[natesmommy]

Hello. I posted something like this yesterday, but now I can't seem to find my original post to see if anyone answered...sorry. Could anyone please help me?

I had a mc at 8 weeks and a day, 13 days ago (the Wednesday before last).

I was hoping my cycle would get back to normal ASAP. This past Saturday (CD 11) I woke up with what I was sure were O pains in my left side. I used an OPK just to see if I could figure out what was going on, and it was a definite positive.

Well, I wound up with a +OPK up until yesterday (Monday). I also had a bit of cramping on my right side, as well. In the past, I would only get a + for one day, then it would start fading. (I took another today, and the second line had faded.)

I read online that leftover Hcg after a mc can cause a false +OPK, but I took a PG test yesterday, and it was a definite, complete negative result.

I can't go by EWCM because I'm older and unfortunately don't get any anymore like I used to. My sleep has been disrupted lately, so my BBT's aren't reliable, either. My temp was still low at 2 AM this morning, but by 5:30 when I woke up for good, it was 97.8 (halfway between normal pre and post O for me).

Does anyone have any experience with false +OPK's after a mc? Do you think I already ovulated and if so, when? My left side stopped hurting on Sunday, and I only feel a bit of a twinge once in awhile on the right, now.

When I had the ultrasound to confirm the mc, the technician said one of my ovaries had a couple cysts, but my doctor said that was caused by the PG and nothing to worry about. Could cysts cause a false positive?

Sorry for such a long post. I just hate not knowing what is going on with my body.

Thank you for any help.

[~DaemonMykailasMum~]

First of all, I am So sorry for you loss

Im not TOO familiar with opks.. But.. I have heard, and seen PAOS addicts do experiments with them.. And OPKS, Can detect very small amounts of Hcg levels.. Less then a HPT... So .. You could get a neg hpt, but a pos OPK and not be oing.. Just 13 days after the mc, I would think your levels would be either Just at 0 or not quite.. Hmm. I know im not MUCH help.. Hopefully some one else can give u more help than I did.. But I honestly don't really think you would be oing so soon after.. I never hada problem with Oing, temping, etc.. and Im 20 days post D&C and still havent o'd.. My temps are very whacky still..

[katiegirl]

I did not chart or check OPKs until 2 months after my M/C so unfortunately I can not help you.
I do know that there have been at least a few ladies that have ovulated soon after a M/C.
Hopefully they can answer your question.

I did want to tell you that I am sorry for your loss and welcome to our board.

[~DaemonMykailasMum~]

Although! It is possible I guess? But they say you usually dont O till like 2 weeks after you rlevels hit 0...

[natesmommy]

Hi. Thank you ladies!

From what I've read, it IS possible to O maybe 2 weeks after a mc, but it sure can be confusing. I am a regular on an "older moms" board, where sadly, many ladies have lost their angels, and it seems lots of them get AF 4-5 weeks after their loss, so I'm guessing they O'd maybe 2-3 weeks after.

I asked my doctor what to expect but she sort of left me in the dark, as though anything could happen.

I guess I shall have to check my temps in the morning...hopefully I will get some answers there, because that is supposed to be a pretty sure way to tell. It's odd, but the whole time I was PG I actually slept well! Before that, I'd been waking up at 2 almost every night and staying awake for hours after...that started up again recently. But maybe I'll be lucky tomorrow.

Thanks again for your replies, and sorry too for your losses.

[~DaemonMykailasMum~]

Hey there.. Yeah that sounds about right.. oing 2-3 weeks after.. You can check out my chart.. I really thought I was guna get cross hairs this morning, but to my surprise my temp HARSHLY dropped .. If it was higher than 36.4*c I would have gotten cross hairs... My charts weird.. Yeah I would definitely suggest temping.. If you wake up in the middle of the night, jus take your temp then.. as long as you've had atleast 3 hrs of straight sleep with out waking up, of course, the longer the better.. But Say you passed out at 11 pm, and woke up at 3 am, you could take your temp then... jot it down, and go back to sleep.. cuz you wouldve had more than 3 hrs straight sleep.. Good luck with charting.. You should post your link so we can Stalk it!

[natesmommy]

Hi, thanks.

I don't post my temps, as actually I just try to take them and make a mental note of when they went up, and count from there. Luckily, it's usually a big enough jump that it's hard to miss.

I had a blighted ovum, btw. Oddly, I had much stronger and much earlier symptoms (terrible bloating/ upset stomach, etc.) with the baby I lost, than with the ones I had. But, my 8 week ultrasound showed just an empty sac, and no baby. It really sad when you imagine everything's fine because you feel so pregnant, and everything just ends like that.

I think from now on if I'm ever able to try again, I won't obsess about symptoms or lack thereof and what it means anymore.

I'm sorry again for your loss...