The steroid junkies' perfectly unscientific medical trial

[petitpas]

Ouchy! Sorry to hear it hurt but glad your doc was looking at all the factors.

 

[filipenko32]

WELL I HAD MY UTERINE BIOPSY....OUCH!!!!!!!! sorry caps lock!! yep it hurt! but all is done, she is going to have a l;ook at the sample and see if the steroids have hammered the liniing, it looked quite a bloody chunk, and she thinks steroids may have killed it too much!! I may go into a progesterone trial instead. She is doing two trials, steroids and progesterone.

I will know in 4 - 5 weeks, she wont put me on steroids if thats the route we choose...until I get a BFP. I her trials accross the country, so far the steroids have HINDERED people getting preggers, and screwed up cycles, so she waits til the BFP arrives, then you start at 4 weeks preg.

If i go into a trial at least ill be handheld for early scans etc!!
WE shall see in a few week.....its all about the endometrium apparently ;-)

Mine was only 7mm, which is pretty thin, if i was an IVF person it would be the thinnesst they would like....anyone know how to thicken it up naturally??


Anyway, i have the go ahead to TTC now!!!!! as for the grapefruit sized cysts, it looks like they shrank...but she pooo pooed them anyway and said they will come n go!!

Sorry it hurt - as if you haven't been through enough but it will all be more than worth it in the end!! I have heard about steroids messing up your cycles so I like the idea of them starting you off at bfp. I found that the clearblue blue cross tests picked up my bfp faster than then frer ones and the digi ones and I tried all three from 8dpo! I'm sure you'll get your bfp soon and start treatment if you decide to and it will all work out next time, I have a feeling!! x

 

[filipenko32]

Oh and I think the hormone porgesterone is responsible for thickening up the lining as this is what happens in the luteal phase of your period before prog drops and the lining sheds - your lining would probably be much thicker at a different time in your cycle? Sorry if you already knew all this.

 

[Doodar]

Anyone else's chin getting decidedly hairy and spotty!! It's getting way out of control. I'm starting to resemble a teenage boy!!

 

[filipenko32]

No! don't have that symptom...yet!

 

[beachlover1]

mummmm no hairy chin yet, or spots!! thats not a great side effect!!

Re the progesterone, thickening the lining.....I had the test done at 8DPO.....just when implantation would take place. She does it then so she can see exactly the no of killer cells attacking a baby and also exactly how cosy....or not the lining is mine didnt sound too cosy, but last cycle it was 8mm at the same time (i had a cyst scan) so im not too troubled just now.....i just wish AF would hurry up now so I can O again ;-)

Yeah, CB are always early for me too......But FRERS are good for me too!! i always trust them over the blues!!!!

 

[filipenko32]

Oh ok I see. I started taking progesterone from bfp at 9dpo this time, my doctor says it 'smooths' the womb whatever that means...Will wish for your af to hurry up for you!

 

[Hope39]

WELL I HAD MY UTERINE BIOPSY....OUCH!!!!!!!! sorry caps lock!! yep it hurt! but all is done, she is going to have a l;ook at the sample and see if the steroids have hammered the liniing, it looked quite a bloody chunk, and she thinks steroids may have killed it too much!! I may go into a progesterone trial instead. She is doing two trials, steroids and progesterone.

I will know in 4 - 5 weeks, she wont put me on steroids if thats the route we choose...until I get a BFP. I her trials accross the country, so far the steroids have HINDERED people getting preggers, and screwed up cycles, so she waits til the BFP arrives, then you start at 4 weeks preg.

If i go into a trial at least ill be handheld for early scans etc!!
WE shall see in a few week.....its all about the endometrium apparently ;-)

Mine was only 7mm, which is pretty thin, if i was an IVF person it would be the thinnesst they would like....anyone know how to thicken it up naturally??


Anyway, i have the go ahead to TTC now!!!!! as for the grapefruit sized cysts, it looks like they shrank...but she pooo pooed them anyway and said they will come n go!!

I wish i hadn't read this beachlover, the OUCH has scared me, i was happy when you PM me to say it was uncormforable! I hopefully will be seeing her in next month x

 

[petitpas]

I have the odd spots (one right on the tip of my nose today) but still waiting on the hair...

 

[beachlover1]

I wish i hadn't read this beachlover, the OUCH has scared me, i was happy when you PM me to say it was uncormforable! I hopefully will be seeing her in next month x

ahhhh dont worry.......ive had worse things! its a smear thats a bit more scratchy and crampy too. Youll get a few period pains after....she said spotting, but I had a bit more than that for the next day only! keep me posted!!

 

[padbrat]

Oooo so why am I on steriods now... which would be pre ov?..... My endometruim has always been thick and juicy... I hope it doesn't go all thin and horrible...

I have been craving food non stop... I have put on 5lbs already!!! OMG...

Fat beach whale alert in Cyrpus in 2 weeks time!!!

 

[beachlover1]

I guess each specialists findings are different......yours just has a different protocol. Im happy to not take them til a BFP pops up!! this week is my last week of being a steroid junkie.....hopefully not too long til i maybe take them again!!!!!!!

 

[filipenko32]

There are arguments for and against for both sides. One thing though I have spoken to ladies on B&B who have to take Prednisolone for arthritis / asthma and they take the meds all the time and everything turns out ok (they also mustn't have had too much disruption in their cycles as they are pregnant and their older children are just fine x

 

[filipenko32]

Not sure which one is more beneficial pregnancy-wise though, maybe it does not make too much of a difference?? Would be interesting to know which strategy is best or if it even mattered! I only started mine when the heartbeat was slow at 5 weeks ish and that is only 10mg / day. I don't whether these have had any effect on improving the heartrate but the heart rate went from 100 to 145 in 4 days! Hope that's helpful and i'm not rambling! x

 

[petitpas]

Mr S says to take them from ov but when I told the midwife at his clinic I had waited until two days after ov on my first cycle she said they advise to start from first positive ovulation test. So I did this time round and I still ovulated.

Maybe it's like aspirin. They (including my local specialist) say it can delay ovulation if you take it every day. I've tried it in two cycles and it made no difference

I'm pretty sure you'll have a scan in sunny Cyprus before egg transfer and will be able to see how juicy and ready your endometrium is!

 

[beachlover1]

yeah, i took aspirin everyday for 6 months...didnt do anything bad to my cycles ;-) they all have their different ideas ;-) none wrong!!! xxx

 

[Lawa]

Beachlover who are you seeing?

I took mine from BFP! Andy es the biopsy feking hurt lol especially when one was done and they said they hadn't got enough so had to start again!

 

[petitpas]

Lawa, it makes you wonder whether some people become doctors because they are sadists

I've gone ahead and updated the first post with Doodar's status

How is everyone else doing? Pad, was your lining juiciness scan today ok?

 

[Lawa]

I passed out hun! Doc was laughing she said my womb was in my bleeding mouth lol

 

[petitpas]

sorry, but I had to laugh. What a mean doctor! I think I would get on with them rather too well