Doubled up on the floor in my hotel room, I knew that things were getting really bad. I tried to have a shower to make myself feel better and remember saying out loud ‘hold on, hold on’ but I knew it wasn’t meant to be. I had to ring my boss then and say I… Continue reading Frankfurt Part 2
My first miscarriage happened just on the 11-week mark in June 2011. It was great timing as I was on a weekend press trip to Frankfurt with my male boss. Yay! He did know I was pregnant, which made it marginally less awkward but no less surreal. I got off the plane and into the… Continue reading Frankfurt Part 1
So the doc has referred me to the local fertility consultant, which may take three months, and then he can refer me to a recurrent miscarriage clinic if needed. So it’s wait and see. My husband looked after our nearly three-year-old whilst I went, but he saved weeing into his box of cars for when… Continue reading Testing, testing…
Back to 2011, and having charted for a few months, the inkling that my luteal phase may be a bit short was something I hadn’t yet voiced. First things first, I decided I should visit the GP as we had not become pregnant and it had been over a year. At this point I was… Continue reading Is day 21 really the right time?
So I had my follow-up scan this morning and was told that I had now miscarried completely and would not need an operation to sweep out my womb, which is a relief as it has already taken a bit of a battering. Thankfully, no need to see the doctor on the ward again for a… Continue reading Another journey starts
I’ve always meant to write about this and share my experiences but life got in the way. I’m going back now to just over six years ago when we first decided to stop using birth control and see what happened. I think the acronym is NTNP (not trying, not preventing) although I’ve never really understood… Continue reading A short luteal phase…what?
So yesterday I received my NHS Maternity Exemption card. After my first miscarriage, when I had to send the card back after losing the pregnancy, I became tentative about applying too early to avoid the same situation. My second miscarriage was at just on 6 weeks so I never got the chance to think about… Continue reading A step forward…if you know which direction to go in
So my first post on my first blog and I’m jumping in at the deep end. Let’s talk about miscarriage. I’m currently suffering my third miscarriage and the insanity of some of the stuff you come up against has made me realise sharing the experience may help other people get through a similar situation.
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