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Hello everyone. I had a very postive visit with my doctor. I really like him and feel so comfortable with him which is huge for me. I am now taking a baby aspirin a day along with my folcaps and prenatal vitamins. I will do the progestrone when I get pregnant and yes it will be inserted! Yikes! I had my levels tested again and everything was fine! I did find out that I got this from both parents. I honestly feel like I have been blessed to find this out now.

Kris, how are things going with you? A friend of mine that got pregnant the same time I did is having her baby tomorrow. Very hard to be happy.

Hi everyone...thanks for everyone's info. I had a m/c 2/09 and found out I have MTHFR compound heterozygous C677T (after having to ask for the bloodtest!). My perinatologist said its no big deal and just to take 3mg of folic acid along with my prenatal. I asked him about taking a baby asprin and he said I dont need to take it but I can if I want. So I decided to take it. He said he doesnt want to do any blood thinners unless I have anothe m/c which I think is rediculous bc I don't want to have to go through that again! I am reading everyones posts and see everyone is taking 4-5mg folic acid along with B vits. I am wondering if I am taking too low of a dose! I actually just found out I am pregnant...I just want to take another test tomorrow since the other two were very faint positive. Someone also mentioned about taking Neevo the prenatal that helps for this disorder...does anyone else have any experience with that? I want to call my dr to ask him but I wanted more info before I talk to him. I appreciate any feedback. Thank you Lynne

Hi Idig, first congrats on being pregnant again. There is another blog about mthfr called MTHFR?...it has so much information. About the folic acid, I can tell you that my doctor said that I am taking 4 times the amount of folic acid that is in prenatal vitamins. I take Folcaps, prenatal vit, and a baby aspirin. I will take 2 folcaps a day when I become pregnant. I did not ask my doctor about Neevo. I feel like if it was something I needed to do I think my doctor would have mentioned it. Again, I am so sorry about your miscarriage in Feb. I had one that month as well. Lets hope that everything will okay the next time. You will be in my prayers.

Hi cassboyd, I'm sorry about your loss in Feb also. I am actually taking 7.5 times the amount of folic acid in the prenatals..I'll have to check that other blog and see what they are doing...I saw that there was another one. I actually just searched for folcaps to see how much folic acid is in them....it says that it is unknown if folcaps do any harm to the fetus. That seems a little strange to me....I'd look into that if I were you. Thanks for your info...good luck with everything.

Nevermind about being pregnant....took two more tests and both were negative! :( I don't know what those 2 positives were, but I just got my period so I know it's negative. This is so aggravating. Oh well, maybe next time.

So sorry about not being pregnant. I know that I had to be very hard. Look on the bright side that it will allow more vitamins to get into your body(hey don't know about you but I have to find a bright side in all of this or I will go crazy). About the folcaps, I am not too worried. There have been alot of women on it and had normal pregnanies.

We are starting to try again this month. Please keep me posted. I wish you all of the luck in the world.

Thanks.....Good luck to you too! You're right, you do have to see the positives in everything. Try to stay relaxed....they say stress isnt good when trying to conceive. I try not to think about, but I don't think I can trick my body! Well hopefully we will both have good luck this month.

Hello Lynne,
How are you doing this month so far? I am actually very calm, I'm sure that will change when I get closer to my start date. Are you still trying again this month? Good Luck!

Cassidy

Hi Cassidy,
We are trying again...haven't yet ovulated...I think in the next few days I will. We are going on a little vacation this weekend so that may be beneficial for me...keep my mind off things and relax me a little. I'm glad you are calm..keep it that way! I'm wondering if these ovulation sticks are a bad idea b/c it makes you more tense when you know the exact day you ovulate. We'll see...if it doesn't work this month maybe I won't use them next month. Alright well good luck! Lynne

Oh Cassidy I forgot to ask you....how are you doing after your friend had the baby? Was it as hard as you thought it would be? I'm just nervous because I am in the same situation only she is not due until the beginning of August...her baby shower is in 2 wks. It's so weird :( I'm trying to be strong and think of it differently, but I guess the problem is I feel she is minimizing what happened to me. I know she never had a m/c so she doesn't understand, but it still hurts.

I am using the sticks as well. They kind of played a trick on me so I'm really sure what is going on. The colors were close to the same color but not quite a couple of days ago and I did it again last night and the colors were completely different. Tonight will be my last night to use the sticks so I hope its okay. Stay positive and I hope you have a great vacation! Where are you going?

You know, seeing the baby was not so hard. I did not go to her baby shower and I'm glad that I didn't. I don't think I could have handled all the ohhs and ahhs. In my case, she had a miscarriage too so it was easy to tell her how I was feeling and she didnt hold it against me. Now, I have my two very best friends for years that are both pregnant and have had normal pregnancies. Its very difficult to talk to them because they complain about sickness and I'm like you have no idea how bad I would like to be sick. Im sure you know what I am talking about. Sorry to have vented! Back on the sticks, I got pregnant on them last time. It sounds like we are on the same cycle. Have you talked to your doctor again? Best of luck and have a great trip!!
Cassidy

Hi all! Sorry it has been so long since I have been on. I just went to lab to have more blood tests done today!!! I felt so bad for the tech because she asked (based on the kinds of tests they are running) how far along I am. I'm getting better at letting those kinds of things roll off my back (not that it still isn't very hard!). This is the first month that we are able to try. It is sooooo nerve racking. I feel so much pressure!!!!! Definitely difficult to be romantic when in the back of your mind your are thinking of all of this!!! Sorry to vent girls! I hope that everything is going well. It sounds like everybody might be in the same "trying" boat! Good luck to everybody!!!

Hi Cassidy, Thanks for venting! it's nice to hear that I'm not the only one feeling this way. I wish I could tell my friend that I can't go to the shower but I'm pretty sure that would destroy our friendship since I'm her best friend. She is having a jack & jill shower so at least I can drag my husband with me for support! (oh yeah...she's having 2 showers..family and then 2wks later friends...and Im going to both!) I know what you mean about your friends complaining. My friend doesnt complain about being sick, just being tired which to me is just as bad. I keep saying I wish she would just understand, but I guess that's not possible unless you go through it.
That's weird with the sticks... was the test before the one where the colors were almost the same...negative? And were you taking them at the same time each day? The only thing I can think of is the LH surge was before that test and it caught the end of it. I would assume that you did ovulate just to play it safe! But also if I were you if the next one is neg just buy another box. I might have to do that too since I only have 2 left. The last two months mine was positive exactly 2 wks after my period started which would be Friday for me. I guess I started the tests too early, but since my period was a few days late I wasnt sure what would happen. I had a drs apt last wk and he said I had 2 false positive preg tests (which I never heard of...only heard of false neg). He said the hormones interact with each other causing that to happen. I asked him if I miscarried and he said most likely not, but you never know. I guess I won't know. I just feel like it was possible since I was 4 days late and I had a sore/crampy period which never happens to me. (it could be all in my head though too....who knows!) He also said not to bother with the Neevo prenatal vitamin...he said its a marketing thing and not necessary.
Anyway, we are going to Cape Cod for our 1yr wedding anneversary...since I live on long island its not too far so it should be nice. Have fun trying! Talk to you soon...good luck! Lynne

Hi guys,
I heard that Cape Cod is beautiful. I live in Arkansas, home of the new American Idol, so we have to travel pretty far to go anywhere exciting!
Kris, I know exactly what you mean about letting things roll off your back. I have just started telling people about my miscarriages just so I don't have to deal with the comments on bad days.

Lynne, my tests were negative and then on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday they were pretty close and Wednesday the test line was almost invisible. So maybe I ovulated on Saturday. Who knows! I decided not to buy anymore tests just to continue trying. I was doing the test at the same time everyday. I have decided that your body can do whatever it wants. Congrats on 1 year of marriage and have a great time. Talk to you soon..its nice having someone in the same situation. It seems like I am surrounded by women that are pregnant.

Cassidy

Hi Cassidy...I definitely have a feeling you ovulated between sunday and monday b/c they say sometimes the hormone surge may be less than 24 hrs long so you may miss it. I got a negative again today. I was in the dollar store yesterday and happened to notice ovulation tests for $1 for one so I may just pick up a couple (who knows if they are any good!), or maybe I should just not bother and do what you are doing and not worry.
I am a Dietitian and counsel pregnant women allllll day long, so I definitely know how you feel about being around pregnant women all the time! haha
Well have a good weekend...I'm sure we'll enjoy ours too! Lynne

Hey girls, I remember I used ovulation tests at one point and was told to test twice a day if you really want to catch a good surge (the test line should be as darker or darker than control line). I did mid morning and late afternoon. They did cause more stress I think so I stoppe dusing them. We just started having sex like every day (morning is best!) starting at cd10 until about cd21. I know. TIRING.