TTC/Pregnancy on Prednisolone or similar part 4

free I am happy to hear that you have had another good scan.

kittens I am glad the funeral was as nice as these things can be. I hope you get good news this month.

great news freeReally happy for you. ! So how far along did baby measure? Bet you can't believe it's happening!

Hello all. I'm back in London now. Got home yesterday afternoon after spending a couple of days at my grandma's. Poor thing is so confused. She understands what's happened with mum but she's pretty vague and is getting everything muddled up. She's the worst she's been so far with the dementia. Thanks for all your kind messages and well wishes. The funeral was very nice (even though I set everyone off crying by howling in the front row) and we had everyone back to our place where I drank far to much wine and had to fly home the next day with a banging headache.

After about 3 weeks of abstinence it seems I've arrived home just in time to get a double line on my OPK so SWI commenced last night. No "run up" this time, just getting in there by the skin of our teeth on the last crucial days. I don't feel particularly like I'm ovulating but we'll see what occurs. Would be great to get a BFP this month as I could well do without forking out for the scan and all the tests, not to mention the fact that I could do with some good news for a change.

Great news on your scan Free. By the way, St Helier Hospital is not in Epsom, it's in Carshalton, which is not that far out of London actually. Just a bit past Wimbledon. Probably about half an hour drive from you, I think. Who was it that was asking if they do intralipids there? Was it Picolina? (Welcome, and congratulations to you, by the way!). I have a feeling they don't. They didn't mention it to me when they decided to put my dose up to 40mg Pred after BFP. Scooter was also seeing Mr S on the NHS and she ended up having the intralipids privately.

Pleased to hear your scans are going well too Iggi.

Sue, I'm so sorry to read your news of the chemical pregnancy. Especially as you have been a fellow 'struggling to get pregnant' person since being on the pred. I'm glad to hear, at least, that you don't have to take a break before trying again.

I seem to be lucky when it comes to the pred insomnia. It's not affected me really. Mind you, I get lots of the other side effects so it's only fair I should have some consolation!

A quick pre intralipids update from me. Baby still alive and well. I think Mr S is something of a miracle worker! it was moving around quite a bit which he thought was a good sign. Next scan for me is on Thursday at the FMC. Hope e everyOne else is ok. Dh is here with me so will be hanging around watching me have intralipids!

Good Luck free I'm sure all will be fine. x

and Hooray for iggi

x

Great news re scan Iggi! It's looking so good for you! Digi it indeed must be liberating not taking any tablets. I feel full of them some days. Am on train almost at Epsom already. Dh doesn't understand that I am worried that anything could have happened since last scan. Will check in later and let you know. Agggg !

Stogan and Digi, since you two are around - can I ask, did you stop taking aspirin at 20 weeks? Must say I'm a bit worried about giving up the last of my "wonder drugs"! And I see some people take aspirin later in their pregnancy.

YEY Iggi fab news xx

That's great news iggi

Saw you're discussing flying - I flew to canary islands in 2nd trimester with ds, never worried about it at all. Dr S always seemed surprised I hadn't flown to London to see him, so it can't be all bad.

Hello, haven't caught up sorry.
Had scan today, baby continues to defy my expectations by being perfectly normal. A big relief, for now!

Sorry Free that you were freaked out by my decision not to fly. I am quite aware I am probably being over cautious. Most of my friends flew during pregnancy, mostly in the second trimester but a couple in the first trimester, and they all had fine pregnancies and babies. Dr S also said it was fine to fly, especially in my second trimester although my doc over here is a little more cautious. However i bet she wouldn't object if I really really wanted to take a short / medium flight in 2nd trimester (if i get that far). If you haven't had any problems or bleeding and going somewhere fairly safe from a diseasey and medical care point of view, then why not?

free - I flew at 19 and 20 weeks with DS and we are both here to tell the tale. I think second trimester is best. Friend whose dad is an OB said that he prefers his patients to fly in second trimester - bit of a grim way of looking at it but if something goes wrong post 20 weeks you want to be near a good hospital so they can save you and/or baby. Pre 20 weeks if something goes wrong there's not really much anyone can do. And once you're past 12 weeks risk of mc drops. So that's a bit of a pragmatist's analysis!

Thanks coley I took my last steroids Sunday morning, so 4 days ago. x

Updating the list for today. Noticed my days were a bit behind. Will add one day to everyone else.

Thursday 5th January

BFP
3rd Trimester
Stogan - V high NKC - BFP 9/7/11 cycle#2- 30+5 Due 10/03/12 next scan 13/01

2nd Trimester
Digitalgirl - High NKC - BFP cycle#2 25+3 Due 16/04/12 MW appt 25/01
Coconutfeet - V High NKC, Factor II gene mutation, underactive thyroid - BFP pre-pred, started at 6 weeks 22+4
Comedy - V High NKC - BFP cycle#2 ? 19+5 due 26/5/12 next scan ?
Iggi - High NKC & Hypothyroidism - BFP cycle#2 - 19+0 anomaly scan 05/01
BrownieGecko - High NKC, Hypothyroidism, & Glucose Intolerant. BFP Clomid cycle#3 - 18+5 next scan?

1st Trimester
Freelance - V High NKC TTC#1 Hydroxchloroquine, Pred, Intralipids. Thyroid/hashimotos. MC 1st cycle. BFP#1 11+2 Scan 6/01/12
Cheerfulcharlie - V High NKC, MTHFR/TTC#1/ (metformin, intralipids, no pred). 11+0 Next Scan 10/1/12
batteryhen - High NKC, factor v leiden. TTC#1 BFP cycle 3. 7+5 Scan 11/01/12
Cornflakes30 - V High NKC, underactive thyroid, intralipids, prog, 7+5 Next scan 11/01/12
coleyoz - V High NKC. TTC #2, BFP cycle2, 7+3, Next scan 11/01/12
picolina123 - V High nkc, pred cycle 1

TTC
Waiting to test
buster76 - V High NKC, Factor V Leiden.
Janethomas
Snoopygirl - V High NKC TTC, #3, testing 10/11th ish
eurochick - High NKC, superovulation cycle 1, pred cycle 1, period due 13thish. Maybe.

Waiting to ovulate
Cherrycheeks - V high NKC, TTC#2
Havingkittens - Upgraded from High to V High NKC TTC #1
PQ77 - V High NKC TTC #2 (BFP cycle one but mc)
Hopefulfor2nd - High NKC - TTC#2
duggs1976 - High/V High NKC - TTC #1 - Superovulation cycle3

WTTC
ScooterChaser - V High NKC - TTC#2
ChoccyPud - V High NKC - TTC#1, review w/Dr S 14 Jan.
Arianhod - V High NKC, MTHFR homo, hypothyroid, TTC#2
Lemonsherbet - awaiting results
Breezyweezy - V High NKC - TTC#1 from January
AandRmum - High NKC
Suemays - High NKC, TTC #2

buster - sorry about the BFN. Steroids do delay AF - how long ago did you stop them? It can take a few days to a week I think

free - thanks for the reassurance. Its so tough! I would love to just relax a bit more but that seems unlikely. Oh well - under a week now till the scan!

Regarding flying, I did ask Dr S and he said it was fine to fly - especially after first trimester. I decided to do this flight to Italy because I already had it booked and its only 1.5 hours so shouldn't be a problem. On his recommendation I took Heparin the day I flew (I also took one the day before for good measure). I'm not on Heparin this pregnancy but was last pregnancy. I would ask him about your flight as will be longer (you mentioned Carribean?) so he may be more wary - not sure? All I can say is holidays change a lot when a baby comes!!! No more sitting on the beach relaxing so I would make the most of it:):)

Hey ladies . X

free I flew to Paris at 15 weeks and was totally fine Hun. Also flew to see mr s at 16 weeks which he advised due to our long journey !!

Good luck coming off the pred, I was awful and was actually signed off work for 2 weeks coz I just couldn't function, hopefully u will cope ALOT better than I did !!! X

Hi to everyone else x

Ari that's a great post with lots of juicy info. Well done for asking all those q's. My meetings with him at the mo are just focused on scans but I intend to do another proper interview with him soon for the documentary so will start amassing some questions. High up there is the experimental treatment with the hydroxy. Dr Google tells me no one else is trying it in relation to miscarriage. Yes he did mention someone else on it a while back but it is good to hear it is going well for her still. How have you been on the hydroxy? I found them fab. interesting about doubling up on Cyclogest. And everything he said about clotting etc. He really is a very clever man!

Am due to go down to 20mg if Pred on Saturday, having hovered on 25 for an extra 3 days. Am getting the odd ache in my limbs, a few vibrating feelings again and also some shivery feelings, like if I had the flu. Looking forward to being Pred free by the third week of the month.

Can you give me your opinions on flying? I really am desperate for myself and dh to take this holiday. We have had such a relentlessly stressful time. If mr s gives me the go ahead, it really is ok for me to go isn't it! I think cheerful freaked me out a bit the other day by saying you weren't going to fly at all. I have no clotting issues. Wondered what other risks are there? They say rhe second trimester is definitely the best time for these things abs I would be 15 weeks.

yeah like reading more Mumsnet! hehe

DH only needs about six too, and he sleeps so well. He always gets up to put DS to bed as they can both drop off in minutes flat whereas I am staring at the ceiling for ages.

wish time would hurry up with this 2ww thing... on holiday I barely used a couple of sticks unlike first time. Now I'm back home I have the feeling I'll be finger taping and ordering extra sticks to waste!

snoopy Well it seems so - or at least, sort of! We started TTC May 2010 after I had my IUD removed, but I didn't get pregnant that first time until November. I did think at the time though that the IUD had completely messed up my cycles, even though it was the non-hormonal one, so it's possible it just took my body a while to get back in sync. After that, pgs 2, 3 and 4 have always been within two cycles of trying after miscarriage. I'm not sure whether that means I get pregnant easily or I've just got the dreaded "unfussy womb" syndrome!

I'm with you on needing at least 8 hours sleep ... Mr S said yesterday that he only needs 3 or 4 hours a night. That's my idea of heaven - imagine how much more you could get done if you still felt fine after only having 4 hours sleep!!!