BFP this morning!!! (+ update a few months later)
TW - pregnancy loss.... I had a successful pregnancy over a decade ago and had always wanted another, but it didn’t seem to be in the cards and we never tried too hard to investigate why. Then randomly nearly 2 years ago, we found ourselves shockingly pregnant, and we were elated. Then mid 2nd trimester, just after my 35th birthday, I had to undergo a D&C after discovering that our son was no longer viable due to a severe chromosomal abnormality that was just too much for him. While devastating, he made us realize how much we’d longed for a second child. We waited a couple of months and then began trying again. We got checked out and both of us checked out healthy and fertile. I was taking all sorts of supplements and eating a really healthy, clean ketogenic diet as was my husband, and we conceived after about 5 months of timing everything perfectly. Sadly very early on at 7w4d, we lost that sweet babe. A cause couldn’t be sorted, but I was worried it was chromosomal again due to having older eggs and what happened with the last. We began trying immediately with no success. We tried IUI and did not have success there either. I think perhaps with the stress of the pandemic made it even worse. I began seeing a fertility acupuncturist as well and she put me on Jade Women’s herbs. After a few more months, we still didn’t have success. She then suggested OvaVite and I purchased that along with a TempDrop BBT thermometer. I went through a full cycle with both and we BD’d 6 straight days in a row starting with my first fertile CM, to one day past suspected ovulation. This wasn’t too different from other months to be honest, with the only difference being on my 5th week of OvaVite, and being more vigilant than usual with using my Preseed (had been using it for months, but not always on every fertile day). Fast forward to today. I had a funny fluttery feeling in my lower abdomen 11 days past ovulation, 3 days before the start of my cycle, and decided to take a test. Sure enough, I got a very strong positive!!! It’s still so early, and maybe it was coincidence, but it seems like this stuff made a difference. I’m very much hoping and praying for sticky baby dust that this one turns out okay and sticks around. I hope too that I took it long enough to help with healthier eggs (I was taking CoQ10 for months before OcuVite, though a different brand). Update: I’m now 15 weeks pregnant. We had extensive testing done including an in-depth genetic and chromosomal NIPT, NT ultrasound scanning, a full blood panel with hormonal testing, thyroid panel, and so on. All is looking great. Our sweet boy is very active and healthy and looked like he was break dancing for us on the u/s. No chromosomal issues whatsoever, and no abnormal measurements on the NT scan. Our fetal medicine specialist said everything, from our kiddo, the umbilical cord, placenta, and so on, looks amazing. He said measurements are not only in range, but optimal. I can not definitively say that OvaVite was the difference this time, but feel confident that it made a big difference in our healthy babe and pregnancy by getting my eggs nice and healthy and detoxing my body. We are so so grateful. What a huge weight to be lifted off our shoulders knowing we won’t have to lose our babe to a chromosomal issue after what we’ve been through with previous pregnancies. I am 36 now, and will be 37 at delivery. The dental medicine specialist said at this point, with everything coming up roses, we now have less than a 1% chance of miscarriage, etc. Read more
