Breezy, WTF ? I can?t believe that woman. Don?t worry though, we can all relate to the Pred bloat. I have started taking the Omeprazole to try to address this. I am even waking up early in the morning looking somewhat distended. To think this time last year I was a full stone lighter. Very annoying. Especially this early pregnancy bit. I have had been in the early pregnancy stage for 9 flipping months of this year so far. It?s like having the gestation period of a flipping elephant.
I am however slightly envious of your involvement with miniature doll?s house food!!!! How fabulous. I just love that sort of thing and have never had a whiff of it in my life. Even my old doll?s house was a plastic Fisherprice one.
Adding to your train of thought about the mc on Pred Choccy, I can?t say how it will be for you but for me my mc on the Pred was actually much easier than my previous one as I never even saw a baby there. Actually with the previous one I never saw a live baby there (I found out about it?s demise at the 12 week scan after cramping started two days before) but the emotional fall out was a lot less with the previous one as there was only ever a yolk sac even by 8 weeks. It was over quicker than the natural one too as I had the op so no prolonged bleeding. I am not sure whether it will help you in the way that this one is over quickly, but for me it certainly did help. Mr S made me have two months break before TTC. Don?t get me wrong, it was still hideous and upsetting, but the previous one where there had been a baby seen was much much worse for me. Physically I did get some weird post-Pred things (limb vibrating being the weirdest!) but they do soon go. And you never know what is post pred and what is post preg. You are bound to be emotional and tired. It?s good that work is a distraction for you and the one good thing about not being pregnant anymore (this is how I felt anyway) was being able to have a good drink.
Unlike Iggi I was on the 40mg but I think she has a good point about the Progesterone prolonging things.
Ari, how are things with you today? Hope you are feeling ok. And Scooter.
Duggs the stats are pretty interesting. Are we deducing that the level of NK cells actually do make a difference? When I asked Mr S about this he said there had not been any research done but I don?t know if he was trying to calm me down being that I am in the highest 5% of levels he sees (myself and Cherry too I think!). Shit, I think that the cells levels is actually what makes the difference. I need to study our list. It doesn?t make me super dooper confident given my very high levels. And ok I might still be pregnant when others have just lost their pregnancies but I am not even 7 weeks yet!!
Sue in answer to your question my furthest out of 5 pregnancies was the 12 week one, but the baby had died at 7.3. I would say the next week is a really crucial time for me but who knows if there is any pattern? It seems the rest of you have had ones that have gone on longer. Yours sound very upsetting too Cheerful. I know we can all relate to that wanting it to go wrong sooner rather than later thing. It?s a weird place to be in isn?t it!
I have to say I am looking forward to having these conversations in person on Tuesday! I know it will be a bit weird at first but I think we will soon get into the swing of things. Isn?t is so amazing to have people know exactly what you?re going through?! Especially when we are going through such bloody weird shit. Comedy have you been PMd? Glad you can come along! We will all have to have post it notes in front of us with our mn names and rl names on them as it?s going to be confusing! I am happy to PM anyone my mobile if we need another point of contact. PM me to remind me, as my head is like a sieve.
Talking of motorbikes, the 4th Dec is always a very poignant day for me as it is the day I lost my two best friends on one in an accident in 1994. One was my ex boyfriend of 4 years, we had just broken up but were still the best of friends. He?s the reason I moved back to England from Spain and also the reason I am in Brighton still to this day. I love bikes too. They were young, foolish and drunk though. Wild boys, both of them. Paid in the most awful way of course. I always like to have a drink to them on this day as (although I am over it now) it?s a day that really altered my life for a long long time. I will have to raise a glass of ribena! Although I?ve actually gone off that now?Am thinking Lilt maybe.
The 85% success rate is Mr S? overall rate I think, but that is pretty impressive given that the people who come to see him have a lot of problems and they are not just all about NK cells. I don?t know what happens to the other 15% tbh. I really over-thought this when I was going through the mc on the Pred but there are no real conclusions. Someone on BC says that they thought that was 85% on the first go and then more or less everyone else on the second!
BTW, have just got up! Really enjoying bed this weekend! Lots of love to all xx