TTC after Miscarriage or Loss ~ January 08

[Luna]

Angel Babies,

I do not want to get your hopes up, but the month I got pregnant, I was charting and my temperatures dropped about 10 days after O and then went back up. I am charting in Faranhait, and the drop was quite significant, about half a degree, I really thought it was over.

I also read some study on the time when the implantation occurs and the rate of miscarriage. Basically, the later the implantation, the bigger the chances of miscarriage. If it implants by the day 8, the chances are only 25% I think, but after day 11 it went up to 80%. Well,mine was kind of late, so here I am. You say your dip was on day 6, so that would be a really good sign.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

[SamiH]

Oh gosh I hope not re implantation and m/c % - I had a big dip on 10dpo and have climbed high since then - last two days 36.95 and 36.82 - highish for me. Due tomorrow and haven't done a HPT ...
Waiting, waiting and waiting ....

[Luna]

Oh gosh, Sam, I really did not want to make it nervous. Day 10 is actually not bad at all, the risk raises sharply AFTER day 10

Here is the link to the study, I am not making it up just to make you feel better. They have a graph at the bottom. If the "number of losses" graph will scare you because it looks like it is the highest for day 10, look that also the most pregnancies implanted on day 10. So percentatgewise, it is not the highest at all.

https://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint...796.pdf?ck=nck

[tempus moriendi]

Angel Babies: did you for real drink 20 cups of coffee a day? I'm trying to wrap my mind around that--I don't think I drink that much any kind of liquid in 2 or 3 days. I wish I knew you back then--I would have had you come here and help me clean my house LOL!

Don't rely on the temp dip for O. The temp surge tells you that it happened--your temp goes up 24 hours after O. The reason I say that is I never get a temp dip, even with my successful pregnancies. But continue with the CM checks.

[Luna]

Sam - gosh, I really did not want to scare anybody, so sorry. Day 10 is actually OK (still below 30%, they say 25% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage), the risk rises sharply AFTER day 10. I tried to post a link to that study, so you know I am not not just saying that to make you feel better, but I do not think I am allowed.

And that is true, everybody is different, some people never see a dip, and sometimes maybe it does not mean anything? I think the doctors say there is no hard evidence that it means anything. I have to say though that I have been charting for about 4 months before, and this was the only time I saw it.

One more thing about charting - I noticed that alcohol really messes up my temperatures. Please do not think I am a lush, one glass of wine the night before or even worse, one martini, makes my temps go up the next morning. But again, maybe it is just me. I really cannot hold my liquor too well. But just to be safe, I decided to stay away from the stuff around O time, or my charts will never be right.