NFP issues...........again

[Em_in_FL]

First off… I’m sorry to hear about your scare!

After experiencing an early m/c just before this pregnancy… here’s my advice…
Call her OB asap… they’ll probably have her go in for blood tests… one today, and another in 2 days, to see if her hCG (pregnancy hormone) levels are doubling or not. Then at that point the doctors will have much more information and decide whether or not to see her in the office for something like an ultrasound.

Your family will be in my prayers… m/c can be very troubling and traumatic.

BTW… yes, continue charting… treating this bleeding as a “period”… note cervical positions, mucous signs, and temperature signs.

Many prayers for you and your wife.

 

[mylo]

First off… I’m sorry to hear about your scare!

After experiencing an early m/c just before this pregnancy… here’s my advice…
Call her OB asap… they’ll probably have her go in for blood tests… one today, and another in 2 days, to see if her hCG (pregnancy hormone) levels are doubling or not. Then at that point the doctors will have much more information and decide whether or not to see her in the office for something like an ultrasound.

Your family will be in my prayers… m/c can be very troubling and traumatic.

BTW… yes, continue charting… treating this bleeding as a “period”… note cervical positions, mucous signs, and temperature signs.

Many prayers for you and your wife.

I agree with everything Em has said. I had a miscarriage before this pregnancy and it’s not an easy time.

Many prayers for you and your family.

 

[bookgirl32]

One thing that makes NFP hard to work with is when a woman does not have regular periods (which is common). When a woman ovulates, she has a LP which basically means a set number of days before her period arrives. So, when she has a period on day 18, that means that she likely ovulated anywhere from day 4 to 7 - and even could have ovulated while on her period. This makes it very hard to be successful at NFP because you never know when her body will ovulate.

This is not true at all, at least in the Creighton method. The CM is what tells you daily if you are ovulating or not. What happened the month before, or any patterns you may have developed, or even if you haven’t had a period, make no difference. The presence of “peak type” CM indicates possible ovulation. The absence of it, plus a count of three days, makes a safe day.

 

[ThyKingdomCome]

Definitely get to the OB asap. If this is a miscarriage, you are not certain how far along she would be, and depending on that they would probably follow her more or less closely. And perhaps it is not a miscarriage, in which case she’ll probably need to be followed closely also. When I miscarried, I went back to the doctor several times afterwards for blood tests to make sure that everything was happening as it should.

If this is a miscarriage, then you definitely will want to begin charting again - whether or not her cycles return to “normal” right away is uncertain. Some bodies take a while to recover. I remember when I miscarried, my cycles started again like clockwork immediately. But certainly chart. As for phase 1, and phase 2, keep in mind that while phase 1 is generally infertile, it is not marked by the woman’s period. Phase 2 can begin while there is still some remaining menstrual bleeding. I have always been taught that fertile mucus can begin during menstruation. And I would say that 12 hours post menstruation is probably not enough time to be absolutely certain that there was no mucus at that point.

Prayers for you and your wife and the baby!