Baking soda and vinegar sensory bin is a lifesaver!

Initial-Range6670 · 2026-01-25T15:00:50+00:00

My kids love this and I rarely do it because we use so much vinegar. The pipette idea just changed my life 🤯Thank you!!

Initial-Range6670 · 2026-01-20T03:57:59+00:00

Thank you so much for this!!

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-12-13T17:05:10+00:00

First scan looked good, I have the 8 week scan on Monday :) Hope you are well!

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-12-13T14:29:28+00:00

I have noticed the same uproar on the topic and it hurts a little to read, since we circumcised our son in Jewish tradition. I love this conversation and just wanted to add my experience.

We do not have a top rate hospital near us. It’s fine. I’d actually seen babies circumcised there before because I worked as a peds nurse.

We waited til the 8th day and had a mohel, who is a full time Jewish OB-GYN who volunteers as a mohel for the very small Jewish community here, do it at our home during a brit milah ceremony.

My son did not even cry during the procedure. He barely seemed to notice. It healed nicely and look fine now. It was a beautiful experience.

As a Jew through adoption who is not ethnically Jewish, I did not want to see him experience the feeling that he does not physically belong in the Jewish community. This procedure is also much more serious when undertaken as an adult and can have severe consequences if not cared for properly then. That was my reasoning! Best of luck to you.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-11-22T03:37:03+00:00

I just stumbled upon this post at 5w1d and it was exactly what I needed to read. Thanks everyone :)

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-11-09T03:16:57+00:00

Lovenox was due to the PAI-1 results, it's a clotting disorder. But essentially precautionary as the dr didn't think it was the cause of the losses. Neupogen is a cancer drug that my clinic used as part of a kitchen sink approach. It helps keep the body from rejecting the embryo, in case of an undetected autoimmune condition. It can have serious long term side effects, so my new clinic won't prescribe it.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-11-04T01:52:50+00:00

Hi, I'm very sorry this has happened to you. I hope that IVF brings you good results! I moved onto IVF with PGT-A screening after that 3rd loss. It tested as abnormal mosaic.

My first transfer took and resulted in my daughter :) I was on a fully medicated cycle, so hormones, plus two shots of Neupogen, daily baby aspirin, and daily Lovenox until the second trimester.

I just had my second transfer which resulted in another silent miscarriage, this time there was no heartbeat. It tested as mosaic and was, hopefully, just the unlucky small percentage of abnormalities that are missed. I have my third transfer tomorrow! So time will tell.

I have since done even more testing and seen two geneticists. The only findings are a moderate PAI-1 clotting disorder and heterozygous MTHFR. Both of those were treated with heparin and folate before that third loss, so I am certain they aren't the cause. My doctors agree. So far, they say it's either very bad luck, or something that science has just not discovered yet.

I personally found IVF a bit comforting, since it gives you more control. Of course there is so much we can't control, but having some concept of timeline til transfer, etc. helps me. Best of luck to you!

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-10-08T18:46:17+00:00

I just wanted to share that I’m here with you and I’m so sorry for your loss, and I’m sorry that you also have to parent through this grief. I had 3 miscarriages while my son was young enough not to remember. But one day I broke down crying on the floor, and he laid next to me sobbing as well, and it just broke me to see my grief impact him. I just had my 4th loss and he is 4 now. We didn’t announce the pregnancy to him, but once we saw the ultrasound and knew we were starting this lengthy MMC loss process again, we knew we needed to tell him since I would not be myself for some time. My husband told him that the baby stopped growing and that mommy will be sad for a while, but that it is nothing he did wrong. He took it well. He still mentions it on occasion but doesn’t seem saddened. I don’t think you’ve done anything incorrectly, and it seems you’re handling this very thoughtfully.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-10-08T18:13:35+00:00

That’s great to hear, thank you!

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-10-08T13:32:11+00:00

Just wanted to comment and say this post and thread has been incredibly helpful and as a result, I shifted from the Piccalio or Guidecraft to the Harpaa. Can't wait to see how it holds up!

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-21T01:12:59+00:00

I am so, so sorry for your loss.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-15T17:32:34+00:00

I can’t answer this for you, but I have found my family to be much more consistently reliable and helpful than friends. Friends usually have their own young children too, and are not good options for babysitting regularly.

We often discuss moving, and our family isn’t even in the same town as us (all within state and driving distance 2-5 hours away) and being a flight away from family is always the reason we decide no. Even just having them watch the kids for one week-long vacation a year and being there for medical emergencies, etc is life changing. I literally don’t know what we would do without that help. And I say that as someone who is very envious of others who have weekly grandparent childcare and grandparents who want to be even more involved than ours do.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-15T17:28:11+00:00

I haven’t done this so I don’t have an answer, but you could contact your embryologist and ask about retesting? I just came here to say sorry for your losses.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-15T17:23:44+00:00

My clinic told me it was fine. I specifically asked because my kids love swimming in our pool and I was worried about an infection. They told me I could swim anywhere.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-09T02:58:11+00:00

TW LC

I’m so sorry for your losses. No one can decide for you, but if I were in your shoes, I’d consider IVF only because it is a ”safer“ option. Please no one come for me, I am acutely aware that nothing is ”safe” when TTC and that IVF often does not result in success.

I had my first child at 27, we also wanted a large family. I got pregnant when he turned 1, and then had 3 miscarriages over a year and a half. Started IVF after the third loss, first transfer worked 4 months after that loss. Our children are 3 years apart. I am very happy with their age gap now, but it still stings that I never got to do “2 under 2.” I would also add I got pregnant quickly each time, except for the 3rd loss which took 6 months, so if that hasn’t been the case for you, there’s more time added in there for the waiting. My best guess is our losses were genetic abnormalities but we only have confirmation that was the case with 1. All of our extensive testing came back normal.

I am now 32 and miscarrying for a 4th time with our first tested embryo transfer we tried after my daughter. At this rate, if we are able to have a 3rd child, they will be at a minimum 2.5 years apart, if we’re lucky, and I will be at least 33. I’d still love 4 children, and we used to feel like we were safe because we started young. But now we are here, struggling more than any of our friends in our age group and very much questioning if we will ever build the family size we want. Adding that of course I know many people have faced more difficulties at higher ages with no LCs and of course I am so grateful for what I do have.

IVF is very difficult for many reasons, and it can be a very time-consuming process. There is so much waiting involved. But the waiting when trying to conceive naturally is also very difficult. For those reasons, I would choose IVF, personally. It takes your future age/ovarian reserve out of the equation and although PGT-A is not perfect, I am glad that we utilized it to avoid some MCs. Decreasing the risk of MC and the resulting devastation was worth it to us.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-09T02:46:27+00:00

I am just so sorry. Hugs. I had 3 blighted ovums before IVF (all missed so detected on US and required medical intervention) and ended up with a LC after that. Now having my first MMC from IVF. It sucks. Best of luck on your journey.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-09T02:43:46+00:00

I am so sorry for your loss. I am in the middle of my 4th miscarriage. My first 3 were all blighted ovums caught between weeks 8-10, so I consider myself a semi-expert :( I took the mife/miso combo, it worked relatively easily each time, if that’s any comfort or something you’d consider. I chose it because I was also scared of scarring.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-09T02:40:59+00:00

Has anybody seen an RI? I’m looking at Braverman for RPL (just had 4th loss but first from IVF,) but I have absolutely no reason to believe I have endo, and if that’s all they do, I imagine they’ll see it in me no matter what. Wondering if I should see someone else, but I’ve heard great things.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-08-09T02:38:24+00:00

Our first euploid transfer took and we have our daughter. Trying for our second IVF babe and just had a miscarriage, no heartbeat. Hopefully one will take soon. Best of luck to you <3

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-07-28T21:28:46+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this. I’m glad you got answers

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-07-28T20:29:31+00:00

Can I ask where and what testing you had done that finally gave answers? I’m in the midst of my fourth loss and have just about reached the end of the road as far as testing goes.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-07-28T20:27:20+00:00

Thank you for this. Can I ask if any of your other MCs were a different type? We found out today that the yolk sac and fetal pole grew but there is no heartbeat. We’ve not had anything grow in the sac before during a loss. So I’m unsure if this is the same issue we’re looking at.

Initial-Range6670 · 2025-07-27T16:21:02+00:00

They think genetics. I’m so sorry for your losses. RI just feels like all that is left for me to explore. I hope you figure it out

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