[WendyH]

Hello Ladies!

I wanted to introduce myself to all of you and share my story. My name is Wendy and I am the mother of a beautiful healthy 10 month old son named Jacob. My pregnancy with him was almost perfect in every way.

My husband and I knew that we wanted to TTC when Jacob was around 9 months. I stopped taking the pill on 9/20/07. I stopped mid way through the pack and knew that my period would be all out of wack. Long story short, I can't really remember when I had my last normal period, I have never been very good at tracking that sort of stuff! However, I am getting better due to the recent situation! During the week of 10/22 I was having what I thought was my period, however, I knew I wasn't feeling right. I even made the coment to a friend of mine "If I wasn't having my period, I would swear I was pregnant"...... On 10/27 I still wasn't feeling right. I had finished my period, but decided to test. It was a light positive. I couldn't believe it! My husband was so excited! I told him not to get his hopes up because of the bleeding I had the week before. I went into the ER where they did a urine test. The first one came up negative, the second one was a light positive. They decided to do a blood test. My HCG level was 368. They advised me to go back on Monday for another blood test. They basically said that if it doubled, I was pregnant, and if it went down I was m/c. The next morning I decided to test with my morning urine, the test was a dark positive!! I of course thought this was a good sign, so started to get more excited! I was so anxious for Monday. It was so hard not knowing if I should be excited or sad. I went back on Monday and my levels had gone down to 227. I was so sad. That week I was bleeding again..... could that have been my period, or just the end of the m/c??

A few weeks passed and I started to notice that I was breaking out around my jaw line, the exact same way I did with my son. I then of course got excited and thought, could I possible be pregnant?! I took another test and it was a light positive! I called the doctor and went in for another blood test. It was down to 23..... My last test on 11/20 was 9. They want me to take one more to make sure that I am under 5. My husband and I have been DTD every couple of days with hopes that I will get pregnant again.

I have been reading all of your posts, and you all seem to be so knowledgeble with ovualation, m/c's and TTC. I have so many questions! Is it possible for me to get pregnant again before I get a period? Is it possible to concieve before my level gets to 0? I don't really even know what the signs of ovulation are, other than the clear discharge. Do you think it's possible that the 2nd week of bleeding was my period?

I want to thank you all in advance for reading my very long story , and for any support you can offer to me!

Thank you for sharing your stories of your loss and now TTC, it's nice to know that there are people out there feeling and dealing with the same things as me!!

Take care and Thank you!

[heatherrose415]

Hello and welcome. but sad you have to be here.

I am very sorry for your loss!!

I am new to ths too so cant really answer any quetsions.

I miscarried in July at 8wks 3 days and my dr. told me to wait 3 months to TTC to let my uterus heal. but I had a D&C. and each dr. says something different so I really dont know.

((Hugs)) we are all here for you!!!

[luvmygirls]

Hi Wendy! I am sorry for your loss. My name is Kim and I have 2 dds and I have an angel that left 10/17/07
After a m/c your body can be all out of whack...so it's possible that the bleeding you had was still from your m/c or it could have been your period. I know it's possible to get pg before you get AF, but most drs suggest you wait at least one cycle so you can heal mentally and physically and for dating purposes.
I wish you the best of luck in your ttc journey and I hope it's a short one!

[keekopeeko]

wow... im not sure what to think..im not good at that stuff either.. but i just wanted to say im sorry for your loss.. and im sure its been an emotional roller coaster the last couple of months huh...

hope you are pregnant again!

~Em

[Frangipani]

Hi there...I wanted to welcome you to the board! I think that some of the other ladies will know the answers to your q's better than I will though. I do agree that every doc says something different about how long to wait. Mine said I had to wait a cycle. Some women's docs say to wait 3 cycles. It does seem they want you to wait longer if you were farther along in the pg. I was told I wouldn't ovulate until my HCG was under 5. Anyway, welcome to our crazy board and good luck to you!

[victorialv]

Hi Wendy, welcome! I agree with the other ladies, waiting one cycle is a really good recommendation. Not only for dating purposes and emotional healing, but your lining needs a little time to build back up.

Like Frangipani said, you are not really supposed to O until your HCG is below 5. However, I have heard some pretty crazy things, so anything is probably POSSIBLE. In addition to CM, you can also check your cervix for ovulations signs, but I have always found that to be really hard. Plus, some women get O pains and other personal symptoms (ie - I get tired and cranky and breakout) If you are really interested in learning more about your cycles, I would get the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler.

Good luck with everything!!

[WendyH]

Thank you all so much for your support! It really is comforting to have the support of women going through the same thing! One of the doctors I saw recommended that I wait 3 cycles, the other one said to just keep trying. I think that I was very early into the pregnancy. I almost wish that I never took that test! If I hadn't I would have passed the m/c off as my period, and would have saved me and my husband a lot of heartache.
I told myself that I was going to wait until I had completely missed my period before testing again so that if I did m/c I wouldn't know it! It's too hard though! For some crazy reason I keep thinking that I am going to go back for another blood test, and they are going to call and tell me that I am pregnant again!
I know when I got pregnant with my son, it happened right when I stopped obsessing about it!! Maybe I will try that approach again! It's just so hard!! I just wish that I would get AF so I could start tracking things!

Thanks again for all the replys!

[Danica]

Hi Wendy,

I am so sorry for your loss. I am glad you found this board though. Many of the ladies here are very knowledgeble on ttc and I have learned so much just be reading their posts. In no time I am sure you will be an expert too! I look forward to getting to know you better.

--Danica

[..Jessica..]

Hi Wendy! Welcome to the board!!

I'm soooo deeply sorry for your loss!!! We've all been there and know the heartache and pain that you're going through. Please don't regret testing, it was meant to happen! You were meant to know you now have an Angel looking over you, your husband and your baby boy Jacob.

As far as trying again, I agree completely with the other ladies. Usually doctors suggest waiting 1 or 3 cycles before trying again. Just so you can heal physically, as well as prepare your mind, heart and soul for pregnancy again. Some doctors believe that there is a "higher risk" of miscarriage if you don't wait at least 1 cycle. Don't quote me with that though!! There ARE miracles out there!!

Good luck to you and your husband when you decide to try again! I hope you get your and a Sticky Bean!!!

Sending lots of and Sticky dust your way!!!!

[MinDB]

hello! welcome to the board. i'm sorry for your loss. i agree with the others above--you should wait a cycle. although, i'm terrible at waiting and i didn't wait, but i didn't get pg either. i felt better after my first AF showed up because then i knew i was back on track.

i hope you enjoy this group. i sure do. this ladies are awesome!!!!