TTC After a Loss

AF came and it hurts all over again


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My MMC happened in early oct. I waited two cycles- we started trying.. I was sure it happened right away again. I felt pregnant. I was elated and calm over the thought of another chance for a baby.... Then one test came negative.. Another.. Period was late... Another negative test & AF came.

I cry... All I do is cry. I wake up, try to be positive... And I cry. I go to work and see my coworker who had the same due date (who said her baby's nickname is shithead "because she kicks me in the bladder too much.") and I cry. I try to keep it together until I get home and cry...

I felt Okay until the past few days but now it just hurts just as bad as it did when I first found out. My therapist assures me that I'm "normal" but I just feel crazy- like ill never feel okay. ;( I wish life wasn't so unfair.

Re: AF came and it hurts all over again

  • ((Hugs)) Totally know the feeling. I usually allow myself to have a day to be sad about AF and then I try to get myself ready for the upcoming FW.
    You're definitely normal.

    "Love is what makes pain bearable." - I love you my Angels. 
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    BFP #1: 6/25/09 EDD 2/13/10 @ 6 weeks- Saw HB @ 9 weeks - DS born 2/11/10 (39w5d)
    BFP #2: 2/20/13 EDD 11/4/13 - Saw HB 3/19/13 (7w2d) - MMC discovered 4/13/13 (10w5d) - Est. loss @ 9w3d - D&C 4/14/13
    BFP #3: 12/19/13 (4 w1d) EDD 8/27/14 - 1/1/14 discovered it was ectopic/ tube had burst/ had surgery to remove tube (@ 6 weeks)
    BFP #4: 9/10/14 (3w6d) EDD 5/21/15 - natural MC 9/23/14 @ 5w5d
    BFP #5: 11/23/14 (3w3d) EDD 8/4/15 - Please be our Rainbow!
     

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  • ((Hugs)) You're definitely not crazy. I will go a while of feeling fine and then I'll have a bad day just sneak up on me. So sorry you are having a hard time right now. I'm sending positive thoughts your way.

    BFP 11/21/13 --- EDD 07/25/14 --- MC at 5 wks 2 days

          Me: 25, MH: 29, Married since 6/2011

  • I totally get it!  You're not alone in how you feel, and definitely not crazy. CD1/CD2 is always emotionally and physically difficult for me. Then I try to "let go" and enjoy the short break from TTC - obsessively POAS, waiting to O, waiting to confirm O, wondering if we had good timing, the awful tww, wondering when I should POAS. ((((hugs))))

    BFP #1 - 7/24/2013 (EDD: 3/31/2014) - mmc 8/12/13 - D&C 8/15/2013

    BFP #2 - 3/6/2014 (EDD 11/14/2014) - Beta #1 (17dpo): 1400 - Beta #2 (19dpo): 3170

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  • I'm so sorry! AF came late for me this week and I let myself think positive and was really hopefully that this was it! POAS - nope. AF decided to show her face the next day. I cried too - I feel like my body is failing me. Hang in there - and you are not crazy! ((((Hugs))))
    TTC: Since July 2013
    BFP #1: EDD 05/27/2014 (D&C 10/17/2014)
  • Same here!!! My identical twin is pregnant now and I can't even look her in the face still. AF is 5 days late for me (finally got my temp drop today) and it's been such a mind-fluck. I just can't shake my feelings of anger, sadness, and feeling like a failure. Why can't I be one of those women who get pregnant right away and go on to have a healthy rainbow baby? You are not alone. I am so sorry about your co-worker, does she know about your loss? Maybe if you ask her to keep her negative comments about her healthy pregnancy to herself it might help a little?



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    TTC #3 since June 2013
    BFP #1 7/21/2013--EDD 3/30/14--D&C 9/24/13
    BFP #2 1/28/14--MC 2/7/14

    IUI #1 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #2 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #3 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IVF #1, Stimmed for 12 days, ER 8/22/14, 9 retrieved, 7M, 7F!!  Freeze all due to fluid in uterus.
    FET end of October 2014 cancelled due to fluid in uterus due to possible c-scar defect
    Surgery scheduled 12/12/14 to fix possible isthmocele
    3/26/15 transferred one 8 cell grade 4 embryo and one 6 cell grade 3 embryo = slow rising betas for 2+ weeks = ectopic MTX shot 4/29/15
    Repeat c-scar surgery June 2015
    2nd and last IVF cycle August 2015, stimmed for 12 days, 2 egg retrieved, both mature and both fertilized.  Transferred both 8-cell embryos on Day 3, beta 9/5/15 = BFFN
    MOVING TO ADOPTION!  


  • alilbear said:

    I totally get it!  You're not alone in how you feel, and definitely not crazy. CD1/CD2 is always emotionally and physically difficult for me. Then I try to "let go" and enjoy the short break from TTC - obsessively POAS, waiting to O, waiting to confirm O, wondering if we had good timing, the awful tww, wondering when I should POAS. ((((hugs))))

    So true!



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    My FF Chart:
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    TTC #3 since June 2013
    BFP #1 7/21/2013--EDD 3/30/14--D&C 9/24/13
    BFP #2 1/28/14--MC 2/7/14

    IUI #1 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #2 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #3 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IVF #1, Stimmed for 12 days, ER 8/22/14, 9 retrieved, 7M, 7F!!  Freeze all due to fluid in uterus.
    FET end of October 2014 cancelled due to fluid in uterus due to possible c-scar defect
    Surgery scheduled 12/12/14 to fix possible isthmocele
    3/26/15 transferred one 8 cell grade 4 embryo and one 6 cell grade 3 embryo = slow rising betas for 2+ weeks = ectopic MTX shot 4/29/15
    Repeat c-scar surgery June 2015
    2nd and last IVF cycle August 2015, stimmed for 12 days, 2 egg retrieved, both mature and both fertilized.  Transferred both 8-cell embryos on Day 3, beta 9/5/15 = BFFN
    MOVING TO ADOPTION!  


  • >:D<  
    AF is truely a disappointment.  Everything you are feeling is normal. I work in retail and some days I am able to talk to people carrying babies and other times I run when people try to show me a picture. It is good you are talking about it. It is a new cycle fx this is the one.

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    BFP #1 6.29.12 EDD 3.12.13 MMC discovered 8.11.12 9w5d D&C 8.15.12
    BFP #2 11.2.12 EDD 7.14.13 MMC 6w5d discovered 8w6d 2 failed rounds miso D&C 12.27.12
    BFP #3 8.5.13 EDD 4.18.14 MMC 7w4d discovered 9.25.13 at 10w6d -Trisomy 13- 1 round miso & emergency D&C 10.2.13
    RPL Testing. DX Asherman's November 2013. Low AMH (0.44) January 2014. 
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  • I am so sorry you are feeling this way. It's so hard to see that stark white space on a PG test, especially when your mind and heart feel differently. Your feelings are completely normal, and it's OK to be sad when you need to be sad! Big ((hugs)) for you!








  • I definitely understand what you are going through.  Grief comes and goes your co-worker sure isn't helping the situation.  I've had two longer LPs in the last six months and it hurts so much when AF finally comes.  All I can offer you is (((HUGS))) and I hope that you start feeling a little more cheerful soon.  Be kind to yourself and know that what you are going through is completely normal and we've all be there. 
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    BFP - 4/23/2014, EDD - 1/2/2015 Twin Boys lost at 12 weeks, M/C 6/25/2014

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  • I've definitely been there too. I hate the sight of my AF because it reminds me of my loss. Time has helped but I still have days where I cry and days where I ugly cry. Thankfully I've gotten better at controlling it but it helps that I have such a support group around here who prays for me constantly. ((HUGS)) T&Ps for you!
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  • BookishMommaBookishMomma member
    edited January 2014
    Oh, hun. I totally get it. Big hugs to you. No matter how 'normal' it is to feel this way, it still sucks. I found out yesterday that one of my co-workers is pregnant and we would have been due around the same time, had I not had my first loss. I am happy for her, but sad for me because it is going to be so hard to watch her pregnancy progress while I'm still stuck in the land of questions wondering what is "wrong" with me that I can't hold onto my LOs.

    @frenchteachermama ((hugs)) to you, too. I can't even imagine how hard it must be to have your twin sister going through the experience that you wish you were having, too. That plus the MF of a late period. Ugh. You deserve a big cocktail. Take your pick.

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    BFP#2 11/13/13 - EDD 7/29/14 - M/C at 5w3d
    BFP #3 12/28/13 - EDD 9/7/14 - M/C at 4w6d
    BFP#4 3/27/14 -  EDD 12/5/14 - Girl lost to 45X at 8w6d - D&C 
    BFP#5 10/15/14 - EDD 6/30/15 - M/C at 7w2d
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  • ((Hugs)) sweetie. I am so sorry. We are all here for you. 
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    BFP#1, EDD: 4/27/14, Missed EP confirmed: 9/23/13, R tube removal: 9/25/13 
    Clomid/TI #1=BFN, 
    Clomid/TI#2=BFN, Clomid/TI #3=CP
    BFP #2 CP, EDD 7/12/15
    On a treatment break: 2 natural cycles. Saving money, sigh*

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  • ((hugs)) to you.  
    BFP #1 09/26/2013 EDD 06/04/2013 MMC 11/01/2013
    BFP #2 05/15/2014 EDD 01/24/2015

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  • Hugs!  So many hugs.  I get where you are at and my heart aches for you.  I'm sorry your coworker is so insensitive and not fully appreciating the life that is growing inside of you.  It makes your hurt even that much more painful.  I think it is totally normal after loss to have up and down emotions and to (unfortunately) have mucked up cycles.  I wish it weren't so.

    Me 35 / DH 36
    TTC since 09/2009
    Hashimoto's diagnosis 11/2011 / Endometriosis removal surgery 04/2013
    Other diagnosis: 1 mutation - PAI-1 gene
    BFP#1 9/27/2013  /  EDD 6/4/14  /  MC 10/17/2013
    BFP#2 3/4/14  /  EDD 11/13/14  /  CP
    BFP#3 6/7/14  / EDD 2/16/15  /  CP
    BFP #4 11/7/2014 / EDD 7/17/15  /  CP
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  • @sbg992207 I'll take all three please.  Now.  



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    My FF Chart:
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    TTC #3 since June 2013
    BFP #1 7/21/2013--EDD 3/30/14--D&C 9/24/13
    BFP #2 1/28/14--MC 2/7/14

    IUI #1 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #2 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #3 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IVF #1, Stimmed for 12 days, ER 8/22/14, 9 retrieved, 7M, 7F!!  Freeze all due to fluid in uterus.
    FET end of October 2014 cancelled due to fluid in uterus due to possible c-scar defect
    Surgery scheduled 12/12/14 to fix possible isthmocele
    3/26/15 transferred one 8 cell grade 4 embryo and one 6 cell grade 3 embryo = slow rising betas for 2+ weeks = ectopic MTX shot 4/29/15
    Repeat c-scar surgery June 2015
    2nd and last IVF cycle August 2015, stimmed for 12 days, 2 egg retrieved, both mature and both fertilized.  Transferred both 8-cell embryos on Day 3, beta 9/5/15 = BFFN
    MOVING TO ADOPTION!  


  • ((Hugs)) to everyone.
     
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    BFP #1 June 15, 2013 ended in MMC July 21, 2013
    BFP #2 October 13, 2013 ended in natural miscarriage November 1, 2013
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  • (((hugs))) I am so sorry for all of the pain that you are going through.  Nothing about this is easy, that's for sure.  I am also so sad that you have to deal with your co-workers insensitive comments.  Take care of yourself.

    Married Aug. 2011

    BFP #1: 6/9/13; (EDD: 2/14/14); M/C: 6/22/13; confirmed ectopic: 7/8/13 (3 doses MTX: 7/8/13, 7/15/13, 7/22/13)

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  • I'm sorry you are going through this, and I definitely understand how you are feeling. My cousin is pregnant and asked me to be the god mom. I was really excited, but I am also nervous that if I am not pregnant by then (April) this will be hard for me. In addition, a good friend had a due date 5 days after me is still pregnant, and DH and I will be getting together with her as well as another couple that has a 3 month old. It never ends.

    I too got myself through the mc by telling myself it will happen again right away. This is our first cycle trying and I am currently a mess in the tww. I now know that I will fall apart all over again if it doesn't happen this month. It is an awful feeling to have.
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    BFP #2 1/22/2014 EDD 10/7/2014
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  • Big ((Hugs)) to you.
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    TTC since December 2012 
    BFP 6/29/2013 - EDD 3/16/14 - MMC 9/5/2013
    Diagnosed with PCOS and taking metformin 750 mg  twice a day
    April 2014 -  - 1st ICI Cycle - BFP 5/15/14 EDD: 1/20/15
    A/S 8-22-14 - Its a BOY!!
    12/15 Checkup & heard his beautiful heartbeat
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  • Busy day- wow thanks for all of the support!

    Today was rough. Woke up puffy, sad and had to catch my breath from crying a few times. I'm so darn emotional.

    My coworker knows of my mc and even had a MMC in her second tri last year! Ugh . I can't handle eating lunch or breaks w her anymore right now. This 3 day weekend is much needed.

    Tonight's goal is just to not fall asleep crying...

    Xo to all. I know we've all felt this pain ;(
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