Forth beta
22dpo = 3157 (different lab)
I know I said I wouldn’t - but this time more information is good. I hightailed it back to my RE today - I got a hug & a 15 minute consultation (no scan yet) for free (admittedly it was in the corridor but sometimes I can’t figure the place out, they can be so absolutely perfect & supportive or a complete disaster). The doubling time is back to 41 hours.
My full blood count is okay (on top of clotting problems I have ITP which mean my platelets can fall to 80 something for no reason at all) so I’m staying on clexane & aspirin. After a long chat about it I feel like it is the right thing to do for the time being, if we have bleeding we will re-consider. I can stay off the steroids which is good.
Yet again the progesterone is causing problems. When the last beta came back lower than I wanted I increased my prometrium from 200mgx2 to 200mgx3 a day - despite this it has fallen to 21 (it may well have gone lower then started to rise again). I’m going to increase again & see if I can stabilise it; I’m re-testing on Tuesday & if it isn’t >25 I’m back on the PIO. My gut says the progesterone issues that I seem to have are autoimmune & do affect the welfare of the embryo (rather than just prolonging a doomed pregnancy which is the prevailing attitude in the UK when it comes to supplementation). I found this; I know Dr Beer isn’t perhaps the most respected scientist when it come to evidence based medicine, but I do think the progesterone issues he talks about are relevant to me.
I’m not planning anything for this pregnancy (it was my birthday yesterday and I went out for a lovely meal with my parents & Simon and *shock* had a very nice glass of red wine (a lovely Zinfandel)), we’re not telling anyone, we’re just seeing what happens next.
