Immune/natural killer cell treatment when TTC or pregnant (aka the 14th pred thread)

[sunnyday01]

Continuing from 13th thread

I live in northamptonshire, I have got my injection from that chemist too a couple of times but I'm not seeing him thus month so have a prescription to get it. I have rung that chemist already and that is our plan b if boots don't pull through in time - would be a 4 hour round trip though!

Oh sounds a bit stressful sunny! Hope u get it sorted! Sure boots will pull through !

Free - today's the day isn't it? Hope it all goes very smoothly. Please let us know how it goesxx

We have another little boy! Elliot. 6lb 13oz. 10.19am. Both well! Speak soon xx

Congrats free! Hope ur doing well xx

Great news free - hope everyone is doing well x

As for me - I now have two injections - boots came through and got one but only found this out after I had picked one up at my local Lloyds chemist - grrrr as it's £40 each time but at least I have one for next month too!

Amazing news Free! Well done you! Such a great name too. Big congratulations! Xx

That's is the most amazing news! Massive congratulations and Merry Xmas Free - gorgeous name too! :) xx

Great news Sunny - glad you got it sorted in time!
xxx

Congratulations Free- a wee boy for a christmas, you must be over the moon :) And Hope.. So glad you're passing each milestone so easily. Best of luck Sunny. I'm considering this route in the new year so will be good to hear how you do.
Merry Christmas everyone for tomorrow .. I've still things to buy and a crazy busy day tomorrow so might be MIA again for a but but will toast you all and be wishing you a happy day, and more importantly a happy, healthy blessed new year! I'm not religious but that word 'blessed' really means more to me now.. Here's to an amazing 2015! X

I want to wish all u lovely girlies a happy Xmas for tmrw. Hope u have lovely days and feel hopeful for what 2015 has to bring us all xxx

Yes merry Xmas ladies! I wish you all a fantastic and fun day and day to completely forget about everything that we have been going through recently!!

Here's to the new year! I am excited about what 2015 may bring for us all! I feel it's going to be a good one

Xxxx

Merry Christmas to you all, I sometimes wonder how I would cope if this forum wasn't here so nice to have others who know what your going through to share with xx

I agree sunny! I think ur all a lovely group of supportive women. It's so sad what has happened has happened to us, but I feel humbled that others in same position are are so kind and helpful.
One day we will all have our rainbows too, it's just gonna be a long slog. I truely believe if we keep
Going it will happen.

I'm feeling quite thoughtful about it all. Don't think this month is our
Month. DH usually has about6 units of alcohol a week but this week has jumped to about 20 and me usually nothing or 4 Units max. And I've had about 12. that cannot be conducive to ttc. But it's Xmas and I deserve a break. There's always next month? I know it will happen one day but sometimes I just wish it would hurry up. Can't bel people around me will have given birth to 2 Children in the time I've not managed to sustain 1 preg :(

Anyways now is not a time
For thinking if sad things. It's a time
To rem what we all have and be happy!

Lots of love to u all
X

hope congrats on getting to 8.5 weeks. Have you heard of the harmony scan that tests for chromosome problems? I had it at the foetal medicine centre in London when I was 10 weeks and it's very comprehensive. Might be worth you paying privately to do it. When I had my medical termination two years ago they told me that if you get passed 12 weeks and you have to terminate because the baby is incompatible with life etc that you have to give birth naturally because the hardened bones can rip you internally and then it takes longer to recover to TTC again. I don't now how serious your known chromosonal problem is and sorry to be so blunt but it gives you the option to find out earlier. They also do a package that includes the 12 week scan and is more thorough than the nhs one. Others on here have had the same testing done. We also had our 20 week scan there this time.

Just saw Free's news on Facebook - congratulations! What lovely news
Merry Christmas to all here, at whatever stage of the journey you are at. I started to mc again on Xmas day four years ago, and today I get to watch my two year old go mad with his toys. Try to keep believing

Merry Christmas gorgeous ladies xx

Free congratulations what lovely news on here!
Hope looks like your doing fab too
Trying I totally agree with your thoughts and feelings over this time! Drink and be merry ( especially as this is sometimes when it all happens for others )
I had 2 news of engagement (another thing I'm desperate for) and 2 baby news yesterday (got to love crimbo surprises sorry I mean)

How were your Christmas days ?

Love to you all x

Morning girls. Hope u had a fun filled merry Xmas.
Sorry u were babybombed dildoos, ur time will hopefully come soon. It would be much easier if we could be a cocoon shielded! Are u ovulating around now?

I feel like I've given up hope of getting a bfp. It feels like its never going to happen its been so long!

Congratulations on the birth of your new son Elliot. Wonderful to hear that he arrived safe and well. Enjoy your time over Christmas. Look forward to hearing more.

Sorry hit post too soon, that last message was obviously to Freelancegirl!

Trying its so hard this route to baby gain, I often feel like this then come back to positivity ! I def agree with it's the biggest roller coaster we will all ride EVER!

I am ovulating now so back on the pred ( round 2 only I keep telling myself) so here's to a happy news in new y,ear???? We can but hope! Are you ovulating soon also? X

I'm ovulating on New Year's Day! Prob same as sunnyday. Not sure when to DTD as we off out new years eve the min DH comes in that day so won't be able to! Will try 2 days before ovulatin and the day after (unlikey to work) and see what happens. But I have absolutely no hope of this being our month. I'm hoping lucky no 7 (this one is 6).
Hope urs is lucky!

Hope you all had a great Christmas! I are far too much which hasn't helped my moon face at all! I'm starting to get a proper double chin...for some reason DH thinks if is hilarious...!!!
Glad you are all getting back on the baby-making wagon again! I know there will be more BFPs soon!
Thanks for your message too Suemays. I am so so sorry for what you must have gone through. It is just horribly heartbreaking and I feel for you do much. I also appreciate your advice. It is really hard to contemplate anything going wrong but I am trying to brace myself in case it is difficult news. The problem in my family is called ectrodactyly which on the whole isn't life threatening although is likely to be the reason we lost our little boy when I was six months pregnant last year as he was severely affected. It mostly causes abnormalities if the hands and feet. I am a carrier of it although you can't tell I have it in any way. My brother has it very mildly as do other people in my family. It is extremely variable so on one level it can cause a baby to develop barely any fingers or toes on another it can also be barely noticeable. My brother was born with two extra toes which were removed when he was born. It has usually manifested itself mildly in my family but it can be very disfiguring. I have a 50% chance of passing it to the baby. Within the 50% thought here is a 10% chance the baby will be a carrier like me, so have it but not in a noticeable way and another 20% chance it will be very mild so not an issue. So we have about a 20% chance that the baby will have a severe disfigurement of its hands and feet (it could be both hands and feet affected or just one). Obviously noone hopes their child will be born with a disfigurement but we have gone through so much to have this baby and it is already so wanted and loved. The truth is I don't really know what to think about it all. I know we would love and adore a baby with ectrodactly but it is hard to imagine the challenges a child with one finger on each hand might have. I guess you just want life to be happy for your children. My little boy doesn't have ectrodactyly and isn't a carrier. At this stage I am just trying to be positive...I personally think if isn't that bigger deal to be missing a finger of two. My cousin is beautiful and has hundreds of boyfriends and is missing fingers and toes but it isn't something you notice about her because she's been brought up not to think of it as a big deal. She is the most severely affected person in my family.
All I know at the moment is how much we want this baby! I'm nine weeks today and trousers are getting a little tight! Please do send positive thoughts and prayers for little toes and fingers developing! Hope you guys don't mind me going off topic too much either. Sending you all positive vibes, xxxx

Hope sent up a prayer for fingers, toes and the easiest nicest full term pregnancy ever. Good luck and thank you for sharing your story I had never heard of condition before but will now be aware of it to hopefully pass on hope to others suffering condition. When is your next scan? X

Thanks Dildoos, that is really nice of you. It means a lot. The next scan is at 11 weeks with Dr Shehata but we won't see fingers and toes then. The first one for ectrodactyly will be at 14 weeks. We could have a CVS test at 10 weeks but it wouldn't tell us how badly the baby is affected, if it is, and obviously carries the miscarriage risk. We did try to have PGD (pre-genetic diagnosis) with IVF but the condition hasn't got approval from the HFEA yet. It will probably happen soon but not in time for us. So just thinking positive thoughts and hoping it will make a difference. Thank you again for your kind words and prayers, it really helps. Hoping very much for some good news from you very soon too!