Princess yes, you have posted here before. You can probably try again as soon as you feel ready. The only reason some doctors tell you to wait a cycle is it can make it difficult to date a pregnancy after a miscarriage as your cycle can be different after one. Sometimes doctors will tell you to wait if you have other underlying health problems that could cause issues if you conceive again, but in most cases you don't need to wait, particularly if the miscarriage was an early one.
One thing though, if you do try straight away as I did, make sure you get a blood test first to make sure your HCG is back to zero. You don't want to go through what I've seen happen a few times on BB where ladies thought they were pregnant again but their HCG levels had not dropped back down yet so it was a disappointing false alarm for them. The time that this takes to happen can vary heaps by a few days to several weeks depending on how far along you were and how high your levels were prior to the m/c. I think that's also part of the reason doctors often ask you to wait for your next AF as you will not ordinarily get another one until after you ovulate and you will only ovulate once your HCG levels have dropped.... that's why some women take lots of weeks after a m/c to get their AF. My AF came 29 days after my last m/c but I was only 5w4d so my HCG was back to zero within a few days so I went straight back to normal. I hope this info helps you.
Last edited by satya; June 23rd, 2007 at 01:08 PM.
Kiwigirl~ No you didn't offend me at all!! I know that a mc can change cycles I just thought it was weird that my AF still hasn't come yet. I think I ovulated late and it should be here within the next few days. Should we have a waiting for a 2nd AF club???
Well, I've completely lost track of where everyone is at after the thread change... Have also been off the radar too so that does not help. Therefore I must apologise for the terrible lack of personals.
Hope that everyone is doing well and all the preg girls are coming along nicely!
Salt - Hey cycle buddie. I have to admit that I've been stalking your chart a little bit and it looks fab!! Nice implantation dip there!!! I'm so sure that you are preg this month... have you been having any symptoms??? Do tell...
I'm now 10 dpo and think I might be heading for a triphasic chart. But FF has not told me so yet. Will just have to see how the next few days pan out. It's my birthday later in the week so it would be such a fab birthday gift to get a BFP. Trying not to get my hopes up too much though...
Big hugs to all you other lovely people, I hope that you have enjoyed a nice relaxing weekend and all treated yourselves well.
Some fine looking charts cropping up here! (looks at Leyla and winks )
I'm very keen to be joining you all again. I want to be sharing the countdowns to O and the joys (lol) of the TWW. Come on, AF!!!! Making me wait eight weeks is just not on!!
Meeting up with Belinda for lunch yesterday was lovely! Another reason why I love BB! Fingers crossed Belinda and I will be bellybuddies again one day (just gotta get my cycle sorted first).
Good luck to everyone ramping up to O and in the TWW. Thinking of you!!
I got my 2nd AF today!!!! I know its dumb to be happy about that but I am happy because I was right after all, I thought maybe I ovulated late and I sure did so now my cycle is right back to what it was before the pregnancy/miscarriage. I just thought I would post real quick since I had asked some questions of you lovely ladies.
Leyla - you never know, one weird wacky temp doesn't mean much. Wait and see what tomorrow brings!
kerry - I reckon AF will be along pretty soon now, looking at your chart.
satya - I hope you don't have to wait too long for your op - it doesn't look like it will be too bad. I can't remember what you said about apples now - at the time my head was in a bit of a spin and not much was computing! Now that the m/s is getting worse, my head is ready for any useful info to keep it at bay!
las - how are you going? So sorry to hear your news. I have my fingers crossed that you will surprise them and this little one will make it!
megsmum - I'm glad to hear that the news has sunk in a little now. It can take a while to process these things. I think that you probably are O'ing, but the clomid will increase your progesterone which helps the embie to implant properly, and will also increase your LP which also helps to prevent an early loss. It all sounds really positive to me, and I hope your first cycle on clomid brings success to you like it did to me!
shoegal - woo hoo on AF!!!!
Salt - I get really vivid dreams when pg, so maybe it is a good sign for you! I hope so! How are you going? When do your parents have the op?
Pash - how are you going? My first m/c was a missed m/c. I was 8.4 wks but bub had passed at 7wks. I had a drug to induce a m/c as I didn't want surgery, so in the end I got to see it all as if it was a natural m/c. The membranes you have described was one of the things I saw, but there was also lots of clots, and very thick blood, and then lastly the actual 'baby', which looked like a long thick bit of red tissue. Because I had drugs, and they didn't work properly the first time, so I had to have another lot, it went on for 11 days, so not sure how long it would usually take naturally. I was also really surprised to hear that the bub had passed at the scan, as I still had symptoms and my clothes had started to get too tight too. I don't want to scare you - just telling you my experience. Please remember that it is v common for twins to m/c or to lose one but for the other one to be as happy as larry. I hope it works out for you this time. Let us know how you are going.
Well, I had my first spew on Fri night and have come v close again a couple of times over the w/e. My folks came around for dinner last night and I was feeling soooo ill, it was really hard to keep it from them. I said I had a headache. We had the most boring w/e. I really don't feel up to much and slept most of yesterday. I am starting to get 'classic' m/s from Fri, where it gets bad whenever my stomach is empty, but I keep leaving it too long to prepare food because I am too tired, that I feel sick and am then too sick to prepare food. And poor DH has been copping it. He made me a ginger tea the other night but put in so much ginger it was actually hot - like really spicey hot, yuck!!! I am not really sure what to do with ginger, but bought some the other day. I also got heaps of ginger nut biccies. I phoned the clinic on Fri to say I didn't want to have my BT and all the nurses were busy so I left a msg. I was waiting for them to ph and hassle me, but they didn't! I know that I am supposed to have my first scan this week, but I am not sure if they will ph to arrange it or if I should ph them and ask? I am kind of happy not knowing when it will be, as then I will start stressing! Right now I am quite calm, which I am enjoying. I know my OB will do a scan at my first appointment in 2 wks time, but that is only 3 days before our holiday, so I need to have a scan before then to check all is well so I have time for a D & C and recovery if it's not looking good. So I guess I need to get onto them in the next couple of days if they don't contact me.
Hope you all enjoyed your weekends and slept in if you could!
Salt - I broke out in a couple of really big awful pimples at 10dpo, I thought it could have been AF aswell - but it obviously wasn't!! I remember talking about BFZ (big fat zits lol at the time!!). And now my skin is looking really nice and clear with a rosie glow (although thats probably the zero degress in Tasmania!!). Do you normally break out with AF? Anyway, pimples is a good sign - hooray!! I tested negative at 10dpo, as well as a definate negative 12dpo. It wasn't until 14dpo that I got a faint positive. I guess I just wanted to see if I was one of those lucky people that gets a positive result as early as 10dpo - I wasn't, never mind! So, how long do you think you will wait before testing!! I didn't really have any symptoms Salt, other than I just didn't feel like AF was on her way - you know that slightly "off" feeling you can get, a bit of cramping etc - well it never came, just a few pimples and then a bfp! Fingers crossed for you Salt!
Bun - you poor thing. I had m/s really awful with my 3 children/pregnancies. It really changes your life and what you can achieve. There's not much you can do about it, but ride the wave and have very low expectations of yourself. The one thing I thought helped me was to eat Minties, must have been the chewing effect and the taste of mint - when I couldn't stomach food, I could eat a mintie or two! You sound really well though, and you are inching your way forward!!
Pash - I've wondered about you many times over the last few days. How are you? We all are concerned and want to know what's happening with you. Big hugs Pash, and praying all is settling down and will be fine.
Satya - hi!! How're doing? Did you O?? And now for another 2WW, blah! I wonder if you will be pg this cycle, did putting a plan in place ease some pressure somewhere?? Hugs.
Hello to everyone else and I'm hoping for a few more BFP this week from you lovely ladies.
As for little me, I've had an up and down few days. Been thinking about my little man who died in March. Just had one of the midwifes from his birth visit me again. They are all in disbelief that he died of pneumonia. I'm sure it would be easier for the hospital to deal with had it been a simple SIDS case, i.e. no concern for any negligence issues. I won't go into it all, but it's all very depressing, and has been on my mind.
And I feel even stranger being pregnant again - like I have so much "unfinished" business from my last baby, it makes it harder to focus on this new one. And I'm worried to think about a new baby so much yet, in case something goes wrong. It's all so hard.
And to top it off, my other 2 kids (aged 9 and 7) were having a video chat with their interstate cousins yesterday. One of my sisters in law had a baby a few months before my little boy was born/died. Well, she came to my baby's funeral and I have not heard from her since (over 3 months ago). Yesterday she put her baby boy's face right up to the Webcam, so it literally was "in my face". Honestly, it felt like a dagger through my heart, and I walked away. It just feel this was so damm insensitive - to shove your baby into the face of a lady whose baby died 3 months ago. It's not something I would ever do, and the image keeps popping into my mind. Sorry for the ramble, but had to get that out. Incredible how many people just don't get it, not even a little bit. You'd think it would be a bit of common sense at the very least.
Anyway, I feel fine physically, just tired. I don't feel pg really. I hope to avoid the m/s this time. I did another HPT on Saturday, and the 2nd line is very very dark, as dark as the control line. So that tells me my hormone levels are on the rise.
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I'm so sure that you are preg this month... have you been having any symptoms??? Do tell...
Trying not to get my hopes up too much though...
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