your body and kept
BDing every 2nd day FX this is your month

thanks ladies

Melster: you would get a definite answer if you go for a day 21 blood test to check your levels of progesterone, that will tell you whether you ovulated or not

Good Morning All,
Well I am home from my DR appointment and some good news first....Iron levels good, cholestrol low, sugar low, kidney function good, liver function good, thyroid no problems there, all come back good except 1 thing......:crying: NO OVULATION detected. :wall: Ok so DR told me I may have O'd early and that's why the BT never picked it up, I let her know that my BBs have been sore for the last 2 days and she asked if I usually get sore BBs when AF is due and I told her that I get tender nipples but never sore BBs and they are sore I can't even sleep on them of a night time the last 2 nights as it hurts. She told me that if AF arrives this Tuesday/Wednesday I am to go back and see her straight away as she will give me a referral to go see a gyno asap and I will be given Clomid to take but if AF arrives Thurday/Friday I have to wait until my next cycle and we will do another BT then as we may have missed my O this month if I O'd later than CD19. But she also told me my BBs may be a good sign of not needing Clomid and I may be UTD. She told me to wait until at least Friday next week before I POAS if AF is late. I am making DF his appointment to have his swimmers checked Monday week when we go over to my parents place so I have a baby sitter for the day for my DD.

Clairesmummy...im glad some things were good news.....and maybe very shortly you will have you're answer at least.....how are you feeling about the whole thing?????

Not sure how I'm feeling at the moment Melster, a little dissapointed I guess due to the No Ovulation. It will take awhile for everything to sink in to my head properly. Haven't thought to much about it just yet just keep brushing it aside at the moment. Have no idea what's going to happen at the Gyno when I go to them and have no idea what happens with Clomid or even how well it works. Would love to hear some peoples stories on here. Like what happens when you don't O but I still have regular AF every month and I do get O pains but obviously no O. DR told me when they put me on Clomid I start taking it at CD5 but that's all she told me about it and that it will make me O, but does it really work? I have no idea at all.

Clairesmummy: that is mostly good news, what cycle day did you have the blood test done ? maybe it was too early to pick up if you ovulated late in the cycle. i have had clomid, different drs tell you to take it on different days but its somewhere around day 5 of the cycle and you take a tablet a day for 5 days (ie cycle days 5-9) then you should ovulate 6-12 days later (so you bd every 2nd day from about day 10). i have fallen pregnant each time i have used it (my two children), hope this helps

Thanks Minni- Good to hear it works I'm so worried about spending lots of money on things that may not even work, I don't want to get caught up in spending hundreds and thousands of $ and still have no bub, IYKWIM. DR took my BT on CD19 I did have a +ive OPK at CD12 so I thought I would have O'd at the latest at CD14 but obviously not. So if you don't mind me asking what will my OB/GYN do will they do more tests and do they do any testing while your taking Clomid to make sure the drug is working? Thank you so much for your advice darl it has given me a glimmer of hope.

Clairesmummy - Clomid could be the answer for you, hun. Your condition (if you are in fact not ovulating) is treatable. :) I hope you can at least relax a little bit having some answers.

Clairesmummy...i feel for you!!!!!! i wish i could make things a little better for you...maybe just try and think that at least now everything is on the roll and you will finally know whats wrong and be able to fix it and get you much awaited BFP....sorry i dont know alot about clomid..maybe try the girls in the long TTC group...im sure they would know...

I have heard that if you dont o you can still get you're period is that right?....so how does that work then?????????

This stuff is really confusing...



atm..................I have needed to piddle all day today and before my breaks are due...whats with that....i normally get that when im pregnant! im going to OPK test late arvo and see what happens there...if not and im not pregnant this month i might give it a break next month because its just stressing me out

cycle day 19 might be a bit early if you didnt ovulate til day 14 or so, the standard is day 21 (ie a week after ovulation), a cycle of clomid is about $35 for the medication (thats what i paid this week anyway), some drs will do a scan to see how your ovaries are responding but i don't know how common that is (i have never had any testing done, just the tablets then a day 21ish blood test to check for ovulation), if you dont ovulate on whatever dose that start you on they can increase it to see if that helps so don't give up, some people have bad side effects with clomid (depressed, hot flushes, mood swings etc), i suffer from thrush with it but i tend to be prone to that anyway

Melster - Sometimes frequent urination can happen due to water retention. Though that shouldn't kick in until just before af is due? Perhaps you've been extra thirsty.....? Confusing!

DR did my BT at CD19 as she said it's more accurate if you take blood 7 days before AF is due and I usually only have a 26 day cycle hence why she took them then but last month I had a 25day cycle. AF should be here no later than Wednesday for me. So when she arrives at least I have an action plan now which does feel good but not looking forward to more testing I hate feeling like a used up old pin cushion.....lol.....Don't get me wrong ladies I am happy, at least I have some answers now as to why I'm not getting my BFP and now I just hope that Clomid will help me. It does feel good to know what the problem is but also a little dissapointing as well as it just feels like my body has let me down a little. I'm in no way at all depressed about my situation just means I have to work a little harder at what we want is all.
Forshelby-Thanks for checking in on me darl hope all is well with you and bub you must be getting really excited now about your upcoming scan......can't wait to hear all about it.
Melster- Thanks it does feel good to have everything on a roll now still have my FX for your BFP this month.
Minnie- Thank you so very much for your advice hun I truly appreciate it. And thanks for the price I was expecting alot higher than that.....lol.....feel free to tell me to stop being a stress head.....lol....the side effects sound like a total blast.....not......lol.....this journey could start to get interesting for me.......at least now I know there is light at the end of the tunnel.......