Ok, tell me what I should be taking? (nursing and TTC after 2 losses)

[kalamos23]

So 2 losses later, I REALLY want to be pregnant and actually stay pregnant. It took 6 months of TTC (well, I didn't tell DH exactly when I Oed, but we had great timing) before getting a sticky bean in Dec. Well, the baby passed most likely due to chromosomal issues (first loss was due to LPD due to nursing).

Anyway, I am on CD3 of first cycle after the m/c - I ovulated 17 days after passing the placenta, and had a dismal 8 day LP. I'm going off of caffeine again, but should I take B6 again? I took it from O on with the baby in Dec and had also cut out caffeine that month too.

Not a huge fan of having a New Year'sish baby, but honestly, at this point, if we get pregnant this month, I would be so danged happy, I'd probably cry (and really, I am not a crier!).

So any words of wisdom? Should I just hope my LP just naturally lengthens? DD is still nursing and LP was 11-12 days when we conceived last time. She's now almost 21m but nurses a lot still (about every 2-4 hours and a lot at night too).

[karmab]

b-6 is definitely reasonable- i hear you are supposed to take it with a b-complex, and i think a pnv covers that. you probably know recommended dose of b-6 is 50-200 mg/day. if that doesnt work, you might want to talk to your doc about progesterone.

[kalamos23]

I have progesterone leftover (was on vag supps with the last bean) so I could take that in the LP this time, good idea. I probably only have enough for 1 cycle (I think I have like 2 weeks worth?) Should I take it from O on or BFP *crosses fingers* on?

Also, B6 - should I start taking that now or will it delay my O?

[finnegansmom]

B6 shouldn't delay O, or not that I've known anyways. I have always taken it when nursing to help with a super short lp. It might not work right away, I take mine with a prenatal that also have lots of b complex vitaminns in it. I was taking 200mg a day but now I'm taking 100mg for no reason other than all the pills I was taking was making me gag. yuck.

Make sure you take a a nice prenatal or multi.

I'm also taking maca, which I like, my cycles have regulated from the ridiculously chaotic cycles I had prior to my loss (I'm still nursing #2 as well but just a few times a day/night). I have clear thermal shifts and definate ovulation.

to you and I'm so sorry for your loss.

[karmab]

Originally Posted by kalamos23

I have progesterone leftover (was on vag supps with the last bean) so I could take that in the LP this time, good idea. I probably only have enough for 1 cycle (I think I have like 2 weeks worth?) Should I take it from O on or BFP *crosses fingers* on?

medical stuff you definitely need to talk to your hcp about, but if you need progesterone for a luteal phase defect, you wont get a bfp unless you take it from around the time of o! you would get af before you could show a bfp!

[kalamos23]

Yeah, I had teh 11-12 day LP without the progesteroe before - I started the prog. just in case after I got the BFP. But now it looks like I actually do have an LPD again, though it could be just because it was the first egg after the m/c too. RIght now, we just moved, (the weekend I had the m/c actually) so I don't have an OB here yet.

Michelle - good to know about the B6 - I was taking 50mg in the morning, 50mg at night before, with a prenatal, so I'll start that now and see how things go. (((hugs))) to you, hopefully we will be in a DDC together again and stay in it! (it looks like we are leading parallel lives lately...)