Your Cycles After a Chemical Pregnancy
Hey everyone!
I'm wanting to discuss how your cycles can be affected by a chemical pregnancy. Considering, I have first hand experience with this now I think it might help others who are currently or have recently experienced a chemical pregnancy. Even though chemical pregnancies are miscarriages before 5 weeks (mine was 4 weeks, 1 day) they can still impact the following cycle in different ways. Some women find they take a long time to ovulate afterwards. Some find they ovulate very quickly afterwards and much earlier than usual. That was the case for me.
I had read some advice to start OPKs right after my period ended because my hormones could be all out of whack. My period was longer and heavier than normal with a ton of clots. I was finally period free on CD8 and that is when I started OPKs. It was crazy for me to already see a fairly dark line. Granted, it was still negative but I knew that a positive OPK was only days away. On CD10, I had a really dark line on the OPK but I wasn't sure I could consider it positive yet. It was SO close. CD11, the OPK was extremely dark and I counted that as my true positive. So, I ovulated on CD12 just four days after my period ended. Crazy, right?
I consider myself extremely lucky that I ovulated so quickly as some women wait for weeks after a chemical. I am now on CD19 and 7dpo. Just playing the waiting game to see if the old wive's tail of being extra fertile after a chemical pregnancy/miscarriage rings true for me. I'm not sure if I mentioned it in my last blog post but I just knew last cycle we were going to get pregnant. Obviously, it ended in a chemical pregnancy but I just had the most amazing feeling about that cycle. I have the same feeling about this cycle. Something just feels... right. I can't explain it. It's just a feeling I have deep inside me. This cycle is going to work. If it doesn't, well... I have an appointment with an RE in 10 days. So, I'll be on my way to more answers then with a doctor that specializes in fertility. Hopefully, I won't even have to have that appointment, but at least it's scheduled nonetheless.
I hope people going through this found this helpful! I know all the posts I found about chemical pregnancies sure helped me when I went through mine.
Have a great rest of your day!
Peace, love, and baby dust!
I'm wanting to discuss how your cycles can be affected by a chemical pregnancy. Considering, I have first hand experience with this now I think it might help others who are currently or have recently experienced a chemical pregnancy. Even though chemical pregnancies are miscarriages before 5 weeks (mine was 4 weeks, 1 day) they can still impact the following cycle in different ways. Some women find they take a long time to ovulate afterwards. Some find they ovulate very quickly afterwards and much earlier than usual. That was the case for me.
I had read some advice to start OPKs right after my period ended because my hormones could be all out of whack. My period was longer and heavier than normal with a ton of clots. I was finally period free on CD8 and that is when I started OPKs. It was crazy for me to already see a fairly dark line. Granted, it was still negative but I knew that a positive OPK was only days away. On CD10, I had a really dark line on the OPK but I wasn't sure I could consider it positive yet. It was SO close. CD11, the OPK was extremely dark and I counted that as my true positive. So, I ovulated on CD12 just four days after my period ended. Crazy, right?
I consider myself extremely lucky that I ovulated so quickly as some women wait for weeks after a chemical. I am now on CD19 and 7dpo. Just playing the waiting game to see if the old wive's tail of being extra fertile after a chemical pregnancy/miscarriage rings true for me. I'm not sure if I mentioned it in my last blog post but I just knew last cycle we were going to get pregnant. Obviously, it ended in a chemical pregnancy but I just had the most amazing feeling about that cycle. I have the same feeling about this cycle. Something just feels... right. I can't explain it. It's just a feeling I have deep inside me. This cycle is going to work. If it doesn't, well... I have an appointment with an RE in 10 days. So, I'll be on my way to more answers then with a doctor that specializes in fertility. Hopefully, I won't even have to have that appointment, but at least it's scheduled nonetheless.
I hope people going through this found this helpful! I know all the posts I found about chemical pregnancies sure helped me when I went through mine.
Have a great rest of your day!
Peace, love, and baby dust!
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