Post by daystardreams on Aug 22, 2015 7:18:12 GMT -5
----warning---- This is extremely long winded. There will be a summary at the end! Mentions OPP pregnancies and of course losses. ----end warning----
Hi guys. I'm not really new to this forum as I'm going through my third loss. My fiancée and I started trying on February 1, 2014. We both had tried for over a year each with previous fiancées with no luck for either of us. This meant, however I was well versed in TTC knowledge and I started charting and temping the cycle before trying. I ovulated on February 7 and got a BFP on February 21, just three weeks into trying.
We were both ecstatic and we just knew it never worked out before because we were meant to be together. The baby was due on my birthday which is also Halloween. About a week before our first appointment my BFF since freshman year also found out she was pregnant. We were ecstatic (her husband is my husband's best friend. It's how I met him)
She scheduled her appointment for the same day as mine. She found out she was six weeks with a strong heartbeat, I was 9 weeks with no heartbeat. We had the D&C on April 3rd at 9w6d.
It was hard to let go. This is just a fluke, you can try again right away. You shouldn't have any problems. Wait three cycles and hopefully you'll be back by the end of the summer. So we waited then we tried. Each month I figured out what my new due date would be, how old my best friend's baby would be when mine would be born. Only four months apart, now only five months, now six. Then my best friend's baby was born two weeks early on my birthday, on my EDD. She didn't remember it should've been my baby's birthday too.
It was hard but we pushed on. Finally after seven months of TTC since our loss, we got another BFP on December 18th! We were ecstatic. My doctor sent me for betas but the day before Christmas Eve she called to tell me they weren't rising properly, 50 the first draw to only 54 the second draw. Prepare for your second miscarriage. It began Christmas morning at only five weeks. Now I had a blighted ovum and a chemical pregnancy under my belt. Both are flukes, both mean we are very unlucky. Wait only one cycle this time and try again.
I wasn't happy with this logic. I wasn't sure I was ovulating properly so a lot of tests later, I was DX'd with PCOS. I didn't ovulate for four months after my CP so in May we started 2.5 mg of Letrozole. It worked but barely so in June my period started the day before my wedding. I took the 5 mg of Letrozole on my honeymoon, ovulated a few days after getting back and BFP!
I was sure this was it. We were finally married. We were more grown up now with more ducks in a row. Betas were brilliant. First ultrasound at 6 weeks. Baby was measuring right on track, but we couldn't quite detect the heartbeat. No worries, this is common, come back in a week. At 7 weeks, baby measuring a little small, heart rate a little slow, 92 bpm. This is common, no worries, come back in a week. 8 weeks, no growth, no heartbeat. Come back in a week for D&C. We had it yesterday.
No more is this a fluke, no more is this common. This is our third consecutive loss. Now all of a sudden, something is wrong. Two months into our marriage, we're infertile. I feel so blessed to have my husband who married me after the PCOS diagnosis, after the second loss. Who loves me anyway but now he must get genetically tested too and where will we be if there is something wrong with both of us? For now we are benched while we wait for genetic testing on the baby and on us. I miss all my babies. The one that should've been born on Halloween, my birthday. The one that died on Christmas and this baby I lost yesterday who was due on Easter next year.
I'll be here, the adoption board and the bench for now as we consider our next steps. Thanks for having me as we wait this thing out.
Short summary: just experienced our third consecutive loss in a year and a half. The first a blighted ovum at 9w6d followed by D&C on April 3, 2014, next a chemical pregnancy on December 25, 2014 at 5w, and recently a MMC after seeing heartbeat at 8w5d with a D&C yesterday. We're benched awaiting chormosomal analysis on baby and then genetic tests on DH and I.
Hi guys. I'm not really new to this forum as I'm going through my third loss. My fiancée and I started trying on February 1, 2014. We both had tried for over a year each with previous fiancées with no luck for either of us. This meant, however I was well versed in TTC knowledge and I started charting and temping the cycle before trying. I ovulated on February 7 and got a BFP on February 21, just three weeks into trying.
We were both ecstatic and we just knew it never worked out before because we were meant to be together. The baby was due on my birthday which is also Halloween. About a week before our first appointment my BFF since freshman year also found out she was pregnant. We were ecstatic (her husband is my husband's best friend. It's how I met him)
She scheduled her appointment for the same day as mine. She found out she was six weeks with a strong heartbeat, I was 9 weeks with no heartbeat. We had the D&C on April 3rd at 9w6d.
It was hard to let go. This is just a fluke, you can try again right away. You shouldn't have any problems. Wait three cycles and hopefully you'll be back by the end of the summer. So we waited then we tried. Each month I figured out what my new due date would be, how old my best friend's baby would be when mine would be born. Only four months apart, now only five months, now six. Then my best friend's baby was born two weeks early on my birthday, on my EDD. She didn't remember it should've been my baby's birthday too.
It was hard but we pushed on. Finally after seven months of TTC since our loss, we got another BFP on December 18th! We were ecstatic. My doctor sent me for betas but the day before Christmas Eve she called to tell me they weren't rising properly, 50 the first draw to only 54 the second draw. Prepare for your second miscarriage. It began Christmas morning at only five weeks. Now I had a blighted ovum and a chemical pregnancy under my belt. Both are flukes, both mean we are very unlucky. Wait only one cycle this time and try again.
I wasn't happy with this logic. I wasn't sure I was ovulating properly so a lot of tests later, I was DX'd with PCOS. I didn't ovulate for four months after my CP so in May we started 2.5 mg of Letrozole. It worked but barely so in June my period started the day before my wedding. I took the 5 mg of Letrozole on my honeymoon, ovulated a few days after getting back and BFP!
I was sure this was it. We were finally married. We were more grown up now with more ducks in a row. Betas were brilliant. First ultrasound at 6 weeks. Baby was measuring right on track, but we couldn't quite detect the heartbeat. No worries, this is common, come back in a week. At 7 weeks, baby measuring a little small, heart rate a little slow, 92 bpm. This is common, no worries, come back in a week. 8 weeks, no growth, no heartbeat. Come back in a week for D&C. We had it yesterday.
No more is this a fluke, no more is this common. This is our third consecutive loss. Now all of a sudden, something is wrong. Two months into our marriage, we're infertile. I feel so blessed to have my husband who married me after the PCOS diagnosis, after the second loss. Who loves me anyway but now he must get genetically tested too and where will we be if there is something wrong with both of us? For now we are benched while we wait for genetic testing on the baby and on us. I miss all my babies. The one that should've been born on Halloween, my birthday. The one that died on Christmas and this baby I lost yesterday who was due on Easter next year.
I'll be here, the adoption board and the bench for now as we consider our next steps. Thanks for having me as we wait this thing out.
Short summary: just experienced our third consecutive loss in a year and a half. The first a blighted ovum at 9w6d followed by D&C on April 3, 2014, next a chemical pregnancy on December 25, 2014 at 5w, and recently a MMC after seeing heartbeat at 8w5d with a D&C yesterday. We're benched awaiting chormosomal analysis on baby and then genetic tests on DH and I.
