A positive thread for all those diagnosed with High or Very High NK Cells and looking to start TTC or already pregnant on Prednisolone and/or Intralipid treatment.
Newcomers very much welcome!
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1419032-TTC-Pregnancy-on-Prednisolone-or-similar-part-6
Part 5 //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1391787-TTC-Pregnancy-on-Prednisolone-or-similar-part-5
Part 4 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1366323-TTC-Pregnancy-on-Prednisolone-or-similar-part-4
Part 3 //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1348773-TTC-pregnancy-on-Prednisolone-or-similar-part-3
Part 2 here //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1323594-TTC-pregnancy-on-Prednisolone-or-similar-part-2
Part 1 here //www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1236324-TTC-pregnancy-on-Prednisolone-or-similar
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TTC: Pregnancy on Prednisolone or similar part 7
ChoccyPud · 17/04/2012 13:58
I found you!
So very sorry to hear your news choccy. I've been meaning to say it sounds like the funeral went as well as could be hoped for and had wanted to wish you luck for today but I was too slow 
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duggs red blood is horrible. I have everything crossed that it is just something nasty but ultimately harmless like my 2 weeks of red bleeding.
iggi you asked for opinions - always happy to share mine 
- I would push for the earlier c-section for nothing else but Dr Beer related reasons.
free I can see how you might feel a bit at sea. I think as other have said this is pretty normal monitoring on the NHS for a heathy low risk pregnancy - and I appreciate is hard to fathom that you might be classed as such! Does your local GP surgery have a midwife? Often they have weekly clinics.
My scan at the FMC yesterday was fine - 1/5000 somthing risk for one trisomy and 1/9000 something risk for the other two they look out for so I'm not having an amnio or CVS. 12 +2 today according to measurements. I have given up telling people about my 32 day cycle and ov on day 18 and that I think I should be much less than that - no one cares!
Well done Choccy on starting the new thread. I am so sorry to hear your news. It is beyond awful. You poor thing. We are definitely all here for you.
Duggs its very possibly implantation bleeding you are experiencing. Try not to stress about it although that is obv easier said than done.
Buster DH and I started out using ovulation kits years ago when we started TTC but never once got a smiley face - even the months that I got pregnant, so we gave them up in the end and ended up swi every other day throughout the cycle - knackering but effective! Now we use duo fertility which is a temperature monitor that you wear all the time. You download the sensor on to what looks like half an avocado that links with your computer and charts your BBT for you and tells you when you have ovulated. Its pretty expensive, but you can pay monthly, and they give you all sorts of advice. In fact you get random emails from people you have never heard of saying "you have just ovulated". We have got pregnant once since using it (started in July) in fact they sent me an email the other day to say I had probably had a chemical preg in August as well as the one in Feb, and I was pregnant Sept and October and sat Jan and March out, so it is pretty useful and claims to be as effective, or more so than IVF.
Digi Franco is beautiful. Love the name and what amazing hair he has!! Hope you are enjoying every minute with him.
Pico think I may have missed you, but just in case you pop in - have a wonderful time Down Under. It will do you the world of good I am sure.
Coconut Comedy not too long to go now. I bet you can't wait to finish teaching tomorrow Coconut - it's a hard enough job when you aren't pregnant let alone carrying another little person around. Get those feet up after tomorrow.
Sorry have been a bit quiet, have manage to stretch out the 40th celebrations for at least 3 weeks 
and DH took me to New York as a surprise. Amazing! We had last month off while the Hydroxy kicked in and we were having some tests. Went to see Mr S yesterday am (Day 14), must have just missed you Ari. My test results were a bit weird. E2, LH and Progesterone all fine, but my FSH was 19.4 which is virtually game over in terms of eggs/egg quality. Mr S thinks it may have been an incorrect result as the other test results were fine and when he scanned me and I had two follicles (could they have been cysts instead? Forgot to ask in my jetlagged state?) also, I definitely ovulated last month. Anyway, repeating the test next month and just praying it was wrong. Have started taking the cyclogest as womb lining only 6mm and Mr S suggested Oestrogen for next cycle. Think I am in a fairly similar situation to you Ari - just got to remain hopeful, keep taking the drugs and doing the deed!
I know a while ago there was a debate about retesting NK cell levels. I did ask the guru if he would retest my NK levels as I was taking the Hydroxy and prob won't take pred until BFP if at all as I went so mental coming off it. He said he would in a few months after the Hydroxy was truly in my system. Oh, BTW when I go back for my FSH test, he is also giving me a liver function test and electrolytes to see if the Hydroxy is having any negative effects - think free Ari and Snoopy were having a discussion about what he might be testing for.
Hi to anyone new and everyone else too. Sorry for mega long post - trying to delay ironing/cleaning and waiting for visit from pest control to catch our mouse - yeughhh!
Choccy I'm so sorry, don't know what else to say really, life can be really shitty sometimes. I hope you have lots of RL support and find the strength to pick yourself up and try again. The counselling sounds like a great idea. Thanks for starting the new thread!
Duggs Bleeding is always a worry but NOT necessarily bad so just remember that.
PQ Great scan results!
Iggi Yay for date change!
Sorry, I just reread that and it didn't come out quite right bellyd! What I meant was, did Mr S think your FSH was wrong because your LH and E2 were ok?
BTW I read last night that stress can adversely effect your FSH levels. So let me see .. you're sitting in a chair about to have someone stick a needle in your arm and draw blood from you. No, I can see that wouldn't stress you in the first place!
choccy so very very sorry . That really is incredibly unfair.
pq fantastic news on the test results! Another hurdle jumped! Are you going to have a scan between now and the 20 week one?
free I remember feeling a bit lost in the 20-28 week zone. But unless you are worried re: lack of movement then try to enjoy what is really the best part of pregnancy. After 30 weeks you start getting quite uncomfortable and by 35 weeks you'll be looking forward to not being pregnant anymore. Btw - even though my labour wasn't the easy ride I was hoping for, my recovery has been so quick. It only 'stung' on weeing for about 4 or 5 days, there was no worrying about poo-ing straining any cs stitches. If it weren't for the last niggles of spd and the poorly latched nipples I'd probably be feeling quite normal by now (ok still sleep-deprived).
duggs hoping for a non-specific cause behind your spotting. I think pretty much everyone pregnant on this thread has had some sort of bleed in their pregnancy. I know that's probably no comfort - but we all know how much is riding on the success of this ivf cycle. Fingers tightly crossed.
Hope everyone else ok.
Just popping in to say duggs hope the bleed has stopped, Got everything crossed for you.x
digi Franco is lovely. He looks quite like my DS when he was born. He had lots of dark hair and was strangley suntanned but didn't have jaundice. My Mum said that he looked Italian! I promised he was my DH's and not result of some drunken night out! .
How's the feeding going? I sympathise, I had three lots of Antibiotics for Mastitis and still couldn't get rid of it or feed properly, it was not a time I look back on with joy. got to 6.5 weeks and couldn't do it anymore. I felt terrible about it and am envious of women who just rock up and whip a boob out!
pq great news about your scan!
Choccy ? I?m absolutely gutted for you. A horrible thing to happen at any time, but on top of everything else you?re going through it?s just awful.
Thanks for the new thread BTW.
Duggs ? What a worry. Do try and hold on to the fact that it could be implantation bleeding. I?m not sure if I missed it, but when?s your appointment?
Ari ? Sorry to hear your appointment with Mr S held such disappointing news. I can?t help but feel that your gut feeling on the pred must have some truth to it ? so many on here have had similar problems it can?t be a coincidence. What did he say about the DHEA?
Good news on your scan PQ! It feels like we need it on here at the moment. What a relief.
Igggi ? Did your LO arrive early first time around? I always thought that they did c-sections between 38 and 39 weeks. Glad they were happy to change the date for you. Does it feel weird knowing exactly when the baby?s arriving?
Free ? Did you decide anything on the flat near the park? We spent ages trying work out how much to offer on the house we saw on Saturday and when we rang up, they told us that the vendor had had an offer for the full asking price. After the first day of viewings! There?s no way we can match it. Gah!
Euro. Fingers crossed that the IUI?s gone well.
Happy Birthday BellyD.
Well I had my last day of teaching today. Hurrah!! I?ve got to go into work to do some planning and handing over but it shouldn?t be too strenuous. Can?t wait to get ds into nursery next week and put my feet up for a couple of days.
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