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Quoting hoping 4 vday '09 baby:“ if you don't mind me asking...do you know why you miscarried? how far along were you? i don't know ... [snip!] ... even though i thought i was 10 1/2. they did a genetics test on the fetus tissue,but i don't expect to get anything from that.”

I don't mind you asking at all, that's what we're here for. My doctor said the m/c was due to low progesterone levels. He had put me on supplements, but I guess it was already too late. I was around 8 weeks pregnant I think, but I don't think the baby was developing correctly from the start because I thought I should have been around 10 weeks. I didn't save anything to get tested. My doctor said of all the things that can go wrong, progesterone is one of the easiest to fix, so that was good news. So for next time he suggested clomid (every other month) on CD 3-7 and progesterone on CD 14-28 and once I get pregnant I will continue on the progesterone through 12 weeks.

Quoting Katie_D:“ I don't mind you asking at all, that's what we're here for. My doctor said the m/c was due to low progesterone ... [snip!] ... month) on CD 3-7 and progesterone on CD 14-28 and once I get pregnant I will continue on the progesterone through 12 weeks.”

it sounds like you have the same problem as i did. i called my dr when i started bleeding and he told me to call his office in the morning to get paperwork for blood test. he also gave me pers for progesterone supplements, but like you said...it was probably too late.

you said you thought you were farther than you were like i was...maybe i had the same problem as you...the baby just wasn't developing correctly...i always wondered if the baby stopped at 7 1/2 weeks so why did it take my body 3 weeks to realize something was wrong. maybe it was the fact that the baby just wasn't growing correctly.

my dr said the minute i think i'm pg...before i miss my AF or can take a HPT to call him and let him know...he'll send me for bloodwork and if i am then he plans on watching me very closely and probably have me do progesterone supplements.

My doctor wants me taking them with my regular cycle too. It keeps the uterus from shedding which is what causes the m/c. He started me on the progesterone before I starting bleeding. It was horrible the amount of blood I lost and the clots...I hate thinking about it. Unfortunately we only have one bathroom in our house, and everytime I go in there it reminds me of what happened  
Anyways...see if your doctor might want to put you on them before you get pregnant?? Just a suggestion. When I went in for my first OB appointment on 4-21 my Dr said he couldn't see anything in the sac and sent me for another u/s. I was supposed to be 8 weeks at that time but when I had the u/s the next day the baby only measured at 6 wks and 3 dys. That didn't match up to the date I ovulated, don't you think that's strange?

I'm sorry for your loss ladies...i've been there and they dont know why i m/c either...i was 9-10 weeks...but when i went to the ER i had a tear in my cervix but never said what caused it...so i'm sending you baby dust ladies, good luck!

Quoting Katie_D:“ My doctor wants me taking them with my regular cycle too. It keeps the uterus from shedding which is ... [snip!] ... day the baby only measured at 6 wks and 3 dys. That didn't match up to the date I ovulated, don't you think that's strange?”

I mentioned something to him before about taking them before, but he told me it wasn't neccesary until i actually was pregnant.

i think the worst part was i didn't have any symptoms of a m/c at all...no cramps....i bled the first day and that was it until after the d & c then i bled for another 3 or 4 days. when i went to see the dr the day after i started bleeding he couldn't find a heartbeat (i was only 10 weeks so i thought) but he said it wasn't unusual since i was still kinda early. he sent me for an u/s the next day just to be sure, so of course i thought everything was okay...yeah obviously i was incorrect...

It was really hard on my DH and I because we had seen our baby's heartbeat and everyone kept telling me that once you see the heartbeat your risk of m/c drops to like 10%. I just had a gut feeling that something wasn't right with the pregnancy but the doctors kept telling me that the baby was fine. I think listening to them got my hopes up that maybe things would be okay, but in the back of my mind I was preparing for the worst. When we went in for our last u/s the tech wouldn't tell us anything and before she used to show us the screen, so we knew right then things weren't right. I didn't break down until later that night when my DH and I were out to eat at a restaurant, of all the places to finally loose it! I felt like a blubbering idot! My HCG levels are down to 8 as of yesterday, so I'm almost down to normal. It kind of made me sad to hear that my level is soooo low, just confirmation that the prenancy is over   but good news that we will be able to start trying again  

awww sorry for your lossand all the loss any other mom has had. I have never been through that so I dont know how it feels but I will send baby wishes your way! It will happen again! Also, I am not sure what all the abreviations are? Is there a cheat sheet? I know what TTC is but what are the other ones?

Quoting KimberleyA:“ awww sorry for your lossand all the loss any other mom has had. I have never been through that so I dont ... [snip!] ... Also, I am not sure what all the abreviations are? Is there a cheat sheet? I know what TTC is but what are the other ones?”

http://forum.baby-gaga.com/about50471.html
this is a cheat sheet for all of them

Quoting KimberleyA:“ awww sorry for your lossand all the loss any other mom has had. I have never been through that so I dont ... [snip!] ... Also, I am not sure what all the abreviations are? Is there a cheat sheet? I know what TTC is but what are the other ones?”

I was lost when I first started this site, someone gave me the link to this forum and now I understand!
http://forum.baby-gaga.com/about50471.html

Thanks ladies!!!

Hi! I'm new here! I'm have been TTC since May 3, 2008. Though I don't think I started early enough in my cycle to catch it. My last AF was yesterday on 22 May 08, which also happened to be my 5th anniversary. Well I hope to get to know you ladies a lot more.
Elvy

Hello all! I'm Stephanie and my husband Nick and i have just started TTC. My husband is due to get out of the military in a little over a year so we are trying to have a baby before then. We have both always wanted children but were very afriade of what my parents would say or think...my parents come from the time where people got married waited 5 years then had a baby. We are hoping to get preggers before july but i am terrified that we won't. I hope that things go well though  

my name is Jennifer and my husband and i have been ttc for 2 years.

names vanessa, my friend jennie linked me to here

ive only been ttc for a month... ummmm. i suck at this part so im just gonna leave it at that

Wow so many women here I haven't met!!.. Hi my name is Ruthie....Ok.. (Copied patsed it from my profile..LOL)
I am 25 years old and was Diagnosed with PCOS on 1999. As a teen I had terrible crazy periods..very out of order and the cause was found when I was in my late teens. I have gone through a tough road of TTC, fertility drugs, infinite testing (with negative results let me add..) 2 miscarriages, just heartache after heartache. But I am strong, and a baby is worth all i got..I will do all I can , I will go through everything I can, to have my miracle. I was blessed to have one child on fertility drugs, (beloved Clomid ,Metformin and a progesterone shot) he is my miracle and blessing. Bringing him to this world was a life or death struggle both of us were at risk...He almost didn't make it..he came to this world early, at 34 weeks..BUT HE MADE IT we both made it!!!.. As I was rushed to the surgery room for an emergency cesarean (cuz my baby was dry ,no amniotic fluid at all for over 24 hours) my blood pressure sky rocketed, All I rememebr was the lovely cry... I saw his face , kissed him and dozed off.. I don't rememeber anything at all but my husband and parents who waiting outside told me that my blood pressure suddenly dropped too low.. not sure what happend but when doc came to my room with my baby in his arms the next day he told me "You gave us quite a scare in there".. I just smiled cuz I had no idea what he was talking about.....But I'm too happy God gave me the chance to be here with him and kiss his cheeks, wipe his mouth, kiss his boo boos and hug him and give him all my love. God blessed me, He really did!!!! My son is everything I have....and if one day it comes to giving up my life to save that of a baby I would die for that.. I would die to give life. I asked my husband that if it ever comes to that decision I want huim to save the baby.. and I will die in peace knowing I gave birth to a miracle.!! PCOS?.. I will kick PCOS BUTT!!! You'll see.....I am a very open person and anyone who needs just someone to listen, I am here. Sometimes words mean nothing...but a listening ear means everything. I am hoping for my 2008 Miracle......I am on fertility drugs...let's see what happens.
Baby dust needed!!!
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