Well everyone I am off on holidays tomorrow - up to Hervey Bay until The 13th of Jan. Am I excitied - yessirreee!!!!!!!!!!! It is a wonderful spot absolute beach front. I am looking forward to reading Mother Daughter Wisdom by Christiane Northrup and "The Inheritence of Loss" by Kiran Desai. I can't wait to hang up that hammock!!!
We have the trailer packed so we look a smidge like the Griswalds (eek!)!!!
I am going to miss you all and will be thinking of you and hoping for news of some more BFP's in here in the next short while. I will be hoping for ovulation while we are away so hopefully that sea air and relaxed atmosphere will work wonders for us!
You all know how much I want that for all of you too...
Our NYD party was great fun the kids had a ball and the adults did too!!! It's packing up time here so things are a bit chaotic.
Kirsty: You know I am thinking of you and hoping for a wonderful visit this week with the obs. Things are going to be very different next time my love... You keep believing and I will be sending you lots of positives this week... I look forward to hearing your news when I get back.
Dream: In theory progesterone suppositories raise serum progesterone levels and that's why they are given. They will affect your serum levels. When pregnant you want your progesterone to be up around 100 and to not drop. I understand about the monitoring and you just do what ever you need to do to get you through next time. I know you will be assertive and ask for what you need because that's what we hvae all been taught by our Angel babies isn't it? We need to state what we need and go with our intuition...
What do I think about the Prednisone? EEEEK it's not easy. Prednisone has side affects. YOu know them I am sure. The longer you are on the drug the more likely some of those side affects are... However, from what I have learnt I believe that it's important to be on it prior to conception. However, Dr S is a bit of a legend and I am just a nurse with a bad obstetric history out to save the world!!!!!!!!! The theory behind having prednisone on board is that as you know prednisone is one of those drugs that hangs around a bit in our bodies. We can't just stop it suddenly and likewise often it's best to slowly increase the doseage. Prednisone doesn't have immediate affect on autoimmune response so it makes sense to have it on board for some time. However, if the autoimmune response is only in reaction to pregnancy then perhaps this isn't necessary???? However, we don't know if this autoimmune response is with us in a non pregnant state.... So, perhaps it's better to have it on board.
I have decided to have it on board. I know that my hormone levels were all good in my last pregnancy - my issue seems to be elsewhere as you know. I know that hasn't helped too much but I guess my gut feeling is that it needs to be commenced prior to conception and there have been studies that indicate a better outcome when it's commenced 4-6 weeks priro to conception... Remember though that I am not an expert I can only share what I have learnt from my own research...
I understand just what you say Dream - please believe you WILL hold that baby in your arms. We are all here and we will walk the journey with you. Sending yo all my love my sweet woman....
Spring: You can't really tell how long your luteal phase is in advance for this cycle. If you are getting positive opk's yesterday it is likely you will ovulate 12-48 hours from then. So yesterday, today and tomorrow you get jiggy with it!!!! So, generally the obs will say if you got an +opk yesterday then you take today as your ovulation day. So, if you have a 12 day LP you would expect your period around the 14th of Jan.
A 12 day LP is not really an issue Spring. A short LP will not cause a baby to be born sleeping. It can cause early pregnancy loss or chemical pregnancies. This is because by the time the implantation process has begun the process of menstruation has been triggered and the hormones lowered so that you bleed. Shortened LP can and does cause very early loss but not "stillbirth" or later miscarriage so please rest assured that this is not the case. My LP was 11 days and I had 2 early losses. This is why I commenced on clomid (clomid increases progesterone levels among other things and thererfore increases the LP).
Again 12 days is thought to be acceptable - having a progesterone level taken (blood test) 7 days after you ovulated will tell you if your progesterone levels are adequate if you need this reassurance.
I hope that has helped some. I always find opk's helpful it takes a bit of the guesswork out of it for me. Like you I ovulate later in my cycle too. I have always been a cd17-19 kinda girl! I wish you a big fat positive this month Spring... Enjoy your week in Canberra and I hope you catch that Egg!
Bec: I was thinking of you and Audrey yesterday. I hope that yesterday was okay.
Mel: All my love to you. I know you are in the TWW - I hope it's the last TWW you have for some time. If not then that new obs and the new year are sure to bring some great news...
Take care gorgeous women and I will see you on the 14th!!!!
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