31 and trying to get pregnant after BC

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ericavw
ericavw Member Posts: 157
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

Not sure if this is the best place to put this, but I can't really find anywhere else.

Anyone else trying after BC? I got the go ahead to try in April, but we waited till June. I got pregnant right away (the very first try) and had a miscarriage at 6 weeks on August 1st. Justttt a little devastated. Sigh.

So we've been trying again since the end of September (I had two regular cycles after the MC) but no dice so far. I'm starting to worry I may have low progesterone. Anyone in a similar boat or went through something similar?

I have an appt with my Oncologist next Friday so I can torture here about my hormones and testing. I just want to be ahead of the game and not be trying all this time and my body is just busy sabotaging it.

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  • ericavw
    ericavw Member Posts: 157
    edited November 2011

    I hate worryiny about this stuff! Undecided

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  • ericavw
    ericavw Member Posts: 157
    edited November 2011

    Anyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyone??

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  • jpmercy
    jpmercy Member Posts: 189
    edited December 2011

    Hi Erica

    I am 31 and in your boat! i actually just started seeing a holistic doc and doing acupunture. my periods have returned and are now normal and htey were not prior so i think the acupuncture is a good thing! hoping to start to try but terrified that my hormones are all messed up from chemo and herceptin! what kind of chemo did you have? i completely understand where your at!! PM me any time!!

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  • englishrose
    englishrose Member Posts: 15
    edited February 2012

    Hi Erica/jcmercy,



    Erica sorry for your lost. This is a theme of interest to me also. Most likely I will be on tamoxifen, which will prevent me from getting pregnant. Did your mo prescribe you tamoxifen, since you are er, pr +. I am trying to decide if that is the right course for me, since I would not be abe to get pregnant for five years.

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  • ericavw
    ericavw Member Posts: 157
    edited February 2012

    Hi there! My Dr did prescribe Tamoxifen for me, but I wouldn't take it. She knew I wanted to get pregnant asap, so she said okay. I am currently 3 moths pregnant, but for me... I still don't plan on ever taking Tamoxifen. It's just not for me. I am currently 14 months cancer free (just had my last mammo in December).

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  • englishrose
    englishrose Member Posts: 15
    edited February 2012

    Hi Erica,

    I am glad for you!! Did your MO performed the Oncotype test for you?

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  • ericavw
    ericavw Member Posts: 157
    edited February 2012

    Yes, she did! I can't remember now what it was, but it was very low... pretty sure it was somewhere between 4 and 8.

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