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Hi Lara, If you do plan on getting pregnant again in the future..continue taking the prenatal vitamins anyway. It's like giving your future pregnancy a head start agains neural defects and spina bifida. I take materna..but any prenatal vitamin containing folic acid is great. I am not too sure about metaformin so that you may want to ask your doctor about it. If you think about it or have never done it before...start your basal temperature taking. Ideally you could have started it the first day you began to bleed in this cycle..get a calender and write down your temps plus your cervical mucus texture.. there are basal charts you can print off the internet. Start charting your temperature every morning before you get out of bed and also around the same time. As your temperature rises around the time of ovulation this will indicate your ovulation time. Do so for the next month or two until you develop a pattern of increases at ovulation time. When you figure out when you ovulate say for the following month buy an ovulation predictor kit available at shoppers drug mart. I bought the life brand one. Start doing the prediction kit a couple days before you think you will ovulate and when you see the surge it means you are going to ovulate within 24-36 hours. Again, I did this and I was pregnant two cycles after my D&C. Good luck and if all else fails it really helps you get in touch with your body and when it is doing what. This also allowed me to know I was pregnant the day I missed my period. I hope I am not pushing the idea to try again too much..I just want you to know your options if you truly do want to try again.. Best of luck at your week back and work..allow yourself to cry..this is normal, and tell people your situation you feel comfortable with it is part of the healing and grieving process. Do not be ashamed of what happened you will soon find out how many others are sympathetic to you and have also been in a similar situation. Have a great week Lara! Again, I am so sorry for your loss. XO Kristin

Hi kristin. Thank you so much for the information. i really do want to try again. but is this bleeding that I have now considered a period? does it mean I will ovulate after this bleeding is done and I should start with taking temperature and using ovulation kit?or should I wait for my next period ? Also Krisitin you said take your basal temperature what do you mean by that I never try this before? do i buy a thermometer for temperature or a special one? My sister in law is sending me an ovulation kit from the states because it is much cheaper than here. Thanks you again for being a great friend!

Hi Lara..Shoppers Drug Mart sells basal thermometers for about 10-15 dollars..also any digital thermometer will due because it is the increments that are crucial in determing your ovulation time..I would start this now..yes this is considered a period..so the first day you started bleeding will be considered the first day of your period..I know you have missed a few days but if you had a cycle that was say 28 days or so before than you will still most likely ovulate this month. Your eggs do no know that you have miscarried they will still go through the same process. I would probably save the predictor kit till next month..but start with the temperature reading right away..first thing in the morning BEFORE you get out of bed leave the digital thermometer beside your bedside table..your husband may think it is weird but it is quick about 30-45 seconds put it under your tongue and in the same spot daily..just tell your hubby your doc suggested it for you to get in tune with your cycle to know if you are ovulating again..or you could tell him what you are really doing ;) if he is supportive and wanting to try agin too! For example from the first day of your period to the day of ovulation your temperature will read say slightly lower for my purposes i used farenheight reading but you can also do it in celsius... day 1- 97.3f , day 2- 97.4f,day 3-97.4f, day4 -97.6f. day5 97.5f, etc. etc. etc. by day 15 (the time you possibly ovulate)it may read 98.2..The jump in temp by 3,4,5,6 degrees at this point indicates ovulation..of course it is too late when it jumps to try to conceive, as it is the days leading up to ovulation where you would want to have intercourse.. that is why you do this charting for 1,2,3 months to develop a pattern. By next month you will be able to say on day 16 or whichever day your temperature jumped a few degrees would be the day you ovulated and you could have intercourse a few days leading up to and couple of days beyond..When you are aware of your ovualtion day...this is when you do the ovulation kit because you are aware of the time you may ovulate already and you use the sticks a couple of days before until you see the Surge which would be two lines of the stick. Which means positive just like a home pregnancy test..THIS MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO OVULATE WITHIN 24-48 hours!!!..You may be aware s____n can stay alive up to 72 hours. The ovulation predictor sticks are just like home pregnancy tests. I might add that after you have ovulated your temperature will remain higher than at the beginning of the month so say day15 you ovulated and your temp was 98.2 then your temps will probably remain elevated slightly say in the 98's until your next period when they will drop again...You can look up "basal monitoring" up on line...and you can print charts out if you have a printer at home..again this is what I did! This is just a brief desription of what to do..I am happy you are going to try again..who knows what could happen..it's only a matter of time and good luck and you will be pregnant again hopefully!!..P.S. read up as much as you can on the computer about ovualtion predictor kits and Basal Monitoring and don't forget to monitor your Cervial Mucous too!! It is the most slippery clear mucous that accomodates the sperm best..this usually happens when you are about to ovulate!! XO Kristin:) XO Kristin

Hi Kristin. Something strange happened and I need to share it. It is gross I am sorry but just need an opinion. Yesterday , I went to the washroom and when I was wiping a big clot of meat came to the toilet paper sorry it is gross but it looks like something was forming it was half red and half dark with something looks like intestine and small veins ..very strange!! I wonder if there was something in there and they just misdiagnose me or is it the sac ..I am just feeling horrible! I am calling my doctor and see what they would say to me.

Sorry for intruding into your conversation - but it sounds like placenta coming out -?

Well there will be fetal tissues, placenta, and you will be shedding the walls of your uterus. I had a D&C last time but there was was still excessive amounts of tissue that I was pa__sing for weeks. Definately call your doctor to imform him of this.he may suggest saving the large amounts of tissue to be put in a sterile container for testing. But I am not for certain about that. After my D&C they kept the fetus for genetic testing but I was alot further along. Try not to worry..I know it can be gross..or disturbing but it is nature's way of cleaning (Everything) out. Hope you will be feeling better. I am sorry you are going through this. XO Kristin

Hi Kristin, the doctor wanted me to repeat the procedure for two days to insert veginally 4 pills each night before bed time. I did one yesterday and tonight I will do the other four. He said it does not work if I don't use these pills for two nights last Thursday I did put 4 pills but only for one night. He is doing this to avoid D&C and he wants to make sure that I am cleaned out totally. he siad not to worry about what I saw on Sunday it is tissues from placenta and my body is cleaning out. ANyway the stressful part is that I took the rest of the week off because these pills give me severe cramps and I feel very tired . I went yesterday to work and I really felt that I was not ready to go back. My body still needs the rest. My principle at school was very upset and he asked me for a doctor note! when I told him that Iam repeating the procedures and that the doctor want me to take the week off for my body to rest and to be cleaned out. later on he came around and told me that he did not mean to explode but he needs consistency for the cla__s. Knowing that This is the first time I took few days off , I told him my right and my union allows me to have days off and that is out my control that I am having trouble with my health. I just felt soo angry at him he did not even express a sympathy or asked how I feel. All teachers were great and very supportive . Last night I came back from work sooo stressed out ..my husband and my son were worried about me because I looked soo stressed out and sad..Anyway I am home this week I will take rest as much as I can and hopefully I will be back to work on Monday. I am trying to apply for a government job for a change but it is too hard to get in! sorry for being soo much chatty today...Have a nice day!

Lara, how is everything going for you? I am thinking of you.. Kristin

Hi kristin. I think you missed the message I sent you before. I am doing fine and getting better. Next Wednesday I will have ultrasound to make sure evrything is cleared out. I started my diet, my exercise and still taking prenatal vitamin. How are you? and how is your testing and your pregnancy is going? Hope everything is going well may god bless you and your baby.

Lara,I am so happy you are feeling better. :) Glad to hear you are continuing to take your prenatal vitamins and dieting. This is the best start you can give your future pregnancy..that is the way I helped cope with my own loss as well...and here I am in my 10th week now again. I have a good feeling things will go your way very soon. ;) I have an appointment on wednesday with the gyno. I will mention the spotting I have been having off and on the last week or so..I Heard the heartbeat via the doppler last week with my gp. I booked my prenatal screening tests for May 4th. Other than that feeling tired..and thicker around my middle. Trying to remain positive :) Talk to you soon XO Kristin

Hi kristin, glad to hear that everytning is going well with your pregnancy. Don't worry about spotting it is normal my sister had spotting for the first 3 nonths and she delivered a beautiful healthy baby. God bless!

Lara, How are you? Just wondering how things are going for you.. XO Kristin

Hi kristin, I am sorry I am replying late. I ahve been very busy at work. How is your pregnancy going? and how are you doing ? hope everyhting is fine with you. My HCG level still going down very since my miscariage it is 39 now and the doctor is sending me everyweek for a blood test until it reac 5. I did not have any period yet! Hope it will come soon so i can start trying again. Take care and have a great day. God bless!