Improve egg while swaying girl

[dreamofdaughter]

Atomic, is there anything I can do to get a better egg while still doing a girl sway? Should I add zinc or vitamin E? What about omega 3? I eat fish once a week already but overall I get more omega6 than 3. I’m a bit worried about conceiving in the summer months because my boys were summer conceptions so I’m hoping to ovulate next month after this loss and catch a good egg before the summer hits and I’ll be getting lots of vitamin D.

Thank you! :)

[atomic sagebrush]

PLEASE no one take Vitamin E. It's been linked to possibly being associated with birth defects and until we know more I want everyone to take no more than the 100% that is in most prenatals.

If you'd like, you can take iron 18-30 mg 3x a week, zinc 8-15 mg 3x a week, lowest dose D and B12 you can find 1x a week, and then coq10 (ubiquinol) 400-600 mg daily till BFP then gradually wean off by spacing doses further and further out till one per week, then drop them.

I'd also advise increasing folic acid or folate to 2000 and taking all thru the first trimester of pregnancy and only at that point, gradually wean back to amount in prenatal

If you don't have thyroid problems take 150 iodine daily from here on in, including during pregnancy (when u start prenatal compensate for the amount in prenatal, so if it has 150 as well just go from the iodine taken separately to the amount in the prenatal.)

[dreamofdaughter]

Thanks atomic!

I took a pg test today and it was still really, really dark so I guess I am a long way from trying. :(

[atomic sagebrush]

:( I would give them a call and let them know that.

[dreamofdaughter]

:( I would give them a call and let them know that.

Oh really? Do you think it should be negative by now? I miscarried 10 days ago today.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes I think it should be lightening up by now. They may need to check for retained tissue.

[dreamofdaughter]

Yes I think it should be lightening up by now. They may need to check for retained tissue.

Thanks atomic. My bleeding is finally starting to stop and the PG test was lighter today but still positive. I’ll call them tomorrow and see about getting an ultrasound.

[atomic sagebrush]

If it's lightening up and you feel ok (no temp, no excessive crampiness or body aches) you can wait and see - I'm sure the last think you'd like to do right now is go in for an ultrasound. :heart:

[dreamofdaughter]

If it's lightening up and you feel ok (no temp, no excessive crampiness or body aches) you can wait and see - I'm sure the last think you'd like to do right now is go in for an ultrasound. :heart:

Yep, they said it is ok and they expect levels to take 3 weeks to drop. Which isn’t a bad thing really as I am just starting cardio again now that I’m regaining my energy after everything.

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm so glad you're feeling a little better - let me know how I can help.

[dreamofdaughter]

Hi atomic,

Well it’s been a month since my loss and I’m still getting a positive preg test but it is still fading and still a few drops of brown blood that is also diminishing daily. My hemoglobin is still under 80 even with daily iron pills it hasn’t budged. So I’ve been told to start eating red meat which I am doing almost daily. I feel like my sway might be at jeopardy and don’t know what to do. If I don’t get my iron up I could either not conceive or miscarry. If I eat read meat often, my sway suffers. I am struggling to workout more than 3 times a week. I need lots of naps. What should I do?

[atomic sagebrush]

What kind of iron are you taking? Are you taking it alone or with something containing Vit. C? How much and how often are you taking it?

Doctors have this mystical belief in the power of red meat but I'm constantly anemic and regularly eat red meat. If you're taking the right kind of iron supp it would be way better than red meat anyway so we need to get you on something better.

What are they saying about why it's taking so long for the test to go negative?

[dreamofdaughter]

Thanks atomic. I was taking floradix AND And ferrous fumarate 150mg with vitamin c 175mg zinc 15mg. I’ve now switched to heme iron 2-3 times a day. And eating one red meat meal a day for the last five days. I find the red meat makes me super sleepy though. After I eat it I feel like I need a nap. I think it’s just because I haven’t eaten it much in over a year.

They are doing bloodwork tomorrow and an ultrasound Monday. They said maybe my body is just taking its sweet time dropping the hormone but they will confirm Monday.

[atomic sagebrush]

If anemia goes on a long time for no apparent reason with no improvement they need to be more proactive about running some tests to be sure nothing is going on. Not likely, but definitely worth further investigation if it does not improve on the heme iron.

[dreamofdaughter]

Ok thanks but do you think it is ok to try at first ovulation? Or should I do LE for a few months again? Hcg is around 70 so I’m almost there. I reckon 2 weeks to a month after I hit near 0 I will ovulate.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes I think it's still ok to try at O. Time is not on our side here and I don't want you spending time on LE letting potentially good eggs go by when you could be trying.

[dreamofdaughter]

Atomic does this look like it is negative? It was obvious slight positive early last week. Hoping this is it...

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[atomic sagebrush]

Yes!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[dreamofdaughter]

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This is my opk atomic. It looks pretty close to positive, right?

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, but it may be a faker. I'd have attempt but do keep testing.