TTC after a miscarriage

AzzaNZ if you feel you need baby aspirin then you can get it from the chemist and supermarkets have it too. I have had three recurrent miscarriages and like you it slacked me off that I had to have three before my specialist would take it seriously and investigate the reasons.

But although they found no concrete reasons for the m/c's he has told me to take baby aspirin and progesterone once I am pregnant again, which isn't proving that easy this time.

I can't see any reason why you couldn't take baby aspirin, Im on the 75 dose and Im sure you could take this yourself, although getting the progesterone might be a bit more difficult, but definately insist that your gp lets you do the progesterone blood work at 7dpo.

HTH's

Azza I can't help but just wanted to give you big
I understand exactly how you are feeling I am scared sh**less of being preg again, in fact I caught myself the other day thinking "next time I have a MC I might do that". Had to slap myself out of that train of thought promptly!

P.S. good thread I will watch with interest.

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Azza, you cant get progesterone pessarys with out a script. How good is your GP? Could you voice your concerns to them? They might be willing to do BTs to check your progesterone and HCG once a cycle at 12DPO (to check if your PG and if your progesterone is ok) or something? The CD21 test is the one you do at 7DPO (but not sure if HCG would show up that early? (my HCG at 16 DPO (and 6 days past implantation) was only 80, so much earlier than that and it wouldnt have shown up?))
Hmm I hope all that makes sense? I think having a good GP is definately the first step...

Hugs Azza, it certainly can be a stressful journey for a lot of us. I would probably get your doctor to do as many tests as they possibly can. I would definately suss out the progesterone thing as I know it's something that can be easily fixed. I referred myself to a fertility specialist when I had my second miscarriage as I wanted to make sure there wasn't somthing wrong. The doctors here are bl...dy hopeless where I live so I didn't want to risk another pregancy going down the tubes if there was something within my control to fix it.
That's the thing though, the whole ttc thing is mostly out of our control. We can BD on days we think we are near ovulation but never guarantees a baby.
I'm assuming this is your first m/c, plenty of woman go on to have healthy pregnancies, so hoping this is the case for you and you get a sticky baby.
Best wishes for a quick BFP and a sticky one. As far as staying sane hmmmm not sure on that one.

Hugs Azza - a MC changes everything, TTC and pregnancy are never quite the same again.
Get yourself a good supportive GP - these tests are not exactly invasive or complicated. Surely if you make enough of a fuss they would give them to you just to keep you quiet...
I am one of the lucky ones who went on to have a healthy little bub, and I do hope that you will get your BFP soon.
Just remember, there are always folk on this forum you can rant to about how you are feeling, as you will have days ahead where you think you are just going barmy.

Hi Azza just wanted to say I am in a similar boat to you....my wee girl looks around the same age as your lovely Isabella, and we have had one m/c (in Aug 09). I have had 5 cycles since, and all were only 23 days (28 days is normal for me), so I don't think I have a long enough luteal phase to produce enough progesterone to support preg as I usually ov day 14/15 and I am learning you need at least 10 days between ov and af.
I know I have dodgy progesterone as I have endometriosis which is a "low-progesterone" condition, so my awesome gp (a man!) agreed to test my levels 7dpo. I went into his office ready to campaign that yes, m/c could be due to any number of factors, but seeing as we already know I have endo, could we do a 'day 21' blood test to see if that might be a problem....anyway, he agreed immediately and I didn't end up having to do the hard sell on him....I hope you have or find a nice gp who will do something similar for you, based on you verbally telling them you have had low prog results in the past.   
Like you I am thinking that if I do get a bfp then I want to go in and demand progesterone pessaries too! A friend of mine who is on her umpteenth cycle of ivf is on them until week 16, not because she has low progesterone levels, but just as extra insurance to promote lots of 'lush lining' for implantation etc. Interesting eh.
My fingers are x'd for you....I am also not enjoying ttc and have to snap myself out of "next time" thoughts too.   
Tomorrow I am going to a naturopath to see if I am lacking something or really just to feel like I am doing something as my hormones/periods/emotions still feel totally outta whack...I will keep watching to see what your gp says and if those hpts turn +ve.

glad to see you got a BFP!!!!

I am going insane now...maybe a BFP will follow for me soon...we just had MC at 5 weeks...I knew it wasnt a goer - just a maternal feeling - just as I knew Miss nearly 3 was a girl etc from the start!!! Im still prossessing it all...it was only 4 days ago...what a horrid way to kick off a new year - and now we are back to IUI option from feb.,....wish us luck and send some of your bubba vibes thisaway!

I am so sorry Bombshell!

Good luck for a great scan today Azza!    Looking forward to hearing happy news from you!

Thanks... its feeling a bit like dejavu. Baby is measuring much smaller than it should and they asked if I've had any bleeding or pain.

Just hoping and praying.