Expectant parent club! Where the pregnant people hang out.

[KellyHM]

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I certainly don't want to scare, you... But I urge you to get the spotting checked out by a doctor. I was 6 weeks preg had some spotting, and it turned out it was from a tubal pregnancy. I had no pain, and the embryo was huge. It could have ruptured my tube and been life threatening very quickly. Wishing you the best, but please get to a doctor.

Thanks! I've been checked and rechecked!!! Turns out to be very normal if you are having TWINS!!!

I don't know whether to say "congrats" or "I'm sorry"

 

[Southernbelle]

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Only a little suprising, I already kind of "knew"? Just had that feeling I guess.

Congrats!

 

[Southernbelle]

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Hang in there, it will happen!

Have you ever tried Natural Family Planning to chart your temperatures? Learning about that really helped me get to know the way my body worked and the best times to try because I never had normal cycles so the 28-day medically-correct model of a cycle was always pure fiction to me. When I was trying to conceive after a miscarriage, I had temperatures bouncing all over which was a sign I wasn't ovulating and I went to a doctor to help fix that (of course, I had to submit to all their fancy tests - ultrasounds and bloodwork through all phases of my cycle to confirm what I already knew - I wasn't ovulating

). Another time we were trying to conceive while I was breastfeeding a toddler and noticed my luteal phases were too short to sustain a pregnancy (common while nursing.) Once I weaned my son, we were able to get pregnant.

 

[Livinzoo]

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My reproductive endocrinologist had me use the clear blue easy ones. They have a smiley face appear on the day you ovulate. The common ones are hard to read because you have to compare the darkness of the line.

I used natural family planing to chart my cycles for years. But after a year of trying still never had a positive pregnancy test. I was ovulating, but based off blood tests I was not ovulating a ripe egg. If you have been trying for 19 months I would recommend that you see a reproductive endo.

My insurance didn't cover infertility treatment but it did cover the testing to determine the cause of my infertility. You at least want to have day 3 and day 21 (if you normally have a 28 day cycle) blood tests done. This will determine the status of your ovaries and if you are ovulating. I had a GP run some blood tests on me and it happened to be on the day I ovulated. Well the ob-gyn said those numbers didn't matter as they were not day 3 or 21. But the estrogen level on the day I ovulated was around 50 and it should have been over 100. This is what told me and the endo that I wasn't ovulating a ripe egg. They had me take clomid on days 5-9 and low and behold I had a follicle rippen into an egg that could be fertilized. The endo also had us do an intrauterine insemination, although my husbands sperm count, morphology and motility was fine. You could send your hubby to a urologist to get his sperm tested. This is something we did before we went to the endo.

If you want to talk about what is going on with your infertility, I'll be happy to help. I did lots of research when I was trying.

 

[rcentner]

I wish you much luck Rare feathers!

I have made it through the 1st trimester!

I seem to be a little less cranky these last few days...lets hope it stays that way!
Hope all you pregnant ladies are doing well, not looking forward to tending frozen waters and cold chickens this winter with a huge belly! Was hard enough last year! Already had a frozen hose this morning

then I realized it's november already

 

[krcote]

Miscarried the twins yesterday morning. Hoping for a healthy pregnancy in the future.

 

[Amanda0609]

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I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[krcote]

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I am so sorry for your loss.

Thank you so very much. We really appreciate your support.

 

[Southernbelle]

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I'm so sorry!

x 100

I've got 2 babies in heaven from 2 seperate miscarriages and they were devastating experiences. It felt like a broken promise and I was angry with my body and angry with God for taking my babies. Be kind to yourself and give yourself time to greive. People often don't know what to say when you lose a pregnancy and things like, "You can have more babies" or "it was for the best" don't help at all, but try to realize they are trying to be kind and don't really understand the magnitude of your loss. I didn't function well for a long time and was diagnosed with postpartum depression and I felt a lot better with treatment.

My mother (who'd also miscarried once) told me, "Now you'll have babies to rock when you get to heaven." As depressed as I was, I really like to think that my babies are with God and I love to picture myself rocking them when I get to heaven.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[SpringChickens]

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I am so, so sorry for your loss.

Lots of hugs and prayers to your family during this difficult time.