Hi everyone
I am new to this site.

First to Ruthie - I am so sorry for what you are going through - my heart is with you. I have just had my first miscarriage and am devastated, so I cannot begin to imagine what you are going through. Hang in there sweetie

AFM: I miscarried one week ago today. It was my first miscarriage. I got pregnant through IVF - it was my first cycle. The last 6 weeks have been unbelievably stressful - the whole IVF process was pretty stressful and then I got mild OHSS and have felt very unwell from that. Last thursday had to go to hospital with severe abdo pain - they thought at that stage it was from a very large ovarian cyst which was bleeding - the cyst being a result of the IVF. I ended up bleeding friday and saturday blood tests showed I had miscarried. Since I was still having a lot of pain and scan showed a lot of tissue still in uterus I had D and C on Monday. It was a very emotional day - like Ruthie I just kept thinking about how the procedure is like an abortion - I also had an image of them sucking my baby out of my body and every time that came into my head I couldn't stop crying. Had to wait in a room full of other people having day surgery for about 2.5 hours before procedure - and I was in pain and really upset and that really didn't help matters - the hospital I had D & C really was a terrrible set up - no privacy what so ever. The nurse admitting me was horrible - she asked the following questions with no compassion what so ever - so your here for D& C for a miscarriage? Is it your first miscarriage? Have you any other kids? - at which stage I burst into tears as I do not and am so worried that I might now never have any; Am i married? (i am not but in lovely committed relationship) Do I have a boyfriend? - I mean how is that any of her business and how rude!! Anyway today is the first day the pain has settled down - had hours of pain yesterday (think it is still from the ovarian cyst).
Keen to try again - think I have to wait 4-6 weeks before I can have another IVF cycle - would like to try naturally this month. Does anyone know how long it takes after miscarrying to ovulate normally? - want to test for LH surge but not sure when to start?





Me (37) DP (50)
IVF i cycle - BFP - 5 September 2008 (6 weeks 4 days)