@mandamomof3 I’m so sorry for your loss!! Hoping this will be your rainbow baby.
I have never had the CVS test done. I had practically every other possible test done with DS as he had an echogenic bowel and poor fetal growth at our anatomy scan. I would probably have done the CVS, but I was to far along at that point. An amniocentesis was recommended to me, but it made me nervous so declined it. Looking back I think maybe I should have done it as it may have eased some anxiety. He was born healthy, extremely small and early, but healthy. We will definitely be doing the NIPT again.
Ivy: July 2010 | Stella: Dec 2012 | BFP#3: MMC at 11Wk's, July 2017 | Wyatt: April 2019 | BFP#5: Twin Girls due Sept 2020
I just got a call from the geneticist saying that the abnormalities that were found in my genetics weren't found in the subsequent testing. So I don't have abnormalities. Which is good in one way, but also means that I still have no answer for why I've lost so many pregnancies. I'm just hoping that the progesterone makes a difference this time.
Momma to 3 angels and two amazing children
F born June 2018 W born September 2020 #3 due November 2022
I’m worrying a lot today. I have been taking my temperature most mornings and it has been trending down. I will be crushed if this is another miscarriage. My RE only did two betas and the HCG more than doubled, so they didn’t do a third. Has anyone had declining temps and rising betas? I’m trying to tell myself they aren’t valid temps since I’ve gotten up to pee for some of them.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
@NYTino24 I had two dropping temps and I stopped temping because I was panicking. But my second beta was after the temp drop and it doubled appropriately. I know that’s not a ton of info but hopefully a little reassuring? You have an ultrasound on Monday right?
Unfortunately I will not be continuing this journey with you all. I guess this time was not meant to be either. I wish you all very happy and healthy babies.
Hopefully soon we can get some answers as to why this keeps happening.
I had a high anxiety day today.its like I have a few days where I start feeling excited and confident then I suddenly have a day where I'm just wrought with fear of having a loss. DD2 is my rainbow but it still feels raw. It happened once before so it just feels like I'm waiting for history to repeat itself. The pregnancy I lost had an EDD only two days different from this one and it's really freaking me out.
I took a test and then felt completely ridiculous because the test line was so much darker than the control. But that thought in the back of my mind is so nagging.
@cnf2013 I totally get you on all of this. Our most recent is also a rainbow baby, but I haven’t forgotten and apparently won’t ever move on and struggle to think positive. Trying my best!
@cnf2013 I'm sorry today was so hard. I have very similar feelings. My loss was a missed miscarriage and I was so blindsided I have a hard time getting excited and when I do it is immediately followed with that same fear. My appointment isn't until February 3rd and it feels so far away. Hope you are able to feel some peace and be excited more than anxious!
@cnf2013 This little apple seed is due very close to the EDD for our lost babe as well. I 100% feel you on that anxiety.
I am afraid to get too excited and I have sworn DH to silence until we are more sure. My appointment isn’t until the 5th of February and it is so frustrating.
Thinking 6+2 but I have a feeling our dating scan will move us back a bit. I didn’t have a period after my MC so it’s a guess for me.
Share your PGAL story if you’d like.
My daughter was born Jan 2019. We knew we wanted them close in age so when she was 6 months we tried and got pregnant first try. At 8 weeks we had our scan and they moved us back 2 weeks. They said everything was fine (even saw heartbeat) but my gut told me something was wrong. Lost the baby at 11 weeks. I always thought when you lost a baby, it was a day or two of bleeding and then it was over. I bled off and on for weeks. Took 6 weeks for my numbers to go down to 2. It’s been painful but I’m trying to look at it in a different light. I had a lot of PP issues that I was in denial about. I think I wasn’t quite ready mentally to get pregnant again. This time I am where I need to be!
How are you feeling (symptoms, mentally/emotionally)? Scared of course (definitely a TP checker) but my gut is telling me this one is a sticker so I’m trying to go with that as much as possible. Symptoms are pretty mild like my first. Just a little tired. My first pregnancy was fairly easy so keeping my fingers crossed for the same!
Any upcoming appointments? Dating scan Feb 3
GTKY: How did you meet your significant other? He was my brothers best friend. He’s an amazing father to our daughter!
@scaron86 my latest MC was the same way! I went in when I should have been 8w and they put me at 6w2d. They saw a HB but it was slow (115-120). I just knew in my gut it wasn't good but they said it was fine since they saw the HB. I went in 2 weeks later and the baby had grown 2 weeks but no HB 😞
Momma to 3 angels and two amazing children
F born June 2018 W born September 2020 #3 due November 2022
My oldest is a preemie and was 1 pound 14 ounces when she was born. I then had 2 miscarriages at 5ish weeks then my son who was born at 37 weeks.
I am cautiously optimistic but paranoid. I am constantly looking at the toilet paper after I go to the bathroom and am nervous about the cramping I am experiencing. It is so stressful!
@notagoodpatient I asked for another beta on Friday. My HCG more than doubled so I am feeling more relieved about our US on Monday, which will be 5 weeks. I’m pretty nauseous and exhausted, so I’m taking those as good signs. Fingers crossed!
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
@starlynn91 I felt the same way this morning! One of my boobs is ever so slightly tender but the other one not at all. I’m also stressed. MH says he thinks they went through a growth spurt and now that they’re bigger they aren’t hurting as much... while I don’t think this is based in reality whatsoever, I’m trying to hold on to it.
I’m also not nauseated at all. Which I should be grateful for since one of my big pregnancy anxieties (other than loss) is how I’m going to do my job if I’m sick all the time. But instead it makes me feel like maybe this isn’t a “strong” pregnancy. I know that’s ridiculous, but 🤷🏼♀️
@notagoodpatient - it’s crazy, right? Like, we ought to be happy we aren’t dealing with annoying pregnancy “problems” and here we are, stressing over not having them/them stopping? WTF?
I always try to remind myself that my friend and I were due only a week apart and while I was sick the entire time she didn’t have a single twinge of nausea. On days when my symptoms seem less I remember that some people don’t ever even have any of those symptoms and were I not usually in that PGAL mindset I might think of that as lucky.
Re: PGAL 1/6
W born September 2020
#3 due November 2022
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
Hello ladies,
Unfortunately I will not be continuing this journey with you all. I guess this time was not meant to be either. I wish you all very happy and healthy babies.
Hopefully soon we can get some answers as to why this keeps happening.
I am soo sorry. I hope you can get answers— soon. Hoping for a rainbow for you.
W born September 2020
#3 due November 2022
I took a test and then felt completely ridiculous because the test line was so much darker than the control. But that thought in the back of my mind is so nagging.
My appointment isn’t until the 5th of February and it is so frustrating.
Share your PGAL story if you’d like.
How are you feeling (symptoms, mentally/emotionally)? Scared of course (definitely a TP checker) but my gut is telling me this one is a sticker so I’m trying to go with that as much as possible. Symptoms are pretty mild like my first. Just a little tired. My first pregnancy was fairly easy so keeping my fingers crossed for the same!
Any upcoming appointments? Dating scan Feb 3
GTKY: How did you meet your significant other? He was my brothers best friend. He’s an amazing father to our daughter!
W born September 2020
#3 due November 2022
I am cautiously optimistic but paranoid. I am constantly looking at the toilet paper after I go to the bathroom and am nervous about the cramping I am experiencing. It is so stressful!
@cnf2013 you are not alone.
@notagoodpatient I asked for another beta on Friday. My HCG more than doubled so I am feeling more relieved about our US on Monday, which will be 5 weeks. I’m pretty nauseous and exhausted, so I’m taking those as good signs. Fingers crossed!
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility