Hello everyone,
Happy Christmas to all!! Hope you had a wonderful time,
Star I am so sorry to hear you didn't get the best news. That must be so hard to deal with - but I understand when you say you couldn't handle a complicated pregnancy. I hope you are being spoiled lots by OH! If you are looking at puppies I feel you must share pictures or at least ideas with us!
Minster It sounds like you had the most wonderful day! How creative you are too... I just texted my parents and siblings. So unromantic of me lol. Puppies on the beach!! That looks beautiful! Are you near the coast? I would love to live nearer the coast but the commute would kill me. I decided that when I win the lottery we will live near the coast.
Jane I was on short protocol too, and I was on it because of PCOS; long protocol gives a greater risk of overstimulation (which I got on short protocol anyway lol). It doesn't mean anything is bad, it just means your particular results suit this approach better. Maybe you have more follicles than they expected? Also, it is SO much quicker on short protocol! Fewer drugs, fewer injections... I couldn't handle long protocol I don't think. Exciting things are around the corner for you :)
As for me, I am still battling nausea and acid reflux. I have given up hoping that it goes away, because the disappointed expectations that comes with every passing week is really hard to stomach (haha bad pun). OH is really looking after me and I seem to have identified a lot of trigger foods that I know to avoid now (CHOCOLATE IS ONE OF THEM).
My appetite is definitely coming back as I had a sip of decaf coffee yesterday and thought "mm I missed this". Also sniffed OH's glass of sherry last night and wished I could have one.
Thank you all for the advice about the screening tests. Minster like you we always agreed that if there was a high risk we would do further tests and if a diagnosis was found then we wouldn't continue. I have some extra health issues (nothing like yours) that make life hard occasionally, and we decided that if I had a flare up, and we had a kid with additional needs, it would be too much for OH to handle alone.
Having said that, we looked at all the stats and think that 1 in 200, although higher than we thought we'd get, is not worth spending the extra money for further tests. The NT test was fine, it's the PAPP-A and HCG that are high, but both of these can be affected by bleeding, which I have had. The scan showed my placenta is at the front, and may be close to the cervix and that could explain the bleeding (which still goes on, although much much less). So these things could explain part of the result. OH and I are both PhDs in stats-y subjects so we loved digging through all the statistics! I am going to be such a nightmare patient :D
Anyhoo, I think that's all my news. It is super snowy here today, so we can't get the car out. Going to go for a walk to the supermarket and get ingredients to make cinnamon buns. Snow means cinnamon.
I hope you're all ok. Love and hugs to all of you, especially you Star, we will all be here for you :)
xxx