The steroid junkies' perfectly unscientific medical trial

[LeeC]

Haha do you think we sound like proper junkies: On a steroid thread and talking about lines. Oh dear, must make mental note to delete internet history!!!

 

[petitpas]

Ok, Lee, I am zipping up my enthusiasm. Ultimately, I think that by now you know your body in pregnancy well enough that you can judge whether the symptoms you are experiencing are standard for the tww or more promising.
I'm still sending you Xxx

 

[LeeC]

Oh my Pip, did you have time to do anything but eat lol.... that's alot of food. I'm dreading the hunger pangs kicking in and sort of hope that side effect skips me as I'm having an extra crappy time with mania and sleeping.

 

[LeeC]

Aww thanks Pip, I know my body pretty weel be now, it's my bloody mind that plays tricks on me lol... I'm staying positive though.
I'll need to pop by your journal and see some scan pics xxx

 

[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 :/

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.

Jeeez pip, me and my hubby were laughing our heads off at this! You definitely did well to only put on 3kg. I am matching this though now. Drinking lots of water seems to help a bit. How was your nausea today? You'll probably lose weight now lol!

 

[LeeC]

Oh I sounded like a Yorkshire lass there, although I'm a Cumbrian, so sort of close.
I meant pretty well of course lol.

 

[LeeC]

Fili. I'll be bulk buying Evian then. May even invest in a Soda Stream in the hope that the fizziness fills me up.

 

[filipenko32]

lee i'm going massive food shopping tomorrow and i'm going to plan out all my meals so i eat really filling but not too calorific meals with a balance of all the food groups to 2000 cals. Also, I now take my tablets at 7am and go to bed at 11pm and this seems to work. I'm not suffering from insomnia anymore because of this big gap in the day. x x x

 

[petitpas]

Food groups, balanced eating...
I lived off Philadelphia: Philadelphia on toast with cucumber, Philadelphia on toast with avocado, Philadelphia with pasta, Philadelphia with potatoes... every single day. Yawn!

Lee, I have a sneaky feeling my metabolism sped up with the pred so maybe that counteracted the extra calories?

I will be very admiring (and a little jealous) of you both if you keep to the calorie counting. 2,000 is well in the healthy range for a pregnant woman

 

[LeeC]

Pip, we will do you proud. xxx

 

[petitpas]

Lee, I can't wait

By the way, scan pics are in the first post of my journal so you don't have to search Xxx

 

[filipenko32]

oooooooooh now you mention philidelphia mmmmmm, My hubby thinks I could fill up with salad, SALAD! that's not even gonna touch the sides!!

 

[petitpas]

Salad?! Is he mad?
My husband may have briefly suggested such madness, too, but has since given up. I currently have an intense dislike of lettuce and tomato skins.

 

[filipenko32]

ha ha i'll give him salad... on his plate for dinner tomorrow with nothing else and see how he likes it! With you on the tomato skins and salad disgust.

 

[LeeC]

Yep. I'm a veggie and even I draw the line at salad!!!

 

[filipenko32]

pip can I ask...another question!!? When did you get a solid line on a 25miu ic? Today at 14dpo my line is probably half the shade of the control.

.....calorie counting starts today, i'll be counting them but might not stop counting for a while!

 

[petitpas]

Fili, I don't think I used any 25miu this time round.
In any case, I don't usually get the dark solids until late. Now stop overanalysing your tests! You said you didn't want bloods so you wouldn't stress so don't stress over unscientific hpt lines! The lines haven't faded back to nothingness, you aren't bleeding, all is well right now!

 

[filipenko32]

Ha ha yes you're right pip, i will stop obsessing and start counting instead!! x x Just got my TEG result back from st mary's and it was negative and i was on 75mg aspirin a day when it was taken so.. It makes me happier that i'm not taking the heparin for this pregnancy as I was obviously taking it for no reason last time and it didn't work anyway!

 

[petitpas]

Ah, lucky you!
What did Mr S say about heparin for you?

 

[filipenko32]

He said no way as my test results all said "No" (my test results speak to me now )