The steroid junkies' perfectly unscientific medical trial

[filipenko32]

It is christmassy isn't it! I think I will get the coated ones for when I need to cook number 2 PMA PMA! As it is I probably have enough pred in stock now to last me another 30 pregnancies!! Think dr s's hand slipped when he wrote the prescript - I seem to have a lot. Then again they are all in 5's lol so I have 8 lovely tablets to everyday. Mind you I'm so hungry all the time I probably quite enjoy them! x

I'll be hoping you don't upchuck Pip or if you do maybe the baby's cry will cover you! Good luck! x

 

[lexi374]

Hey fili, the side effects finally caught up with you then?! How are you feeling, apart from hungry?

I have at last got all my results from oxford!! Got a ? for you, when i had an ultra sound done it was day 9 in my cycle and my lining was 3mm. This seems really thin do you know how much it grows per day and if it would have been an acceptable thickness by ovulation? x

 

[filipenko32]

Hi Lexi! You know i don't actually know the answer to that. But i'm going to go some research for you. Just 'suffering' hunger at the moment and sore armpits?? What other results did you get back? x

 

[lexi374]

Thanks, i had a quick look but couldnt really see any answers.

I had day 2 bloods fsh, lh etc, all the clotting, full blood count and karyotyping, they just said everything was normal x

 

[filipenko32]

lexi, that's great that all your results came back perfect. I found this link for you. https://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/dr-my-re-said-my-thin-lining-is-fine-do-you-agreeqmqmqm

I'm still looking for you and not sure. What did the person say who was doing the scan?

 

[LeeC]

Fili. That's interesting I have twinges in my bbs and mainly at sides under armpits. Did this only start when you started steroids.
I'm being a horrific symptom spotter this month :/

 

[lexi374]

lexi, that's great that all your results came back perfect. I found this link for you. https://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/dr-my-re-said-my-thin-lining-is-fine-do-you-agreeqmqmqm

I'm still looking for you and not sure. What did the person say who was doing the scan?

Thanks for the link, from what i can see ideally it should be at least 8mm at ov, i didnt ov til day 18 that cycle so i guess it couldve ben ok by then. I read that 3mm is usually seen at the end of period, so i was thinking that would be more like day 5?
She just said everything looked normal no abnormalities, she wrote on the report the endometrium appears regular and thin measuring 3mm, lmp day 9. x

 

[filipenko32]

Maybe it's ok then and she would have pointed it out to you in a more worried fashion if it wasn't. Could you maybe ring the hospital tomorrow and check? It might be worth checking to stop you worrying. I suppose at 9dpo it shouldn't really be 'thin' as it's getting ready to shed then so I would maybe check lex but on the whole I think they would have def made more of it if it really was a problem. x x

 

[lexi374]

sorry not 9dpo, CD 9! x

 

[filipenko32]

Ohhh sorry!! These steroids fry my brain! Oh I would think that 3mm is ok as you've not even got the old corpus luteum going yet and it's mainly the progesterone and some estrogen working together to build up that lining. Don't worry! I wouldn't

 

[filipenko32]

Fili. That's interesting I have twinges in my bbs and mainly at sides under armpits. Did this only start when you started steroids.
I'm being a horrific symptom spotter this month :/

I've never had armpit pain until I started the steroids, i got my first armpit pain at 11dpo. My bbs aren't sore really just twingy and well...twingy is the best way I can describe it!! My main thing is the hunger and hot flashes. But the hunger! No sickness at all since i started the 40mg but had sickness and dry gagging at 8 and 9dpo. Symptom spotting in the 2ww keeps me sane!! x

 

[LeeC]

Yep I have the twinges and today I had my first hot flush. It's nice to see I'm coming through the ranks lol.

 

[filipenko32]

Yep lee sounds like you're firmly in the steroid brigade! how's your hunger?

 

[GillAwaiting]

Oh folks, I've been stalking this thread for months. Currently preg (maybe) and expecting m/c after scan on Tuesday. Can't wait to get off the steroids. Been on them months and I have a face like a football. Also in the last 2 weeks Im turning into a warewolf. Fuzz appearing all over my face Put on loads of weight due to eating plenty. Trying not to eat too much salt as it makes me pee all flipping night. It's all a nightmare.

Cons added pregnyl to the mix of clexane, aspirin, steroids, 5mg folic acid, vit b, cyclogest, estrogen pills and intralipids. BB's stopped being sore yesterday. I have no idea if its the drugs or another m/c on the way.

If anyone here has any experience of mixing steroids with all or any of these drugs, I'd love to hear it. Im at my wits end.

 

[LeeC]

I've started being slightly more hungry, I'm really gonna have to watch my weight I can see it.
I'll be off the steroids next weekend if I get a BFN. Will wean off over a few days.

Oh Gill that sounds awful, I hope everything is ok after your scan. How longg have you been on the steroids for.

I currently take prednisone 25mg, pregnacare, folic acid, flax oil, vit D3 and aspirin.
I will start progesterone and possibly heparin if I get BFP next weekend.

Please keep us posted and I will be thinking of you Tuesday.

And agreed steroids are a bloody nightmare

 

[filipenko32]

Hi girls,

I thought you might like to see my tests at 13dpo using 25miu strips. Sorry the quality isn't great. I used my hubby's phone and it's supposed to be good but I couldn't take a good pic. I was worried I wouldn't get pregnant quickly on a steroid cycle but this was my first steroid cycle. So for anyone who is ever worried about that you needn't be. What do you think?

 

[petitpas]

Gill, I am so sorry things aren't going well for you. If this is confirmed as an m/c would you consider getting the fetus genetically tested?
I'm on heparin, aspirin, cyclogest, vit d, prenatals and omega 3. Until recently I was also on pred and 5mg folic acid.

Lexi, I'm not sure about your lining but I can imagine that if you still had another 9 days until ovulation a lot could change.
Last year I had a scan a few days before ovulation and my doc informed ne that my lining was too thin to fall pregnant. Well, about ten days later I had a positive test and carried that little one until 9 weeks when it died suddenly and I had another D&C.

Lee, side boobs? Am I allowed to get excited?

Fili, the photos are blurry but I can still clearly see the second lines

 

[filipenko32]

Hi Gill why do you think you are miscarrying?

Pip, did you manage ok today!? How was everything?

Lee, I am calorie counting tomorrow, I can't see how putting on LOADS of weight can be good for pregnancy. Going to drink litres of water and consume no more than 2000 calories a day with a brisk 2 hour walk everyday. How did you manage the hunger pip?

 

[LeeC]

I ate a super huge Sunday lunch, now pigging out on crisps and choccie, so I am calorie counting with you Fili.
Those lines look great. I would be more than happy with lines like that. Thanks for posting the pics.

Pip, don't get too excited. I have to admit I have twinges in my boobs and cramps, but I've been down this road before only to be met with a BFN. The dangers of symptom spotting I have practically convinced myselg I am pg already and that is also dangerous, as I know I'll not handle a neg test too well, but on a positive it will be nearly Xmas and at last I am back on the TTC wagon.
Thanks for your enthusiasm though x.

 

[petitpas]

Yeah, Fili, I was really careful with my eating... NOT

I got up in the middle of the night to eat whatever I could find in the fridge or corn flakes (with sugar). Then I would eat a couple of toasts for breakfast (with the pred). By 11 I had an avocado sandwich or similar, then by 1.30-2pm I was starving and ate a double portion of pasta. I would then make it to 5 or 6pm when I would need dinner, followed by a second dinner around 8pm. Sometimes I'd have a toast before bed again.
OMG, how did I only put on three kgs?
I didn't have any sweets, chocolate or deserts apart from a couple of hot chocolates a day to keep the heartburn at bay.