Immune/NK cells pred thread #32

[VenusStarr]

Hi everyone. The last thread is filling up. Have tried to tag everyone who posted on the last few pages, but feel free to join / tag anyone I missed.

@Gizmo1983
@fleur89
@Sunflower360
@MotherOfShihTzus
@lozzmax
@HopefulH
@kea1990
@Sprinkleofbabydust
@Newbeginnings22023
@star2022
@RumandSpinach
@Ems123456789
@MamaW05

Love to all ❤️

@Gizmo1983 ❤️ pretty much apart from the nurse had to hold the cannula in place as when she took the pressure off, the drip slowed right down. Where it was is still a bit sore and a short time after I felt a bit sick. Xxx

@lozzmax lovely news about your little girl and so nice to have a little set of photos from your scan.

@VenusStarr hope things went ok at your review

Had my intralipids yesterday and it was absolutely fine. Felt a bit groggy afterwards but that might have been from sitting still for so long! I did end up doing another bHCG test and it hasn’t gone up as quickly as my doctor would like. She did a scan this morning and there’s a sac and a little bleed. I’ll be back again in 2 weeks for another scan when I’ll be around 7 weeks - she hopes to see a heartbeat then. Unfortunately I’ve seen a heartbeat and then miscarried on two occasions so who knows. Someone else somewhere on the thread helpfully said to someone else “today you’re pregnant” and I’m really holding onto that - thankyou to whoever that was

@v60 @Gizmo1983 said that to me and that's what I'm saying to myself each day ❤️

Hey @v60 this little saying was the only thing that got me through my last pregnancy day to day sadly it did not make it but I realised I was just as devastated whether I’d been happy and embracing what was growing inside me or just trying to ignore it. If im lucky enough to get pregnant again I will try and do the same and crikey I know it’s easier said than done. Glad the intralipids went ok ❤️❤️❤️ hang in there sweet.
@Rainbowsunshine81 glad all went ok and hope you are still doing well. I sit and think it’s just eggs and soya when I have them done so they can’t make me feel funny but somehow they do lol xxx shame mr shehata wont let me have them done anywhere but his clinic it’s a hell of a drive xxx
lots of love to everyone I’m just a miserable emotional wreck waiting for todays migraine to hit. They are most bizarre but getting shorter everyday and not as painful I had to take some co codamol yesterday but was in such agony had a look and the pregnancy protocol for migraine is codeine then sumatriptan even in very early pregnancy the pain is literally skull splitting so I don’t have much choice xxx

@Gizmo1983 Thank you ❤️ taking one day at a time, pottering about and then chilling for a little while. I don't particularly like eggs lol. I hope your migraine eases off, they are horrible. I've had a bit of a headache today, but it is warm. Xxx

@Gizmo1983 that’s a much healthier perspective for me to have, thanks so much for sharing it and your encouragement, you’re absolutely right and that’s far more sustainable than where my head naturally wants to go. So sorry you’re suffering so much from migraines. I get them badly too - I find a full face ice pack and another ice pack on the back of my neck can help if I can do it quickly enough and extra b12 and potassium. It’s the post drome too as well which just makes you feel rotten. Hope this spell of them passes for you

@Rainbowsunshine81 i don’t like eggs either lol my sister is allergic to eggs and soya so that’s probably why they make me a bit nervous lol it is so warm isn’t it i sat in our garden and had to come in as it was too hot lol.
@v60 really strange you should say that I’ve just ordered an ice cap I have a check up appointment with my neurologist tomorrow so I’ll see if there’s anything he can suggest xxx

@Gizmo1983 I don't blame you for being a bit nervous. I can't believe how warm it has been today, was like being abroad lol! I can stay in the sun for a bit then have to come in.

@Rainbowsunshine81 my mam is having a new roof and the roofers went home saying it was too hot 😂😂😂

@Gizmo1983 oh no 😂😂 bet your mum wasn't impressed.

@Rainbowsunshine81 i know it’s alright for some isn’t lol. They should have just sunbathed on the roof and got paid for it she’d never have known 😂😂😂

Hope everyone is doing ok? I've lost track of things - my dad is back in hospital, so it's thrown me a bit.

Thank you for asking after me @Gizmo1983 ❤️how are you getting on? Try to enjoy the pupo bubble and not to analyse things. I had zero symptoms on my successful transfer. Keeping everything crossed for you.

@v60 I'm sorry you're in limbo, today you are pregnant. Go gently with yourself ❤️

I had my appointment, got my protocol, so just need my nurse appointment for my meds but there's time. Have booked to see Dr Shehata for early October and restarted hydroxy today. My GP is checking my thyroid too, I'm hoping it's all OK and stable.
We're definitely doing a day 3 transfer - whether it's the frostie. Or a fresh one. There's a few options, we might do a fresh transfer and defrost the day 3 and put it back as well or grow it to day 5. Will just see how things pan out. I feel ok about things though. My period is due any day, so not long. Will have to remember to track my cycle this month - at the scan last week, she asked what cycle day I was and I had no idea 🙃

Lots of love to everyone 💕 xx

@Gizmo1983 that would have been alright for them.

Girls, I had what appeared to be some spotting last night when I went the toilet, totally took me by surprise, it appeared just on wiping, didn't sleep very well last night as worried, I keep checking and up to now, hasn't been more. I'm going to ring my clinic today.

@VenusStarr sorry to hear about your dad, hope nothing too serious (and sorry if I missed details previously in the thread). It’s hard when your parents are sick and you’ve got fertility stuff going on, it’s like being pulled in multiple directions.

@Rainbowsunshine81 totally understand your wobble. Hopefully it’s within the realms of normal. Whatever normal is. When I had my scan she saw a bleed and said that I might get some spotting because it’s got to go somewhere when it starts to dissipate from the effect of the clexane and aspirin so I’m bracing myself. Not sure what your protocol is but I think progesterone pessaries can also be a bit irritating too and cause spotting. Hope the clinic can offer some reassurance

@v60 I'm really hoping so. I havent been on anymore aspirin since the clinic told me to stop. I'm on two progesterone pessaries a day, 1 lubion and 4 progynova. Hopefully I'll feel bit more reassured after I've spoken to my clinic.

Hi @VenusStarr im so sorry about your dad not being well it just seems in life there’s always something to worry about doesn’t it one thing gets sorted then another pops up this is how my life seems to go 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️. I was like you I didn’t gave a clue about my cycles and liked it that way I think it just means we’ve chilled out a bit lol. It’s good you’ve got so many options for this cycle xxx
@v60 how u feeling sweet or is that a stupid question being in limbo is soooo hard
@Rainbowsunshine81 hey sweet just remember spotting in pregnancy is so common it could defo be the progesterone. There is still a very high chance all is going to be ok
afm bit of a roller coaster got my neurologist appt today so thought I’d do a test just in case as important he knows with my migraines and it’s come up positive I was excited for 5 mins and am now in total fear/terror but guess better go for the today I am pregnant. This is with my low level segmental mosaic xxx

@Gizmo1983 that's what I'm trying to remember, just so hard and coming so far in this journey, I'm still waiting to hear what my consultant says and trying to block out what the manager said, such as because I had 3 embryos transferred, that I might have lost one, I don't want to have that in my mind, a friend who has had ivf said it could be more burrowing in and that possibly more than one has implanted. I really want everything to be ok. I did do a test strip test this morning and two lines came up.
Wow, I'm sure you are on a roller coaster, that's what I've been trying to say to myself each day. Xxx

Oh goodness @Gizmo1983. A very tentative congrats.

I think I’m doing ok. Today. Thanks. I’m nervous about the protocol lowering my immune system. My DC got sent home from school today with a temperature, as is the way at the start of term, but I’m apprehensive about catching every single thing going. In my previous pregnancies, I’ve been vomiting by now and had severe HG with my son. With the two miscarriages, I knew something was wrong when the nausea stopped. So as much as I’m appreciating not feeling nauseous, I can’t help but feel unsettled. Limbo is exactly right!

@Rainbowsunshine81 just think you have done/doing you possibly can and if there were/are 3 little embies in there there is probably a lot going on plus ivf pregnancies are much more likely to have bleeding I read somewhere. I can say nothing as I am jumping from being so happy to being absolutely petrified. I am just trying to keep myself occupied and that isn’t working at all xxx

@Gizmo1983 that's what I try and keep in my head, that's what my husband read with ivf pregnancy. I know how hard it is to keep yourself occupied. Xxx

@Rainbowsunshine81 just think you have done/doing you possibly can and if there were/are 3 little embies in there there is probably a lot going on plus ivf pregnancies are much more likely to have bleeding I read somewhere. I can say nothing as I am jumping from being so happy to being absolutely petrified. I am just trying to keep myself occupied and that isn’t working at all xxx

@VenusStarr @v60 @Rainbowsunshine81 how are you all doing xxx thinking of you

@Rainbowsunshine81 I had some spotting in this pregnancy and with my daughter (in fact I just seem to spot in pregnancy and they always say 'oh there's just a bit of a bleed in there but you're not having a miscarriage'). This time it was literally one or two drops and it was the day I inserted progesterone vaginally not anally so maybe it was that. Either way it was fine. With my daughter it was bright red and clotty and also fine.

@Gizmo1983 tentative congratulations, how are you feeling?

@v60 are you on any different meds this time than before? I've just come off steroids and I feel like I've been hit by a bus- I did feel generally not great in the first 13 weeks but this feels worse. So don't forget the medication does seem to alter symptoms somewhat. They told me they give prednisolone to people with HG as a last line of defence.

@Gizmo1983 I'm not too bad thanks, just been resting up, I'm trying the progesterone pessaries the other way to see if that makes any difference as I've read they can irritate the cervix as it's more sensitive. I've done another test this morning and seem to be dark red lines. How are you? Xxx