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Oh yeah - Dawn - here's hoping that temp stays up!

HELENE..you can spell check here?? I didnt even know you could...I was just always hoping that you guys assumed it was an Aussie spelling I was doing like Mum/Mom.
DANIELLA....Well I am still bleeding only when Im breast feeding thats also when I get the after pains I bled for almost a month on and off with last 1 then prob. a month after I saw last bled my period but thats not to say that you cant and have not got period already. When I did bleed on and off though and like now it was never enough to call a period just blood when I wiped.

Bee- yea, same here. I bled more when I breast fed in the beginning. WHen your breast feed you release hormones that cause your uterus to contract. But, now that its been 4 weeks since I gave birth, it doesn't contract as much and doesn't bleed more. As far as bleeding less than a period, well... even though I never even bled much when I had periods since they were always so light, I still bled less after the first couple of days (since the first few days was pretty bad) then a period. Just a little blood when I wiped and some on a pad. NOT as nearly as bad as I thought you bled after a period. Anyhow, this could just be on and off bleeding and not AF. Even if its AF, I am told that the first one for sure and prolly the next one you may get AF without ovulating which is totally normal. I am also told that you can go almost a year without AF, much less ovulating when you breast feed exclusively... well, I am using breastmilk and formula. Had to use both for the first 2 weeks since baby had mild jaundice. So, I wasn't breast feeding exclusively, so that theory might be thrown out the window. Oh well!! I just pulled out and dusted of the scope and going to start using it daily again just to see if I see a pattern. Want to have an idea whats going on with my body. (As if I ever had one before. LOL) __Coda- Hubby leaves at the end of the week. Hows things going with you?? __Helene- Theres spell check here?? Never knew that. Half the time I don't even re-read what I type because of time, so even if there was spell check, prolly wouldn't even bother. You all get what I type. :) Yet, I still have no idea about spell check here. Weird

Whoops.. that was, not nearly as bad as I thought you bled after "giving birth" not period. My bad! Also, Bee... I live right about you (being down under) so I have quite a few ausie friends. When you type its like hearing them talk. Never cared about spelling. :)

Dang it.. "aussie" Man, maybe I do need spellcheck. LOL

Hi- well, I wiped this morning and brown blood. I knew it and I was waiting for it. I def. don't feel pg at all. So now hopefully it'll just come out on it's own so we don't have to wait so long to try again. But I seriously suspect there's something wrong with my eggs. This is just what I need with the end of the school year and my mom's HUGE operation coming up next week. UGH.

Allieb, I know how scary it is to see blood, but don't let yourself get too down yet. Mine also started as brown then turned to pink, but now its gone. Your cervix could be sensitive and if you had sex lately that can also cause you to bleed. I don't want to give you any false hopes either, but 30% of women bleed in the first Trimester and a lot go on to have healthy babies. I have not had a lot of symptoms and I know how symptoms are reassuring .I have talked to lots of other women who also had hardly any symptoms with thier pregnancies. Lots of prayers for you! Thanks ladies for the info about dates, I guess Im scared of anything that might be off. I didn't get ultrasounds with my first two healthy children until I was 18 weeks and they were both a day off on dates. Treya was right on with my dates and my misccarriage was 9 days off. I can't wait until Im out of first trimester, it will be a relief! Danielle, Ill check out your preggo site thanks!

Hi ladies...I always love looking in on this thread, though I felt I wasn't quite ready to join in completely yet. But now I am 9 weeks past my surgery for ectopic and 1 complete cycle down...yay! I know I o'd last month and af came 2 wks later. I'm on cycle day 21 now and still no o (though I usually o pretty late it seems) but I'm a bit nervous. I've heard how cycles can be all thrown off, but since my first one was pretty normal I got excited that I'd be right back on track. Now I don't know what to think. My temps are all over the place. Does anyone know if the first cycle can be normal then have no ovulation after that??? Thanks!

DANIELLA..yea I havent had it filled yet but Im going on mini pill(do u guys have that or call it something else you have to take it inside an hour of the same time slot each day ..not good for me I thing Ill put it in girl morning to do list ...tell mum to take pill at 8 oclock or something I battle to take it at all. BUT they say a little thing like your baby having a dummy or going a little longer without a feed in your case a bottle of formula insted of breast can be all it takes to be able to CONCEIVE..have you heard this? Iv also been told you can use implant while breast feeding.

HELENE - I am glad to hear you have found some relief from your nausea. Sounds like a good plan to only take that stuff if absolutely necessary. I dont know about anyone else but I am a freak about not taking anything (even when I am TTC) especially after having a m/c. Luckily my allergies have not been too bad yet this season (knock on wood) I too hope that my temps stay up. The last two days it was 98.3. If I am going to get a/f it should be here by Friday and I should start to see a dip in my temps this week. Let's hope that does not happen. It was not the lucky month for my neighbor so I am hoping I had better luck. DANIELLA - I have a girlfriend with 4 kids and seem to recall her saying she did not even get her period at all while she was breastfeeding. I am sure everyone is different though. It will be reminiscent of trying to figure out your cycle post m/c again. Annoying! But at least you have a baby in your arms now. I can not wait for that - today is CD29. I have been feeling fine for the most part. One day had a shooting pain in my left breast but overall not sore. We will see I guess. Dawn

Bee- never heard of a "mini pill" is it like a light birth control or something? Anyhow, naw.. I don't think it was a period because it stopped. Guess we will see if I get it again in roughly 28 days from now. I did take a pregnancy test today and it was totally negative. Not even the slightest specks of pink for the other line.. so, my HCG should be pretty much out if not all the way. :) I am 4 weeks post delivery now. I know after my last m/c my HCG 4 weeks afterwards was 5.4 So, who knows. ANyhow, hubby leaves in a few days for awhile. ALthough he should be home for the 4th of July. I am diong my ovulation testers to see if it comes up positive or not. You can get your AF when you breastf eed, but usually you don't ovulate. Its actually extrememly rear to ovulate before 56 days after giving birth. Even if you dont breast feed its still very rear to ovulate the first, much less second AF. Not too worried though, because when hubby gets back I am really thinking about getting on the pill. I really didn't want to, but I don't want to take any chances. I think today was the first time I was so happy to have a neg. pregnancy test out of all the millions of neg. ones I had. LOL

DANIELLA - Sounds like you have things in check with your system. I do not blame you for wanting to hold off getting pregnant again. Need some time to recoup and let your body get back to normal first :-) For me, I sit and wait until the end of the week ... Hoping that I do not start to see my temp drop in the morning and start to sense some symptoms. Nothing really evident at this point but I know that means nothing. Ahh the waiting game - I seem to be getting better at is though. You realize that today is 7 months to the day that my m/c started ....? Time certainly flies - i really hoped to be PG by now - maybe I am. Dawn

I take it back - It has been more then 7 months. M/C was on October 5th so that would be 8 months ... Too long. Dawn

Hello Everyone,
I have never submitted anything to a forum before. I have read a lot of them though. It has almost been 2 months since my d&c. Lost my bean at about 5 weeks but didn't find out until about 7 or 8 weeks. It was a missed miscarriage. The pregnancy was a total surprise and as soon as my hubby and adjusted to the whole thing we found out the bad news. I am doing well and am anxious to try again. I just need to vent becuase a girl that I work with just told everyone she is pg. It wouldn't phase me that much but she due literally the same week that I was supposed to be--so that kind of stings. Also, my sister-in-law is having her baby at this very moment. I am very excited to be an aunt, but everything is so emotional! I feel that I was doing wonderfully coping with everything, but I took a day off recently to relax and saw two t.v. shows--the first one a woman lost her baby, and the second one a woman found out she was pregnant when she didn't think it was possible. Needless to say I cried for a couple of hours after that.
Anyway--just needed to vent. I do have one question--does anyone know anything about Clomid? I know the basics, but just wondered if anyone has used it? My doc suggested it for later if I get frustrated, but I was wondering why not just go on it right away? I have irregular periods so it just seems like it would all be faster if I just take the Clomid.
Thanks for listening

LAVENDER - Welcome and so sorry for your loss :-( You have picked a good forum to start posting on. The ladies on here have been thru it all and I suspect you will find much help and support here. Have you gotten a/f since your m/c? Sometimes it takes a long time for your system to get back to normal. I am a prime example of that. I did not get my period for over 12 weeks after my m/c and once I did, it took another few cycles for it to seem normal again. My first thought is to steer clear of the Clomid. Our bodies are an intricate system of hormones and processes - you got pregnant once all on your own and it will happen again without introducing drugs to your system. Give your body a little more time to get back to normal. Perhaps pick up the book Taking Charge of your Fertility and check that out. It has a wealth of information about our bodies, temping, fluids and really getting in touch with your body and all the signs it gives you every month. I have a friend that used clomid with no luck - no luck - she then changed doctors, went off the drugs and got pregnant right away. That is one example of it not being needed. Again sorry for your loss. I am sure other ladies will chime in here with ideas for you. I am counting the days until I can test - I had a m/c last october and have been ttc since February. Good luck. Dawn

Hi - I went to the dr. today. They did a sonogram and there was nothing there. No sac, nothing. So it's either a miscarry or an(other) ectopic. They took my betas and will again on Wed. Meeting with Dr. again on Thursday. If one more person says to me ( and I don't mean here on this forum but out in the world) "Well, at least you know you can get pregnant!" I'm going to scream. The last time someone said that to me, I said that it's not worth a damn if you can't stay pg for 5 minutes. Sorry - I'm just miserable.