TTC/ pregnancy on Prednisolone or similar part 3

[freelancegirl]

For those who are TTC/pregnant undergoing immunotherapy treatment. Current list as it stands, do feel free to come and join us, it's moving quickly round here!:

Tuesday 22nd November

TTC
Waiting to test
Snoopygirl - V High NKC TTC, will be Ist try with Pred, Intralipids on bfp Testing from 21/11
Havingkittens - Upgraded from High to V High NKC TTC #1 after 2 month break/testing 29 Nov -2 Dec depending on my resolve.
Waiting to ovulate
coleyoz - V High NKC. TTC #2 - ov 3 Dec (Pred and Intralipids at BFP)
duggs1976 - High/V High NKC - TTC #1 - Superovulation cycle1
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/ ov 25th-26th Nov/ 4th cycle of pred
pureequeen - High NKC TTC #2 again from November (BFP cycle one but mc)
eurochick - TTC#1 awaiting first appointment (in Nov)/ov expected 28-30 Nov.
BFPSeeker

BFP
2nd Trimester
Stogan - V high NKC - BFP 9/7/11 cycle#2- 24+3 Due 10/03/12 next scan 30/12
Digitalgirl - High NKC - BFP cycle#2 -19+1 Due 16/04/12 anomaly scan 23/11
Coconutfeet - V High NKC, Factor II gene mutation, underactive thyroid - BFP pre-pred, started at 6 weeks ? 16+1 next scan 14/12
Comedy - V High NKC - BFP cycle#2 - 13+3 due 26/5/12 next scan 12/12
Iggi - High NKC & Hypothyroidism - BFP cycle#2 - 12+6 anomaly scan Jan

1st Trimester
BrownieGecko - High NKC, Hypothyroidism, & Glucose Intolerant. BFP on cycle 3 of Clomid - 11+4 next scan 28/11
Scooterchaser - V High NKC - BFP cycle1 - 8+1 Due 01/07/12. Scan 25/11
Freelance - V High NKC TTC#1 Hydroxchloroquine, Pred, Intralipids. Thyroid/hashimotos. MC 1st cycle. LMP18/10 - 4+6 - Scan 3/12
Arianhod - V High NKC, MTHFR homo, hypothyroid, TTC#2 BFP 2nd pred cycle LMP19/10. 4+5 Scan 7/12
Cheerfulcharlie - V High NKC, MTHFR/TTC 1/ (metformin, intralipids, no pred). LMP17/10(Ov'd 3rd Nov) 4+5 Scan 6/12.
ChoccyPud - V High NKC / TTC #1 BFP 4th Pred cycle LMP20/10 4+4. Scan 3/12.

Fantastic!! Fantastic heartbeats so early on from you both. Amazing...

Aww Scooter so relieved for you and Free - great news. It's a good news day at last!

scooter omg that really is wonderful news!!! Am so relieved for you! A good day today, indeed. I imagine the migraine and night sweats were stress-induced. Please take it easy for the rest of the week.

brownie hope you're feeling better after your scare this morning.

Quick question for you up-duffed ladies - at what point did you tell your GP about your pregnancy (and so start the ball rolling for your local hospital/midwife arranging booking-in, 12 week scan, etc)? I've always previously told my GP more or less as soon as I was positive I was pg, since my local hospital (about which you've heard me rant on more than one occasion) seems to take forever to process forms and I was concerned about not having the 12 week scan date through in time.

This time however, although my GP obviously knows about my pregnancy since she's approved the hCG scans, I haven't officially told her, filled in no forms, and I really don't want to either - it almost feels like jinxing things, I sort of don't want to make it official until I know whether or not this pregnancy gets past the previous MC points of 9.4 weeks. I know that might sound daft, and I am a little worried that if I do that I'm not giving my hospital enough time to organise things, but that's how I feel. Actually I wondered, since I'll be seeing Mr S for a scan IF this baby gets that far around the 12-week mark (yes?), can he do the nuchal fold test, does anyone know? Saves me having to worry about anything to do with my local hospital for a while, then.

Yay scooter!!! Fab news. Let's hope this week proves to be a good one all round... We certainly deserve some good news all of us :)

Did just get rather emotional at brownie's post tho wimp that I am.

So happy for you scooter That's great news! :) :) :)

Brilliant news Scooter :)

Ari I wouldn't advise it. Here (your area might obviously be different) I was given a phone no to contact midwifes on. Booking in was at 10 weeks. The dating scan at 12 included the NT measurement, but they also did a blood test that gives extra information on the same topic (I am still awaiting my results for that). I imagine if you got dr S to replicate all that it would cost big bucks.

Great to log on tonight and read all the good news (although not ferocious dogs!) - brilliant news scooter and free!

... I'm thinking we should archive this thread and show it to this 'batch' of babies that we are producing so they can meet up in about eighteen years time! ... show them how wanted they all were and remind ourselves if the teenage years are proving tricky!! X

Fab idea comedy I like the idea of our kids discussing what old tea wives we all are lol !!!

What amazing news scooter soooooo happy for you YEY !!!! xxx

Well I have good news too, got my OC results (not bad considering they said Friday, guess the arsey phone call DH gave them sped the process up !!) and my level is 2 and apparently it needs to be 14 before they are concerned so my skin obviously just can't take my feet swelling so much !!!

What a fab day of news, long may it continue for us ladies ey !!!

Anyone had soreness and more bleeding following a scan? They really had a good root around (external at least) to see if they could see the bleeding, there was nothing conclusive though. Bleeding had practically stopped this morning but back again now and have a very achy tummy, could the scan have agitated things, anyone had the same?

Really wanted to stay positive today but this rollercoaster does a very good job of diving just after a high doesn't it.

ari on the booking thing, agree with iggi that you probably want to avoid the expense of a 12 week scan if you can. I am still 'unbooked' as it were at 9+2 but obviously in my situation just waiting to see how things pan out now. If this week had been problem-free I would have made it official because I've been told to get on with it, such a baby boom round here they are doing the booking appointments in groups! Then again, I also know lots of people who waited til 10weeks and still managed to get their nuchal at the right time. I was told the rule of thumb for booking appointments is wait until you have missed your second period. Hopefully the midwife will be understanding if you need to leave it a little later than usual though (I am certainly counting on that being the case for me). There must be ways of hurrying the hospital system when they need to. What does your GP think about it? Maybe you can just get the scan form done and sent in and leave the rest til later?

stogan forgot to say, great news about your low OC score, that must be a relief.

Good news slogan!

ari I booked in an appt for ten weeks when I was about eight weeks figuring I could always cancel. Saw the midwife at about 10+2 and still had nuchal test on time at almost spot on 12 weeks. They then organised the 20 week scan etc. Might be worth just getting a date booked in?

Sorry keep writing slogan and not stogan - my spellchecker keeps kicking in!

Oh ....lovely news :) And the whole thread can breathe out :) xx

Ok ladies, thanks - I'll leave it a while longer then will see what my GP thinks. Maybe once I get past the dreaded 9.4 weeks (see the uncharacteristic optimism there? Wish I actually felt it!) then I'll see about forms. I don't care about the booking-in, it's that 12 week scan that bothers me. Mind you, gotta get that far first. Not something to concern myself with right now!

Scooter I often have soreness after having a scan.

No probs comedy, I no what phones r like mines the same !!

Hi ladies, fantastic news today all round!
Sorry about your scare this morning brownie - I fell down the stairs with quite a bang whist pregnant with DD and all was well. I'm sure the little bean is well protected in there!

Sorry I've not been around- I've been keeping away from the internet as I find myself obsessed with trying to find info on TTC etc etc. It really has been taking over my life and it's all I ever seem to think about! Please send me a BFP soon!

This week I'm stressing (again) about egg laying. I've had a smiley face on OPK everyday since Friday- is this something(else) I should worry about? I've been taking temps since Friday and had a small rise Sat/Sun/Mon but this morning it's low again- haven't started taking the pred yet as I'm just not sure.

Argghhhhh

Hello everyone, I?ve been chilling out for much of the day ?went for a very lazy workout after the hospital and then met DH in a coffee shop after work to debrief. Just done a bit of work and watched a chick flick. Trying not to think too much!

Scooter am so relieved your scan looked good too. How are you feeling now? I am definitely getting a lot more feelings down there this evening, stretchy pains and things. No more spotting at the moment. It?s such a good sign that the scan was ok. You really don?t have much longer to go until the placenta is firmly in control and NK cells are (according to Mr S when I interviewed him) rendered inactive. In fact don?t people sometimes have bleeding around the time the placenta is starting to take over? Maybe that is what is happening to you. Pretty sure that the placenta starts to really take over around the 9 week mark.

Ari I am not sure myself about the doctors however I need more prescriptions and was going to mention the possible urine infection so I have an appointment with her tomorrow and will of course tell her I am pregnant. Not sure what course of action that might trigger and yes it might mean that if I lose the baby I am faced with cancellations of appointments etc. But having never got as far as a booking in appointment (I am not even sure what it means!) I guess I will cross that bridge when I come to it/don?t come to it.

I do keep reminding myself that had I seen a scan of the first mc of the year at this stage it would still have been alive too. But at least I have something there (and in the right spot) this time.

Oh Cherry I know exactly what it is like to be obsessed with the TTC and whole shebang. I really think I caused myself to get RSI with all the obsessive googling I was doing! Thankfully the really sore hands made me back off a bit (that and the fact I think I had actually read everything there is to read out there on our subject ? who?s up for Mastermind??) and I am doing a bit less of it now. Haven?t yet googled heartbeat at 6.2 today but a friend said doesn?t seeing a heartbeat reduce the chance of a mc by a certain percentage? I think it does, but we have other special considerations don?t we unfortunately. I am not sure about when to start Pred but mid cycle seems pretty accurate enough when I have heard people ask Mr S about when to start if they were not completely sure about ov dates.

Great news about the levels Stogan, hope the itching eases up soon whatever it is!

Comedy that is a really lovely idea with the future children. Oh to imagine that one day we will all have kids and they might be reading about our superhuman efforts to get them here!

Still marvelling at Brownie?s encounter with miscarrying Rotweiler woman. It is really strange what life throws at us. Hello to everyone else and sorry not to name check all ? so busy here at the moment. Am grateful for having every single one of you though and it was so lovely to have Duggs for some hand holding this morning, seeing that dimwit here had completely missed the fact that I might have been up for an impromptu scan! Having a little laugh at you stroking your chin about that one Digi and wondering whether to mention it or not :)

Less than 8 hours after my promising scan, it's all over for me I'm afraid. Baby 5 didn't make it. My one slim hope is that I can swing the statistics in favour of you all, I really really wish you all the best with ttc and pregnancies and will probably find myself lurking from time to time to check how you are all doing, but I am going to duck out for a while now and try and get my head round all this, once again.
Love,
scooter x

scooter ??? Oh no - are you absolutely sure? I don't want to sound patronising or make you explain things you don't want, but I am so sad for you. You poor thing :( Big squeeze. It's all so shit. xx

Oh scooter, I'm so very sorry for you- big cyber hugs. :( :( :( :(

Oh shit scooter, I'm so, so sorry to hear that it didn't work out. After such positive news today too. It must be heartbreaking for you to go through this again. I'm in tears just reading your post. Please take some time to be kind to yourself. I hope you've got good support at home. Sending you a massive hug. xx

I'm so sorry Scooter:( Look after yourself - try to get as many answers as possible from your doctor. xo

Oh no scooter, no, that's just not right :( I'm so so very sorry .. what an absolutely shite thing to happen after such a promising scan. You take very good care of you, do whatever you need to heal you, we're always here and will always understand. Thinking so much of you, sending you huge hugs and much love.