Newly pregnant after TFMR and needing some supportive words ❤️

I’m freaking out a little bit and guess I just want to share my story with this community for support.

In October I had to TFMR my first (and very very much wanted) pregnancy at 22 weeks. I delivered via L&D. It was truly the most heart breaking thing my husband and I have ever experienced. But we have been processing our grief in healthy ways and doing the best we can.

In late December I was becoming extremely frustrated because my period had not yet returned. At that time it would have been 12 weeks since my loss and figured it would have returned by then. I had been tracking my LH so I knew I had not ovulated since giving birth. I wasn’t sure when we would start trying again, but wanted to atleast know I was physically able to when we felt ready again. I personally felt like I wanted to start trying pretty immediately.

However, my LH had a tiny increase right around the end of December. It was much less than my usual LH spike (only 0.58 and my usual spike is 1.1-1.2) so I didn’t think much of it but had the SLIGHTEST hope I might have ovulated and hoped this meant my cycle was getting back on track. Well fast forward to a week and a half ago, and I took a pregnancy test just to confirm I wasn’t pregnant before my husband and I left for vacation (where I would normally be drinking) and I had a faint positive… my husband and I have honestly been in disbelief. I have taken about 25 more tests since just to convince myself this is real and got my first dye stealer this morning. My period hadn’t even returned yet so I assumed there wouldnt be much of a chance of me getting pregnant yet. Although I did know that you technically could ovulate before your first period, I thought that most people’s first cycle or so was anovulatory, so I just really wasn’t expecting it. I’m not even sure how far along I would be since pregnancy is usually measured as of your last period.

If this turns out to be a healthy pregnancy I will truly be SO SO happy but I just can barely believe it at this point. I almost am scared to get my hopes up.

Any support/positive words would be so greatly appreciated right now. 💕