In some ways today was good - I've got a less-demanding class allocation now, which will be good... but the reasons for me having a less-demanding allocation have had steam shooting out my ears all day and me stomping about cursing and swearing and bursting into tears! If it weren't for the fact that my school handed me a bright, shiney new laptop today, I think I'd have told them precisely where they could stick their sodding job!
Dream bub, have you had problems with recurrent miscarriages? I know that aspirin is used to counter blood-clotting problems, and the steroids are used to dampen auto-immune reactions, both of which are linked to recurrent miscarriage. From chatting to my gyn friend last night (I'm so incredibly thankful for my friend's career choice!!) neither will do any harm if they are not needed, but may well do some good as well. It may mean you would need to be more closely monitored, and I would certainly recommend asking your specialist why you have been given them, but I think that they will be fine. I'm not taking microgynon, but I'm on brevinor (norimin is the generic brand name). The other FS that we had to consult with yesterday said it was quite notorious for causing bleeding... but after this little episode (and waking up in a pool of blood this morning), there's no way I'm going to stand back and let break through bleeding happen again! I know how damn close I got to needing to be hospitalised, and it's scary!
Iris, if there's a chance that you could be developing the symptoms of PCOS, then a low-carb, low-GI, high protein diet will help most for losing weight. I'm happy to pass on the information regarding diet that my FS gave me if you are at all interested. It has helped me lose some weight, even though I wasn't really trying. I'm not sure how much further I will get as I'm simply not capable of doing the required exercise until my body rebuilds some of my very depleted iron stores, but I'll stick with the diet.
RainbowGirl, I'm sorry to hear about the BFN.
Alex, I hope that one little super-emby you have is the only one you need. Good luck!
Me... woke up in a pool of blood this morning, which was scary. I've taken the maximum dosage of the cyklokapron today, and everything seems to be finally getting under control. I'll cut back slowly over the coming days and see how I go. I've booked the days off that I need for my appointments and even though I initially didn't want to tell the person I book time out with (the deputy principal), when I mentioned to him that there would be quite a few this year he asked "is this good news then?" I had forgotten that some nasty gossip had told him last year that we were trying, so I decided to go ahead and tell him that it was IVF. He was really quite encouraging and said that whatever time I needed I could have... it seems the mild heart attack he had last year has changed him somewhat. I've also told my head of house, but I'm currently refusing to tell my head of department as I'm not entirely feeling like I can trust him at the moment, and I'm booked in tomorrow to tell the principal, as the deputy said he would need to be told anyway... I figure it's better coming from me than someone else.
All in all, I'm feeling mostly positive about the year ahead. I have a year 12 class this year which I wasn't expecting... it's a group I taught a few years back and enjoyed working with... and it also means term 4 will be a breeze! It's all so much better for conceiving this year than if I had the year 11 class I was expecting. It's funny that I'm happy with the changes in the way they effect me personally, but I'm severely ticked off about the school's reason for making the changes. How silly is that?
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