TTC/ pregnancy on Prednisolone or similar part 2

[Arianrhod]

Starting up part 2 of this thread since the old one closed at 1000 posts!

iggi lots of luck for today, hope it's nothing - I know it doesn't help but I know lots of women have spotting and/or bleeding in pregnancy and it still goes ok. Definitely call the EPU, get scanned - it's worth it, honestly, at least you will know one way or another. Virtual hugs coming your way.

free I also started AF properly this morning, so looks like we may be both importuning a friendly witch for a good fertility spell on Hallowe'en? I know exactly what you mean about the scary stuff ... a small part of me was actually sort of relieved when I didn't get a BFP purely because it means I don't have to go through the whole worrying about miscarrying all over again. Bizarre, but there it is.

OMG ladies 3 Bfp's today!! That's fantastic.. Woo-hoo!
Congratulations to you all!

Oh my, three bfps in one day! Congrats. X3!! I can't believe such good news in one day :-)

For those worried about faint lines, remember in terms of hcg your urine is a few days behind, first it is detectable in the blood, the 2-3 days for the kidneys to process it in the urine.

My line is getting darker but still fairly faint on the Cheapies which ate actually the most sensitive. I had a blood hcg done Sunday at 10 dpo and another this morning which came back at 48 and 154 so I'm happy to go ahead with the intralipids. No idea how much I will have to fork out for all this but I'm find out soon as I'm just off to the hospital now. I'm really nervous :-(

Iggi- well done on the 12 weeks!!!

Free- the hospital here wouldn't do the intralipid without a doc from the hospital writing out the prescription. There's no way I could use Dr S's prescription here even if he'd signed it. Might be worth checking it out. When are you back in the Uk?

Congrats to free!!! Lines are always faint this early on, it's hard but try not to compare to your last pg.

I know you're all incredibly nervous ladies but today is a good day!

Tuesday 15th November
TTC
coleyoz - V High NKC. TTC #2 - ov 30 Oct (Pred and Intralipids at BFP)
eurochick - TTC#1 awaiting first appointment (in Nov)/cd9/ov 1 Nov
Snoopygirl - V High NKC TTC, will be Ist try with Pred, Intralipids on bfp Testing 21st Nov
Havingkittens - High NKC TTC #1 after 2 month break/ov around 18 Nov.
duggs1976 - High/V High NKC - TTC #1
batteryhen - High activation NKC, factor v leiden. TTC#1
Suemays - V High NKC TTC/ov 30th Oct. TTC#2.
Cherrycheeks - V high NKC, TTC#2/ 3rd cycle of pred
pureequeen - High NKC TTC #2 again from November (BFP cycle one but mc)

BFP
Stogan - V high NKC - BFP 9/7/11 cycle#2- 23+3 Due 10/03/12 next scan 30/12
Digitalgirl - High NKC - BFP cycle#2 -18+1 Due DC#2 16/04/12 anomaly scan 23/11
Coconutfeet - V High NKC, Factor II gene mutation, underactive thyroid - BFP pre-pred, started at 6 weeks - 15+0 next scan 15/11
Iggi - High NKC & Hypothyroidism - BFP cycle#2 - 11+6 next scan 16/11
Comedy - V High NKC - BFP cycle#2 - 11+4 due 1/16/12 scan ?
BrownieGecko - High NKC, Hypothyroidism, & Glucose Intolerant. BFP on cycle 3 of Clomid - 10+5 next scan 14/11
Scooterchaser - V High NKC - BFP cycle1 - 7+2. Due 01/07/12. Scan?
ChoccyPud - V High NKC / TTC #1 BFP 4th Pred cycle
Arianrhod - V High NKC, MTHFR homo, hypothyroid, TTC#2
Freelance - V High NKC TTC#1 Hydroxchloroquine, Pred, Intralipids. Thyroid/hashimotos. Mc first cycle.
Cheerfulcharlie - V High NKC, MTHFR/TTC 1/ (intralipids on BFP, no pred) - BFP cycle? - 3+5

Wow.. Yay free!!! I'm all welled up here. I'm kinda glad we're all panicking, iykwim, I feel less stupid doing so myself now. Am calmer than earlier tho now I've spoken to the office.

Ari they fax NLC who then call to arrange intralipids. Can you mention you know someone else is also waiting to hear if they call you/you speak to them?! I'll do the same. Whoever said to chase is right I think. Just getting a date will calm us down a bit. I'm seeing S on 3rd Dec assuming it sticks til then. There I go already being optimistic... :(

Thanks for all the congrats and the comments about faint bfp lines. Typical for us to already be worrying we aren't pg "enough"! If we hit it with everything asafp at least we won't look back and say "what if..."

Ari let me know when you get your intralipids appointment.

Well I took your advice free and just called NLC, I'm going at 10:30 tomorrow. Choccy I might see you there?! And I had the exact same response .. I just messaged my DP and said I have to see Mr S on Wed 7th Dec for scan at 7 weeks, assuming we get that far. Same level of non-optimism right here.

Ah, sorry Choccy, I only read your msg after I got off the phone (had to go into a private little office to make the call, as I work in an open-plan office). Call them now, they were really helpful 01372 738 938 .

Added in my cycle info:

Tuesday 15th November
TTC
coleyoz - V High NKC. TTC #2 - ov 30 Oct (Pred and Intralipids at BFP)
eurochick - TTC#1 awaiting first appointment (in Nov)/cd9/ov 1 Nov
Snoopygirl - V High NKC TTC, will be Ist try with Pred, Intralipids on bfp Testing 21st Nov
Havingkittens - High NKC TTC #1 after 2 month break/ov around 18 Nov.
duggs1976 - High/V High NKC - TTC #1
batteryhen - High activation NKC, factor v leiden. TTC#1
Suemays - V High NKC TTC/ov 30th Oct. TTC#2.
Cherrycheeks - V high NKC, TTC#2/ 3rd cycle of pred
pureequeen - High NKC TTC #2 again from November (BFP cycle one but mc)

BFP
Stogan - V high NKC - BFP 9/7/11 cycle#2- 23+3 Due 10/03/12 next scan 30/12
Digitalgirl - High NKC - BFP cycle#2 -18+1 Due DC#2 16/04/12 anomaly scan 23/11
Coconutfeet - V High NKC, Factor II gene mutation, underactive thyroid - BFP pre-pred, started at 6 weeks - 15+0 next scan 15/11
Iggi - High NKC & Hypothyroidism - BFP cycle#2 - 11+6 next scan 16/11
Comedy - V High NKC - BFP cycle#2 - 11+4 due 1/16/12 scan ?
BrownieGecko - High NKC, Hypothyroidism, & Glucose Intolerant. BFP on cycle 3 of Clomid - 10+5 next scan 14/11
Scooterchaser - V High NKC - BFP cycle1 - 7+2. Due 01/07/12. Scan?
ChoccyPud - V High NKC / TTC #1 BFP 4th Pred cycle
Arianrhod - V High NKC, MTHFR homo, hypothyroid, TTC#2 BFP 2nd pred cycle
Freelance - V High NKC TTC#1 Hydroxchloroquine, Pred, Intralipids. Thyroid/hashimotos. Mc first cycle.
Cheerfulcharlie - V High NKC, MTHFR/TTC 1/ (intralipids on BFP, no pred) - BFP cycle? - 3+5

Am pouring over that DPO testing list that Snoopy reposted and thinking for Cheerful 10DPO is really still very early to be getting such positives so that's surely a good thing? I am probably around 13DPO and a good 32% of people don't even get a positive at that stage so i guess that means something too. Or does it. I have no idea really.

Great news Cheerful, def going in the right direction. Didn't know about the delay of hcg getting into urine, thanks for the info, v interesting.

Thanks digi :) I'm 3+5.

Ari 10.45 tomorrow. :)

Missed a clutch of posts there! It's busy here this morning... You have to picture me crouched in the dark on the floor of my brother's spare room - it's not even 6am yet!

Thanks for doing the list Digi. I have never been on a BFP list before - didn't add myself to any pregnancy after mc ones last time. I feel ok being on this one though as it feels as though we really are all in the same boat.

I just emailed DH and he replied back quickly from his meeting on his Blackberry with a big 'gulp'.

Ari and Choccy you're going to be having intralipids together! Agh, I wish I was there too and we could just carry on our conversations as normal :)

It certainly is surreal sitting in a clinic in the middle of Surrey with a drip in your arm. Did I tell you the girl I got chatting to there when I was having mine done - the first question she asked me was 'Do you want a natural birth or a C section'? I was astounded at her confidence it was all going to work out ok. I would have been more fit to answer whether I wanted an ERPC or a natural mc.

Cheerful thanks for the info re the intralipids again. I would say try not to be nervous but I know that's pointless! The intralipids are painless though, take magazines and things to occupy yourself all of you. I might be having them here in my brother's place! Very surreal.

Oh, I don't arrive back in the UK until a week today whoever asked.

Wow, 3 BPFs! Congratulations. It's cluster-duffage! Do you mind if I huddle in a bit closer in case it is catching?

What preggo tests do you use? I've heard superdrug tests are good but there isn't one near me, so I am left wth what Boots offers.

The one I just did now was a Poundland one - really cheap (well, a pound as the name suggests...) and just in a pouch so you have to pee in a cup and then dip it. As soon as everyone is up here though I am going to go out to a chemist and see what else I can find.

Got in touch with Louise - they hadn't got last week's emails. I need to call the office and they will do me a prescription. And then as soon as I get that, my brother gets up and I can find out the name of clinic, I can get it faxed to them and start the ball rolling. I realise this might be all futile but got to give it all we can.

I keep wanting to update my facebook status with 'Fertile but Deadly'.

Free loving "fertile but deadly" - so true!

Hope you get intralipids sorted over there. There's a part of me feels a bit weird having the drip before af is even late. I keep having to repeat the mantra about hitting it with all we can I guess.

They do FRER in the States free, if that helps? euro I use these as starter tests because they're supposed to be reliable early on, and partly because Mr S said to use that one. And then I use ClearBlue Plus, and then CB digi. I have a veritable arsenal of the things!

free good luck with getting the intralipids .. yep, it might be futile for all of us, I have the added battle of higher potential for chromosomal issues too, but as you say, we have to give it all we can.

And I like that moniker ... we could all start the "Fertile but Deadly" group :)

Let's look positive ... we have to do this again at, what, 8 weeks gestation? So that's 4 weeks time? We'll make a date at the NLC for all of us then, shall we?

If we are all there having the same again in 4 weeks time that would indeed be bloody amazing. I am a bit nervous (oh, what that's you say - you all are too...?) as last time on a post-mc thread I was one of three friends that all got a positive on the same day and of course they are all around 20 weeks now and I, well, am not. But of course we really all are in the same boat here too, apart from the odd added chromosomal/silly high rate/thyroid/etc things.

Thanks Ari will be going for a FRER then as soon as anyone else is awake and can drive me! Yes Choccy we are all feeling like that too - potentially futile attempts to stop things going wrong. Any of us might even have a chemical it is so early! But we do have to make every effort, so make every effort we shall.

I know it's morning and it's probably much easier to do these things at night but have also just, er, popped a cyclogest in. Anyone else?

Is it too early for a drink?! Oh...

And another thing...

You know how you really don't want to look to the future and work out any dates or anything but you really can't help it? I've known for weeks that if I got pregnant and stayed pregnant this cycle my due date will actually be on my birthday. Could also make for a really crap birthday if it's not a sticky one.

OR a really fabulous one if it is, right? :)

I know what you mean .. my cr@ppily overactive brain has already realised that the due date of this one is exactly 3 days one year on of my first due date. Am worrying it's jinxed already :( And my last pregnancy, the due date was 3 days before my DP's 50th birthday next year, I was so elated that it would be a fabulous 50th present for him, so was doubly gutted when it all went pear-shaped.

What a rubbish road we have to walk sometimes ...

Agggh!!!!

It is really comforting though to know we are all going through this together.

OMG... officially more in the yacht than the crappy life boat!! Brilliant. It means there is hope. . . Fabulous news ladies. Fabulous. dec 6 is going to be a riot...in a good way xxx

In a 'pass me the decaf tea' kinda riot way....

I still don't know if I'll be able to make the 6th, probably not to be honest as my little girl gets upset if I'm not there for her bedtime (7:30), I'd never be able to get there in time. But I'll have a cup of tea in all our honours .. :)

Update the chart . . Update the chart ! Something to aim for for us ttc gang xx

Big congratulations choccy, arian and free! So exciting! Thinking of you all during this exciting and emotional time!

Great, great news - it's taken me ages to catch up on today's thread but so lovely to read so many positives - well done up duffers!! When I was pregnant with my ds (tested ay about 14 dpo) the line was do faint I spent ages trying to decide whether I could possibly be pregnant, I was and it was all fine - those were the days!!

Glad you're all getting the intrallips sorted - the first is a bit weird as you don't feel pregnant and think 'what on earth am I doing here?' had my third lot today so that's it for me and it's a bit more real now.

So, so pleased for you all and for the BFNs this month fingers very much crossed that next month will be the one.

Thinking of you tomorrow Iggi for 12 week scan - mine is Thursday - fingers crossed for us both - will we be more confident after successful scans? Probably not!