Immune/NK issues - aka Pred Thread no.20!

Thanks, Luna. Yes I will stay on the Pred because my doc advises it is taken all the time while TTC. We agreed to start trying from March but the first two cycles on Pred I didn't appear to ovulute and the third DP was on a business trip during my fertile window. So only two cycles in which we were in with a chance. Prior to this we tried in November last year first time ever and I got pregnant straight away (one night hit due to travel schedules), MCd then got pregnant again three weeks later, again just one hit one night. I really feel like the Pred is interrupting it!

Morning Poppy, I'm sorry to hear it's all so unsettled still... will you continue the Pred? Remind me, how many cycles have you tried now? It's good you're feeling more relaxed - but I know that it's still a stressful time just waiting to know! 😘

Right, took a second test at 11dpo and negative again plus the spotting is increasing but still not red my temp has dropped below the cover line and most of my "symptoms" have settled except I still feel hot and nauseous. I think what I've got here is that the high progesterone level after O is giving me all the "symptoms" (sore boobs) etc, but the level can drop very suddenly and that triggers AF. So unless things are very different in the next couple of days, I suspect I'm out again :( Weird thing is my cervix has turned super soft in the last couple of days, which is usually a pregnancy sign, not an AF sign. Very confusing, but I'm feeling better about it all than last month.

Congratulations Snoopy, great to hear Dr S success stories!
Poppy this is what concerns me, 10dpo is so early to expect a bfp?! Presume you will keep up the pred?
Harriet sorry you're feeling so knackered but it's a good sign! Can't remember if you've told me before what you TSH is? I definitely feel perkier since I've been on it. My result was 4.24, have booked a GP appointment to see if I can get Thyroxine through them, but I think TSH of 5 is their cut off? x

That's such great news Snoopy! Thanks for sharing 😊 Hope you and your latest addition are back home and feeling well asap.

Thanks Sunny, I thought I had to be super careful so as to not get GD. Sugar has been making me feel a bit nauseous so thanks for the low down 👍🏻 Was trying to follow this advice but sounds like some of it could be wrong 😵
m.wikihow.com/Avoid-Gestational-Diabetes

Congrats Snoopy! And well done on a brilliantly quick labour! Enjoy your precious bundle!x

Congrats snoopy! That was quick labour! Enjoy time in your new family of 4!

Earlier in the thread someone mentioned about avoiding fruit and cake to stop getting gestational diabetis, as someone whose had it in both pregnancies, it doesn't matter if your whole diet is healthy or if you eat cake and fruit, what determines if you have it is how your placenta deals with insulin, so you could eat cakes and biscuits your whole pregnsncy and not get it, you could rpeat very healthy and still get it! I'll get off my soap box now, I'm quite passionate about gestational diabetis as there is a lot of wrong info out there!

Snoopy congrats yay!!! And whooopy to the speedy labour too :)
Hope u and little one are doing well xxx

Snoopy! Many many many congratulations!! Jeeeez, that baby shot out!!! Rest well, and enjoy your precious bub 💝

Just a quick note to say baby arrived this morning. From very first twinge to birth was two hours forty three minutes. I think that's classed as a precipitous labour. Staying in hospital tonight as baby pooped because she was distressed by the speed of it all. Edie isn't yet convinced her little sister was a good idea haha

😂😂😩 recreational sex... I thought it was an urban myth!

Just - Keep us posted!! And I'm sure cake is fine if it has fruit 🙄

All ok with the rest of the preggo princesss?

lol I know Poppy, I've no idea how to send pics 😂

Going for week 10 scan tomorrow- pretty nervous as always. This weeks concerns are; Was all the cramping really constipation? Did the heart palpitations hurt the pregnancy in anyway? Do I need to stop eating so much fruit and cake to avoid gestational diabetes! (Yes... yes I do dammit)
Praying for another good result 🙏🏻

Hope all the other lovely ladies who pop in here are doing well whether trying, testing, preggy or just waiting to get started again

xxx

Hey, yes we do that a lot, tbh! Very lucky in that department.

Thanks all for the encouragement, I will take one more test in the morning before DP heads out cos I'd like to be able to tell him face to face. But then I will get a FRER on Tuesday and see how that goes.

JustLa I will try to message you some pics, I don't think I can on this phone app though. Will be online properly a bit later!

Luna I thought exactly the same thing with sex, was about to ask wth they think they were doing, DTD just because they want to! Lol

I was wondering if you still got the crippling exhaustion even with the drugs that seem to mask the other stuff - seems like you do Harriet!

Poppy, firstly you're right, prob a smidge early to show the BFP, and secondly - well done you guys for having sex just for fun - can't remember last time I did that 😂😂

Fab Poppy! I had the best plantain with Ethiopian curry at the Sunday up market, feel free to pm me any pics! My wunderlust is killing me at the mo but dreaming of a time I can take a little squidger overseas with me 😊

I can't imagine anything better than your plan for today- enjoy, you deserve it

X

JustLa, bless him. Love that you're preparing your home for a more relaxing pregnancy and the arrival of a small one, which will make those blinds ever more necessary! They will make a huge difference if you're sensitive to light.

DP is heading out to an industrial site tomorrow morning and I fly out tomorrow night. Heading to the beach now. Palm trees, red sand and fried plantains! Overcast today though so we think we will skip the sea and sit in a beach bar looking at houses on my iPad 😄

Harriet, Loving the boob growth, sounds like everything is progressing well. Early nights for you next week by the sound of it!

Hey Poppy, I agree. I tested on day 9 and nada, not even a faint line but Day 14 was a BFP, so def not out 😊
I'm terrible at napping, my brain always tells me there is something interesting I should be doing! And when the light comes through curtains in the morning - that's it! I get up for a tinkle and no more sleeps. Hubby is popping some black out blinds behind bedroom curtains today so hopefully that will help :)
When do you fly back?

x

Hi all, thanks so much for thinking of me and asking for updates! I managed to get Clearblue digitals and took one early today that was BFN. I also had some pink discolouration during sex yesterday.

However, I don't think I'm out yet because CB digis are not very sensitive and if I'm honest, I think I Od late in the day so it's really only 9.5 dpo. I got my precious positives late on 11dpo and 13dpo. And the spotting stopped completely after sex, which was slightly painful, so I think it was friction! Very sore boobs today! Had a temp dip but not below the cover line.

Intralipids sound lovely. Harriet, I loved napping during my pregnancies, feels like a practical help somehow! JustLa, you poor thing, that is not enough sleep. Any ideas on solutions for that?

Harriet, I'm envious of your napping- I wish I could. I'm averaging around 5-6h per night and I'm always tired lol. I take the fatigue as a wonderful sign that your body is working extra hard building a new little person! ⭐️

And yes I think it's your testing day today Poppy! (if you find tests and decide to go for it) ... I hope it's your month lovely 🤞🏻 Xx

Jaffacakes, what fab news! Congrats on getting to a more confident place in your pregnancy, hoping I get there... soon if possible 🍀

Poppy, good luck finding a decent preggy test, but also remember how Harriet's FRER didn't provide as strong of a line as a cheapy one!? That's probably rare but maybe if you can't find a good one, get 3 different dodgy ones?
Regarding intralipids, it takes around 2h and you're constantly monitored, which is comforting! You can ask the nurses whatever you like and have plenty of time to discuss, you get to chat to other ladies that are in because they are either preg or about to embark on an ivf cycle so there's tonnes to chat about. It's relaxing and feels like you're being pampered, plus you know there is stuff going into you that will protect your little bean.

Tee, good job on both the bonk planning and exercise planning!

Harriet, DrTTC & Seeking, how are you all feeling?

Xx

Will try it 😅😅😅 bless their annoying cotton socks