[roziecakes]

Hi there,
I joined JM because I had gotten pregnant for the first time ever, after being with my DH for 9 years, and being told by several doctors that because of my weight and other health issues (hypothyroidism and PCOS) that I would never have children unless I lost a ton of weight.

Well, I have now lost a ton of weight. I've lost over 100 pounds, and I got lap band surgery this year. I continue to lose, and continue to get healthier. Well, surprise, I got pregnant. I was thrilled! I joined the April DDC, and everything was great until I lost the baby at 9 weeks and 2 days. I am very sad, but ultimately, not too surprised given the circumstances.

My doc says that my progesterone levels were very low, and that they could have contributed to the miscarriage. She says that my labs otherwise looked good, and that my thyroid levels (I'm treated) looked just fine. She says that if I want to get pregnant again, I have a good chance of having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, but I will need to have progesterone supplements and have my labs monitored fairly closely, betas, etc.

So although I'm pretty sad right now, and disappointed (still going through the m/c as we speak), I feel something I've never felt before in regards to having babies... hope! I feel like this is possible, and I think that we want to TTC again.

I'm looking forward to hanging out at the TTC boards because I've never done this before! Since I never thought pregnancy was possible, I've never actually tried. So I'm going to need a lot of handholding and have about a billion questions I think.

Anyhoo, I'm 29, DH and I have been married 9 years, he's 37, and we live in the Pacific Northwest

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

[pepper73]

Hi and welcome!! I am so sorry for your loss! It is terribly hard to go through. But, I am so glad that you have hope and such a great optimism. I just know you'll get your rainbow baby soon! This board is amazing and full of support. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. We're all in this together!

[humnck]

I am ss for your loss! Welcome to the board!

We are here to answer any questions you have, these women are great!! I love your optimism about everything...hope is a great thing to have!

[joanna26]

I'm so sorry for your loss sweetie But welcome! Feel free to jump right in with any questions you have. Hopefully your stay with us is nice and short

[Shadeauxe]

Welcome! Everyone here is great!

[Spahr]

Welcome to the board! I'm so sorry for your loss but I love your optimism!

[.:Shortcake:.]

Hello and welcome to TTCAL! I am so very sorry for your loss (HUGS)! I also have PCOS. I hope you get your sticky bean quickly. Please jump right into posting with us

[Ana*Addey*OliveMommy]

Glad you found us! I was also in the April DDC but my loss was at 5w 4d on Aug 6th.

I was also told there was no way I would have children because of my weight and my endo. Well I have 2 healthy girls (oldest will be 2 tomorrow ) So anything is possible! We did need help having our first but no problems getting pg with 2 or 3 but 3 just didn't stick sadly.

Everyone here is wonderful! I would not have made it the last almost 2 months without these ladies!

[boysarebest]

Sorry for your loss but congrats on the weight loss. I know how hard it is to lose 5 lbs so you should be so proud of yourself and that huge accomplishment!

[roziecakes]

Oh my gosh. Thank you so much ladies. I'm glad I'm here! I'm feeling hopeful, we'll see how it all goes! I appreciate the support so much. I am so grateful that boards like this exist!

[*SamF*]

Hi and welcome to the board! I'm so sorry for your loss.
This is an awesome board, glad you joined us!

[Moldovandish]

Welcome! I have joined this board in March when we lost our naturally-concieved baby (which I didn't think was possible either).. at almost 16 weeks.
Lots of hugs and hope you stick around! This is a great group of ladies!

[lindsey2000k]

Welcome.
These ladies have helped me out so much. I also have PCOS but I have no issues getting pregnant staying pregnant is my problem. My Dr thinks the hormone problems with the PCOS could be contributing to the miscarriages (I have had 4 now)... but we also found out I have MTHFR (blood clotthing disorder) so I am being treated for both.
I am also on progestrone until 12 weeks to help with possible hormone control with the PCOS. My DR also has me on Metfromin for the PCOS.


Good luck in your TTC journey. The ladies here probably know more than most DR's do..lol


My advice would be to start temping now and get OPK's from amazon.com so you can start tracking your ovulation since you have PCOS you might need any help you can get. Do you have some what normal cycles?

[StaceygirlPa]

Sorry for you loss. Welcome to the board. The ladies here are wonderful. I also have PCOS.

[roziecakes]

Originally Posted by lindsey2000k

Welcome.
These ladies have helped me out so much. I also have PCOS but I have no issues getting pregnant staying pregnant is my problem. My Dr thinks the hormone problems with the PCOS could be contributing to the miscarriages (I have had 4 now)... but we also found out I have MTHFR (blood clotthing disorder) so I am being treated for both.
I am also on progestrone until 12 weeks to help with possible hormone control with the PCOS. My DR also has me on Metfromin for the PCOS.


Good luck in your TTC journey. The ladies here probably know more than most DR's do..lol


My advice would be to start temping now and get OPK's from amazon.com so you can start tracking your ovulation since you have PCOS you might need any help you can get. Do you have some what normal cycles?

It's so great to meet you! How did you find out about the clotting disorder? I used to take Metformin, but haven't in several years. They stopped because I stopped showing symptoms of insulin resistance; but maybe it's something to suggest. My problem is too low of progesterone and too high of testosterone. My doctor has suggested I take spirinolactone. Do you know if that affects TTC? I have to do some research. My doctor wants me to take progesterone; I'm under the impression it's something you take after you get pregnant? Or do you take it before? so many things I don't know!

Thanks for sharing your story with me!!

Oh, also, I thought I should mention that the bleeding stopped today. I feel pretty good. I started back up with my exercise routine. I usually run 3 miles a day and do yoga every other day, so I did both today. Not quite 100% yet, but things are starting to get back to normal. I still get sad when I think about the m/c, but hope and getting ready for the future is starting to replace grieving.

[kelbert]

This is a great board with lots of support. I am really sorry for your loss

Congrats on the weight loss and the success you have had. Two of my aunts had the lap band surgery and they have done great.

I was also a member of the april DDC but had a loss at the end of august. Sad there are a few of us over here

Looking forward to getting to know you

[lindsey2000k]

Originally Posted by roziecakes

It's so great to meet you! How did you find out about the clotting disorder? I used to take Metformin, but haven't in several years. They stopped because I stopped showing symptoms of insulin resistance; but maybe it's something to suggest. My problem is too low of progesterone and too high of testosterone. My doctor has suggested I take spirinolactone. Do you know if that affects TTC? I have to do some research. My doctor wants me to take progesterone; I'm under the impression it's something you take after you get pregnant? Or do you take it before? so many things I don't know!

Thanks for sharing your story with me!!

Oh, also, I thought I should mention that the bleeding stopped today. I feel pretty good. I started back up with my exercise routine. I usually run 3 miles a day and do yoga every other day, so I did both today. Not quite 100% yet, but things are starting to get back to normal. I still get sad when I think about the m/c, but hope and getting ready for the future is starting to replace grieving.

My Dr did a bunch of blood test to test for reasons of multiple miscarriages (most drs will not do this until you have 2 or more losses) After my second loss the midwife in his office ran some tests and everything came back good so they figured it was just "bad luck". I had yet another miscarriage then my DR ran everything else he could think of on me and it came back that I had MTHFR and 1 copy of each mutation. In between the 1st and 2nd miscarriage I did manage to somehow have a healthy little girl, that is part of the reason they called it bad luck because I did manage to have a live child.

I am not sure about that other drug you talked about. But it does sound like you need something to regulate hormones.

As for the progestrone Dr's like to do it different mines waits until I get a + blood test then he starts me on progestrone and my lovenox shots. Some of the other ladies here their dr's will have then do progestrone after ovulation every month.


YAY for no bleeding anymore. I don't know if I have gotten back to 100% mentally after mine... I think something like this changes a person. But I am happy to know you are feeling better that is always a great start. Might sound weird but when ever my first A/F would come it always felt like someone hit the reset button and I was sad to be reminded I was not pregnant but for some reason I always felt better and got some of my energy back.