Brooking No Argument that we'll get BFPs from our Easter Eggs

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Well done keep I hope its the first of many :o :o

Right who's next with the BFP???

Deffo what sparks said - I've just managed to sunburn a go-faster stripe onto my arm

arf @ go faster stripe

It really has been beautiful out today :):)

solars You are right in thinking I have high NK cells. The treatment plan for me was prednisilone, vit D and aspirin and it was all on the NHS - they wouldn't have paid for intralipid treatments though, although from what I understand that is only required if you have very high NK cells. I do know that levels due go up and down over time and some ladies who had very high levels were retested and found to have normal levels on the thread I was on. Probably worth having a read there as the ladies have a wealth of info, can't link on my phone but its in Conception and is called something like ttc on prednisilone.

The sun is out now so positively bronzed and a bit pink

What are nk cells? Xxx

de lurking for nk cell chat. not that I've lurked much.
vits wise same as olives said asprin, vit d. but also preg multi vits plus omega 3. that they wanted me to take from at least 8wks before TTC which is a standard for everyone I believe.
its natural killer cells kitty

Thank you so much Olives & Face that's really interesting I will definitely look into the thread Olives. I'm taking the Zita West pre-concep vits which contain (1000IU/25ug) vit D3 which I hope is enough and I have also been taking omega 3. I got a copy of my immune results today and from what I can see only a couple of my nk levels are only just elevated above what they consider ok for fertility, but DH and I had a long chat about it today and decided to put our faith in the clinic (considering their success rates etc) and just go on what they advise. All that has been going through my head today is what is the issue then with me and DH as surely the slightly raised NK cells can't be the real issue. Perhaps it's a combination of age, endometrioma, NK cells who knows but we just want our baby now :( I think the IVIG is freaking me a little too, but you had this didn't you Face? I do hope all is well with you, lovely.

A big all encompassing wave to everyone else, will post properly tomorrow.

not me solars I was having the intraliped drips.

solars I was told to take an additional 25mcg of Vit D on top of what was in the preg multi vitamin. x

Thanks cartoon, do you know if its something I can get tested on the nhs? 24 months down the line and still no answers!

yes you can, I didn't but I think olives did. don't think you can get all the treatment on NHS though.

Nice to see you cartoon how are things with you? Can we tempt you back permanently?

solars it sounds like making some minor changes to a few things might be what you need. When's AF due so you can start?

geek any sign of ovulation?

Rather busy at work at the moment, and my normally nice boss is umming and arring over the few days "holiday" that I want to take in 4 weeks time I'm going to work some overtime over the weekend which will hopefully put his mind at rest. Otherwise I will just have to explain that its not holiday and it not negotiable, so there And its his fault for giving me an extra project and a new employee to look after. But on the bright side, downregging is still ok, and we have a 4day weekend coming up :o

face! When's your follow up appointment, should be soon I think?

solars a combination of minor things can all add up I guess. Even borderline things. I think our issue was getting sperm to meet egg, with poorish morphology, and maybe I was slightly wrong ph or something. I agree, worth trying it all.

beedle I'm sure I tend to get obsessive and spend every minute here!
but I'm ok. time seems to be on go slow but we'll get there.
keep our appointment is 29th may.
how are you?
how is everyone?!

not sure, that was ment to say! d'oh

Very well thank you! Looking forward to lots more grads in the next couple of months. Not too long till your appointment now, but that's been quite a wait for you. How are you doing?

depends a bit on the day keep today I'm ok. just kinda feel like we're waiting for something to happen and this one appointment might not be the end of the wait.

cartoon (aka person who seems to know everything!), how do they test for nk cells? If I do have them, do you know if iui will still work?

Hello Face it's lovely to see you. How are you doing?

Beedle hope you get everything sorted out with your boss. Fingers crossed you can sort it by doing that extra work but I'm sure he will be understanding if you need to explain it all to him.

Sweetie have you got a date for your scan yet? I was thinking about you yesterday as I was looking after a lovely little boy who was conceived via donor egg IVF (he is a twin btw!)

Well I've finished work!! Yesterday was my last day. We had cakes & lots of hugs. I've got a leaving meal to look forward to next week. I'm really going to miss my colleagues not the job or the managers I hope my new team are as nice.

AF is not due over the weekend for me. I'm stupidly getting my hopes up as we have dtd lots over the past month.

kitty its just a blood test. I would have thought you would still need some form of treatment to zap the cells as well. but I might be wrong. the consultant I saw slightly tailors the treatment to each person. the difficult thing is not all medical professionals believe in the theory. what's made you think about this, if you don't mind me asking? if you visit the TTC on prednisolone part 10 thread someone there would know the answer to any question you might have.

Tricks lovely to see you, I have been thinking of you and how you and DH are getting on. Are you back for a while??

Cups when do you start your new job?

Geek lovely, how are you doing? How is the metformin treating you, has the dose been increased yet?? What is next on your agenda?

I have forgotten everything else I have read so I will brook for speedy appointments, successful treatments and no nasty down reg side effects :):)

Just a quickie as busy at work again today - I don't mind so much as I've just found out that my overtime will be coming through in this month's wages yay!

cups that's come round so quick! Sorry you've not really got the best of weather for your break but hopefully you can recharge your batteries ready for your new job. I am sure they will be a lovely bunch of people and you will make good friends in no time. Brooking that AF stays away if she knows what's good for her

beedle yay for four day weekends Brooking that your boss sees sense about your time off, but if not maybe just explain that it's 'something medical' without going into details? Long may the downregging give you no grief.

keep I think you're right about the combinations of things possibly being the key. There are so many things that have an effect that if each is out by just a little then the cumulative effect could be pretty big.

I got my first CBFM high this morning, but I'm not sure whether to believe it or not as it was super-strong wee. At the very least hopefully it means my hormones are building up for ov. Looking at my FF charts, I'm following a pattern which means I may ovulate in 6 days. If I do, then I get to call the clinic and start my IVF cycle just before the end of May yay!!!

Dink boss is being a dink (again) so I am looking forward to taking the morning off for a scan every other day for a couple of weeks. I still haven't been able to talk to him about my appointments because the stoopid dink holds all our 121s in the canteen so there is no privacy to talk. He tried to bring it up yesterday with loads of people around and I refused to discuss it until he booked us a proper meeting room. Grrr!

Sorry boo I missed your message I went up to three metformin a day but I'm not a breakfast person so was getting lots of nausea as I couldn't eat enough with the tablet. I'm back down to two a day now and coping fine. Next on the agenda is getting MrG in the mood for lots of nookie, squeezing out a golden egg and cancelling my IVF due to an ironic BFP

Congratulations on finishing your job cup. AF should stay away, dammit!

kitty I believe that high nk cells usually cause miscarriage, rather than stopping bfp in the first place. Though I guess could cause v early implantation failure. The treatment is expensive and controversial so maybe try a few rounds of assisted conception first, I think you're quite young? But the pred thread is the place to ask.

geek brooking for ov for you!!

face I have high hopes that you'll conceive a sticky perfect one soon after your appointment. Big hugs, it must be so hard :(

thanks keep
hi boo and cups
not sure if I will stay just find the whole thing a bit difficult and perhaps I'm better in my own bubble where I can try and push it all away.
well I seem to have gone completly mad and we have taken several risks this month even though I'm on no meds or anything so would probably be unsuccessful if I was pregnant. but I suddenly got these feelings of hope that maybe just maybe it might be ok without any extra help. I have read stories where this has happened. thing is nk cells change so you just never know. I shall await my wrist slaps.