The steroid junkies' perfectly unscientific medical trial

[beachlover1]

Hi everyone.....gosh I've only been away a few days and there's more bfps!!!!

Lambs.......yey yey yey!!!!!! Such good news!
Lexi.....yey, gotta love prof Q!

And welcome newbies

I'm now at 11 weeks plus. Just 5 days til my nuchal. I'm weaning off the roids now. I'm on my last week, 5mg. And I have just a week and half left on the revolting progesterone suppositories yey no more leakage

As the roid dose is reducing the size of my boobs is increasing!!! They are killing me

Really glad to see such good news here!!! X

 

[lexi374]

Wow beach you are almost there!

Yay for Prof Q!

Beach, pip, hopeful, lambs did you have much symptoms in the early days?

Im just tired and sleeping really badly the same as every other pregnancy, but they all ended badly. Also hungry dont know if thats steroids or pregnancy, but boobs were only a tiny bit sore on the sides and now not at all. Just dont feel pregnant... just wondered what it was like early on for you guys as i havent got a successful pregnancy to compare it to.

 

[lexi374]

Looks like i got my answer just done a frer - no line!!

 

[tansey]

Oh no lexi so sorry

 

[Lamburai1703]

So sorry Lexi.

 

[petitpas]

Oh Lexi I'm so sorry!

 

[lexi374]

Thanks ladies.

Well that was my shortest pregnancy yet! Just waiting for dh to come home with another test to make sure. Emailed Prof Q she said i can just stop steroids without weaning off and will need to stop progesterone otherwise will not have a bleed. Arghhhhh im soooo pissed off!!! But i will not be beaten!

 

[tansey]

Oh I pray it was a faulty test!

 

[lexi374]

Afraid not, just done another test def BFN! Crap!

 

[tansey]

awwww
So sorry hun - it's so unfair!

 

[hopeful23456]

Lexi- so sorry to hear that, if it's an early chemical, you can get bfp again hopefully quickly! I had a very early chemical the month before my bfp now, I wasn't on steroids for that one.

 

[lexi374]

Thanks hopeful im kinda hoping that will be the case.

I didnt ov after last erpc, but im hoping that as this didnt really go that far i will this time, would be great to catch straight away, and at least i have steroids waiting now, no mad dash across half the country.

 

[beachlover1]

Oh lexi, that's rat crap! I'm so sorry. Look, on a positive note, I conceived my son the cycle after my chemical. You'll be super fertile! It's way too early or this to be caused by uNK cells too, this is simply natures way. Go get em in about 3 weeks girl!!!! remember the progesterone will delay yr period slightly!! Xxxx

 

[petitpas]

Lexi, that's so mean for you to have everything good to go and then you have a sodding chemical!

I'll update the front page but only temporarily. I expect you will be back with a very soon and a sticky steroid one at that! Big hugs to you and so so sorry Xxx

 

[Amber3]

I am sorry about your chemical pregnancy. I hope you will get a sticky bean soon. From the perspective of someone who only ever had chemicals (and one ectopic) at least you don't have too much time to get your hopes and dreams going when it is over that early.



I wish you all the best,
Amber

 

[lexi374]

Thanks Amber, and good luck to you.

Have been cramping alot this evening and seen a tiny bit of spotting so hopefully things are on the way.

 

[LeeC]

Hi everyone.

I am just wondering about the pred? I have a bad cold at the moment and am suspecting that it may take me longer to fight it off due to the roids lowering my own immune system.
Anyway, this damn cold started on the Tuesday, I came off the roids last Sunday.
I was on them for 3 weeks this time as AF was very cruel and showed up a week late.
I have read that if you are on pred for more than 7 days you should wean off them as if you stop abruptly it can cause adrenal crash.
I always just stop them and have been feeling particularly crappy despite the cold, how does everyone else manage the pred?
Do you just stop or wean off each month at your BFN?
Thanks x

 

[petitpas]

Lee, I stopped cold turkey when I was only on them for ten days and got a bfn. It gave me the most awful headaches

When I weaned off in pregnancy I did it step by step.
You can get the pills in 25mg and 5mg sizes. If you have another bfn with late af (hope not!) maybe do a mini-wean? You might want to check with your doc... but instead of stopping cold turkey maybe go down 5-10mg per day until you stop?

Your immune system is probably a bit affected so your cold is worse but unfortunately it's the season anyway
I caught a nasty cold a couple of weeks after finishing the roids and it lasted three weeks (mind, I wasn't the only one in the family to get it) - Bleurgh
I hope yours clears up much much faster
Also sending you more for your next cycle

 

[Amber3]

Hi there Girls

So I am on my 3rd day of 5 mg prednisolone (will up the dose to 10 mg after ovulation) but honestly I am not feeling very hopeful.
Have any of you veer heard of a person with endometriosis who finally got pregnant just because of Steroids?
I also have a practical question, should I stop taking immune boosting supplements like D-vitamin, Zink, Vit C etc now that I am on roids, or does it not matter (I guess the idea is to make the immune go down so I don't want to do something counter productive)
Amber

 

[tansey]

Amber I have endo and got pg 3 times naturally - so there is hope!