how can i tell if i am ovulating again?

[lynsey81]

Hi everyone,

I had an early m/c on 5th Feb.  this had never happened to me before.  normally i have a regular 28day cycle.  i was wondering if there is any way you can tell if you are ovulating again, towards your first period after a m/c?  

i know it can be anything from 4-7 weeks ish to get your first period back.  ive heard with me being as regular as i was and it being a very early m/c i may snap back to being "regular" again straight away, and that i can count the first day of bleeding from my m/c as my period is this true?  and that i may get my period 28 days on from that?

ive looked on the net and it says about discharge being different etc as a way you can tell if you are ovulating?  today i noticed a fair bit of extra discharge, and it is 12 days since my m/c so was wondering if that means i could be ovulating now?  as that would be close enough to 14days if i was to count my m/c as a period?

[lynsey81]

hey ladies, was just wondering if any1 could help me out a bit more?....

soz for the personal details, as you know my partner and i managed to have a night together last night ;)!!!  i had heard after m/c sex can hurt that first time etc.  well it didnt hurt me at all, but tonight i have had a bit of pain in my tummy, it feels uncomfortable.  is this normal do you think?

[lynsey81]

yes i know, and on a lighter note...we only had last night as he had to go back early this morning...so try we did! hehe

all fingers crossed now :-)

[bam1014]

All you can do is try.  And a little "practice" never hurts ;)

[lynsey81]

thanks for that.  if i go by the 1st day i started bleeding on my m/c i worked out i could be ovulating nowish and they allowed my other half home yesterday until this morning, so we had a little pop at it, but i know it is hard to tell when i am ovulating because of the m/c so my chances are slimmer, plus chances are slim of us hitting our little pot of gold after one night like we did before, but at least we have tried

[bam1014]

I'm sorry but I have no idea if they would work right after a m/c.  I didn't start using them until after first AF.  I would use the first date of real bleeding as CD1.

[lynsey81]

ah right yes i am with you now!  do they work though after a m/c?  what date would i put into a kit if it asks for my last period date?  ive heard not to use them after m/c if you havent had your first period back?

[bam1014]

OPK - ovulation prediction kit, LH is luetinizing (sp?) hormone.  You need to have an LH surge before you can O.  That is what triggers your body to release the egg.  OPK's detect the LH in your system.

[lynsey81]

well two doctors have said to me i can try again in a month so i pressume they are guessing i'll go straight back to normal.  i am sorry but i dont understand what does OPK and LH mean?  thanks for replying x

[bam1014]

I also have regular 28 day cycles and had an early m/c at 8W.  My cycle went right back on track - 4 weeks after the first day of bleeding from the m/c.  I also know alot of the women here had far more problems getting AF back, so it could go either way.  But just think positive!  What you are reading about is cevical mucus (CM).  It's supposed to be an egg white consistancy (EWCM) just prior to O'ing, which sounds like what you are having now.  You could always run out and buy some OPK's to see if you are getting an LH surge.  The LH surge happens 12-24 hours before O'ing.  But you'd have to do it today, if you are getting the EWCM.  Last month I got EWCM, then the very next day it was gone, but I got a + OPK.