Hello... I?d like to tell you my story.
My DH and I have been trying to have a baby for 3 1/2 years now with no luck. 2 1/2 years ago we started the ivf journey with no success other than miscarriage after miscarriage after miscarriage (all prior to 7 weeks). Our FS just told us to pray and if it took 13 ivf's it would take 13 ivf's! One day I was speaking to a friend telling her what we'd been thru and she put me in contact with Dr Matthias in Sydney who is a reproductive immunologist. He ran heaps of test on me and discovered that I have antiphospholid antibodies and thyroid antibodies (I have hashimotos), and told me that the next ivf I would have to be on Prednisolone and clexane and most probably cardiprin. I?ve never battered an eye lid at these drugs as if that?s whats going to make me become a mum.... Well, I am now 9 weeks pregnant with twins and I?m ecstatic!!! We have never got this far and the babies are doing well. I feel like a walking chemist as the fertility clinic has me on a pregnancy maintenance program consisting of prog pessaries, pregnal and cardiprin and doctor Matthias has me on prednisolone and clexane ... oh and I?m on my thyroxine!!! I know we won?t be out of the woods until we're holding these babies. I have also been bleeding (bright red) a lot which freaks me out!!! They tell me I have 2 very little clots that are far away from our babies sacs and that the clexane is most probably encouraging the bleed. I?m with a high risk ob, and all my other specialists (incl him) don?t seem to think it?s a worry at all. They tell me that our little babies are completely unaware to whats happening around them....I get a scan and checked every 2 weeks which is very reassuring. don't get me wrong...we are still very nervous and scared and I?m sure the dr's wouldn't have but us on the drugs if they were going to harm me or our babies, but we do have the best of the best looking after us so the rest is with the big man above. I can't seem to take the smile off my face though. Should something happen to this pregnancy I believe it will just take us one step closer to being the mum and dad.