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@MrsDragon: welcome back! I'm glad you had a relaxing vacation. Good luck this cycle. Hope you get at least one good attempt in!

@catlady: thanks. I still have another week to go until my next scan

@Nutella: thanks. Worst TWW ever!! At least we are busy with family this weekend for Easter.

Am I silly for holding on to hope though? 7w and empty gestational sac. That's not good.

@delight: I saw another thread where a poster told you a success story about an empty sac early on and the baby caught up. Hope that's the case for you!!

@delight: Im so sorry you are still stuck in limbo. I don't think there is anything bad about holding on to hope. I keep thinking I have terrible luck baby wise and am in the clear minority, and keep hoping that one of these days I'll be in the good minority. We have to get a bit of good sometimes, right? (At least I really really hope so). If you are struggling, I'll be hopeful for you.

@Nutella: what are you doing to detox?

@MrsDragon: vacation sounds so nice! Welcome back. A mental health break is so important.

I should O tomorrow. It's my third round of Clomid, last time it only took 2. I really really hope this is it.

@Crystal: hi! We went to see a naturopath who is a big fan of cleaning out both parents' systems for 6-8w before 'allowing' them to ttc. She gave us a green powdered supplement to take daily (we mix with water & drink in the AM), but also cutting way back on caffeine and alcohol - my DH loves both these things so he's struggling a bit! Also reducing sugar & eating two serves of greens for folate daily. And eating protein 3x daily. Lunch is my slackest meal but I'm working on it.
She also topped up my vitamins so I'm on a new multivitamin which has lots of Bs, so hoping I get more energy soon!

I so hope this month is it for you too!!

@delight: I never think hope is a bad thing! I can't wait for your luck to turn.

@Shantuck: I would love to see it!

@delight: I understand how draining all the disappointment can be. You definitely deserve some good luck!

@Nutella: lunch is hardest for me too, especially with protein. im so glad dh is doing it with you. ️

Thanks everyone! I'm still in that sluggish trying to keep up with the real world after being away phase -- been thinking of everyone here a lot. ️

We got two chances to DTD before O-day (mostly guessing at that based on past cycles). I'm going out of town for the second week of my TWW and am NOT bringing any pregnancy tests. I'll be home the day before my period arrives so if I can hold out I won't drive myself nuts like last time.

Here's the diet that my acupuncturist had/has me on: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1OR-GYGDpbScl9jSDhRT2U1Ukk/view?usp=sharing

The first few pages are the general rules and the last few are specific food recommendations during the various phases of your cycle (limited meat intake during your period, etc.). The biggest adjustments for me were cutting out sugar (substituted honey when something needed sweetening), cutting out flour (ate only sprouted grain breads), and eating mostly all dark meat (dark meat chicken and turkey and beef rather than chicken breast or turkey breast).

Also, according to my acupuncturist, I had a kidney yang deficiency which means I run cold so I only drank warm or tepid drinks. I was actually allowed to have a couple glasses of wine on the weekends but it had to be red wine since it needed to not be cold and not high in added sugar. Anyway, if anybody wants to try this and has questions, I'm happy to help

@Mmayo: welcome to our group and I am so sorry you are here. I also had a mc that went on forever in October. Three rounds of cytotec and many scans later, they finally said everything looked clear. I was against having a D&C but I know they wanted me to have one. It took me 6 weeks before my HCG was <5 and another week or so to get AF. Good luck to you. I wish you all the best when you TTC again.

@Shantuck: thanks so much. I have been indulging in Easter eggs so this a timely reminder do you grow your own sprouted bread? That always seems next level commitment to me, but I regularly hear how bad the processes flour in regular bread is...so I'm open to new ideas. How do you organise yourself for lunches/dinners? Do you meal plan on the weekend? I'm a bit out of practice with food admin 🙄 Thanks again!

@Nutella: I don't make my own sprouted grain bread. With a full time job and a 3 year old at home, I was just lucky to be able to make it to the health food grocery (Whole Foods). I was also fortunate to find a few restaurants that had rule compliant food options (brown rice plates with veggies and dark meat chicken, etc.) so I could eat out for lunch most days. I generally meal plan but don't do much weekend prep other than shopping. At the local health food store, I was able to find substitutes for most of the things I would normally eat like spelt or whole wheat pasta with pasta sauce that was just tomatoes and spices (no added sugar). I also ate a lot of black beans with rice, black bean soup, turkey burgers with sprouted grain buns, etc. It sounds totally boring but it wasn't that bad once I got into my groove.

@Mmayo: Welcome and sorry for your losses. Waiting for that first cycle is so frustrating. Best of luck this month.

@Tanjowen: Our stories are very similar. I had a m/c in January, two rounds of cytotec, but I had to have a D&C for retained tissue. I have a two year old as well, that was conceived on the first try. I saw a friend this weekend who was pregnant, and would have been due 1 week away from my due date. She was complaining a bit about being pregnant and tired, and then asked if we were planning on having another. I came so close to telling her about my loss, and that she should be happy about those pregnancy symptoms, but it wasn't the right setting to go there..
We are trying again this month, which makes me both excited and scared.

Chiming in to say I'm cheering so hard for you ladies. It can be so difficult to stay positive after a loss. We had an early loss prior to my current pregnancy, so I know a little bit about some of what you're going through. My thoughts and prayers with each of you, especially as it gets closer to due dates.

Ladies, I don't even know how to feel. DH and I were purposely skipping the last two cycles so that we could enjoy our trip to Florida next month without me having to worry about morning sickness or a loss while traveling or zika. We have used protection all month but AF is a couple days late so I took a test to ease my mind...

@catlady: OH my!!! Congratulations!!

(Ps - my OB approved my trip to Grand Cayman next month....she said as long as no Zika there ok to go, wear deet, and don't go on hikes in rain foresty areas).

@catlady: Wow! So happy for you! Congrats! There's no zika in Florida so go enjoy yourself!

@Shantuck: thanks so much

@Tanjowen: @oskarsmommy: also have a two year old relatively easily conceived (not first go or anything but still!) - good luck to you both!

@catlady: wow, congrats!! Wait, so this was a bfp despite using protection this month?! Amazing!

@oskarsmommy: @Tanjowen: Good luck to both of you, and sorry for your losses. I have a 2 year old as well. Hope this month is good to you both.