RESPONSE Trial for recurrent miscarriage: Thread#3

[Marchgirl]

For anyone on the RESPONSE medical trial for recurrent miscarriage, or thinking of joining. Peeps at all stages of the trial welcome!

Link to previous thread is here

Congratulations kazz!! Don't worry about your test being faint. You've caught it really early so they're bound to be faint but means you're getting the injections early which is exactly what you want.

Those pics are great choccy. How long did the actual scan last? I'm definitely booking one. How many weeks are you today? He looks so cute!

I've ways taken pregnacare. Shop around though as you can get them 3 for 2 most of the time.
I think I got this lot from Amazon and last lot from the suppliers of pregnacare direct.
Like Louise said though they don't agree with everyone x

MAS the scan was about 40 mins. Was there about an hour. Drank almost 1l of lucozade before. Time went so quickly!!
Am 27+6 today. Totally worth it xx

What did your DS make of the scan choccy? We told our DS tonight, I'm not sure he really took it in but seemed pleased.

Kazz I've always taken pregnacare too. I get them in boots as they're always 3 for 2 and loads of advantage points too!

So to ask loads of questions but what do you mean by not agreeing with you Choccy and Louise?

I'm desperate to ask more questions about the scan but atm I am.not going to atm as I cant even contemplate anything like that atm!

Sorry even!

I've got the boots pregnancy ones. I think they've just got folic acid, b vits and a gram of ginger. They are a bit cheaper than pregnacare from memory. Although I'm also taking folate (most easily absorbed than folic acid)

pregnacare gave me really bad diarrhea I suffer with ibs anyway but they made it 10 times worse. Severn seas are much better for me and I find they have more in them (I think) but it is personal preference. I got s free sample of pregnacare at my 12 week if you want them I think it was a weeks worth ?
I also have a lot of Severn seas trying for a baby if anyone would like them. Xx

Actually I have a box or two of pregnacare if you want them? I'm using the omega 3 I had in them tho x

I'll just get one pack tomorrow to give a go as i want to start them straight away but thanks so much for the offer again Louise. You lot are ace! I'll do that rather than buy loads as I sometimes suffer from ibs too. Especially when pregnant (can't grasp that I'm saying that)

Crossed messages! I'll let you know when I've given one pack a try! Thank you!!!! :)

Yeah I'd but one pack and see how you get on. If anyone else would like my pregnacare tablets let me no or the trying for a baby ones :) x

Oops crossed messages I'll keep the pregncare ones till next month for u in case Kazz x

Hey louise if they are still going I'll take the trying for a baby ones... I take those now.

If you don't mind, that would be amazing! Xx

MAS ds loved it. He watched for a bit then started playing with the building blocks that were in the room lol.
I showed him the video we got with him 4 years ago last night. 'So that was me when I was pip?' Yes sweetheart :) his mind was blown!!

28 weeks today! Hello 3rd trimester

Vicki of course not send me you address in a pm and I'll post them today if I can

Oh choccy that's so cute ! Do I remember you saying he gets to pick the name? Have you decided yet? 3rd trimester eeeeekkk on the home stretch now xx

Thanks Louise! I have sent it over...

Hugely appreciated... Seems I need all the help I can get !

Hope everyone has nice things planned for their weekends!

I am off for a well needed girls day with my sisters. Then out for dinner tonight with the OH's friends. Xx

We've narrowed it down to 2 names at the moment Louise, but I prefer one and dh prefers the other! May have Pip as a middle which is what ds chose (dh thinks it should be Phillip if anything). We wanted John as a middle as both his grandads have John as a middle and ds took dhs middle.

Vicki a day with the girls sounds bliss to me!!
We're swing some friends (ds godparents) this aft/eve (child free ) and off to some other friends tomorrow but still not heard from them yet

I tell you choccy... It is well needed! Had a crap week at work... Several pregnancy announcements and a birth so something to get my mind off it all will be great!!

How you feeling today kazz? Has it all sunk in yet? so pleased for you! Xx

It all feels a bit weird. Pee'd on a cb hpt this morning just out of interest and it's now clearly visible if still faint.

Just been to the gym - I was terrified going but did lots of research last night that said exercise is very beneficial to pregnancy and does not cause miscarriages - unless you're doing karate and get kicked in the stomach etc! Just stepped it down a bit. Main concern was my boobs really hurt!

DH went out last night on a work night out. Came in absolutely leathered and I found our he's told 3 of his closest work colleagues. I understand why he has as they're female (I'm close to them to but didn't go out for obvious reasons) and have provided him with a lot of support which he's going to need especially over the next couple of months. When he got in bed he said 'what do you think it'll be? twins? girl? boy?'. I just said at this stage I'm not thinking past our next appointment on monday.

Feeling nervous about my next injection. Think adrenaline got me through yesterday but now I'm on my own! going to push it back 2hours to 3pm and then 5pm tomorrow and 7pm on Monday.

Ah Kazz, it's such a roller coaster, before BFP and now!!!

I didn't mind doing the injections, but kept forgetting which side I had done, so when I wrote the time on the sheet I would put a L or R to indicate which side I did! Sounds daft, but easy to forget.
Also I found if the syringe was really chilly it stung a little more, so I would hold it in my hand whilst I went upstairs to do it, just so it warmed ever so slightly. It's only slight though, and any sting soon stops, so don't panic.
I took it appointment by appointment, then week by week!
That's all you can do.
Xx

That's definitely my plan. It feels surreal. when I go back to work I'll be 9 weeks pregnant I'd I get that far which is 2 weeks further than ever before. Or I'll have another mc under my belt. The prospect is terrifying. I can't envisage either!

How you doing today claire? A few days respite before the relentless testing. When did you say you were starting it?

Totally crossing my fingers for you this month Claire.

Has anyone had any symptoms with the injections that may indicate they're on the drug / placebo?