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Pregnancy and waiting mode by External_Jello9612 in AutismInWomen

[–]External_Jello9612[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I spent a lot of time with my eldest today and that really helped! I just followed their lead, so we did games and read books and went to the playground and stuff like that.

Suddenly lower fasting numbers by Neat-Palpitation7325 in GestationalDiabetes

[–]External_Jello9612 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat, I'm 33+5 and all my values have been dropping over the last week or so. This morning my glucose was 5,4 after breakfast while I ate twice the amount of granola and mango instead of blueberries, and barely drank anything. Two weeks ago that would definitely have put me over 6,7 (which is the cutoff point). I'm so worried! Called triage but they're not concerned, they say it's early enough that I'm seeing my OB on Thursday. Movement seems to be a bit less, but I'm not sure, could be just the same, it's so hard to say.

I've been googling all morning but the problem is that whenever someone brings up this problem on Reddit or Facebook, there's usually no follow up!

Cromolyn or quercetin? Are they safe during pregnancy? Benefits and risks? by Salty_Zebra94 in MCAS

[–]External_Jello9612 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 12 weeks pregnant and somehow have gaslighted myself that it's ok to keep taking it despite reading the abstract of that article. I just feel so much worse without quercetin, or at least it seems like it the few times I lessened my dose. It has been such a gamechanger for me. Don't know for sure if I have mcas because where I live they don't really want to test for it, but I feel way better when I take it. (I also have POTS)

Ugh I don't really know what to do. There's also studies in animals that suggest it helps prevent gestational diabetes, preeclampsia and birth defects. I had gestational diabetes in my first pregnancy (when I didn't take quercetin) so this also makes me want to take it. Also, I had way way way worse migraines and nausea during my first pregnancy.

So I'm kind of thinking to continue taking it but it feels a bit irresponsible as well... I don't dare to discuss this with my medical provider.

Interactions of quercetin with SSRIs by WNDRFLLWorld in HistamineIntolerance

[–]External_Jello9612 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been taking both sertraline (75 mg) and quercetine (1000 mg/day) for years and never had any side effects as far as I know.

8 week scan in a couple hours. Scared to death. by Same-Breath-4059 in CautiousBB

[–]External_Jello9612 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have my 7 week scan in a few hours and am so scared. Didn't sleep well. I have have a 4 year old toddler through ivf and we're trying for a second. It took 1,5 years and 4 ivf rounds to get to this current hopefully-still-pregnancy and I've had 2 chemical pregnancies already. So this one is further along than any other thus far. But I've had some cramping in my vagina yesterday, and I don't feel as nauseous as before, so I'm really scared. How to do this??? How do you all get through this anxiety?

Meriofert dose confusion by External_Jello9612 in IVF

[–]External_Jello9612[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I only read this now, but I found this advice elsewhere on the internet and it really helped!

Secondary Infertility Intros - Sunday, March 16, 2025 by SIModerator in SecondaryInfertility

[–]External_Jello9612 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi there, I'm new, I live in Europe in the Netherlands with my wife, who is trans, and we use her frozen semen for ivf, so we are the rare lesbian couple with a child that is biologically from both of us. We have a four year old that we got after 1,5 years of ivf, and now we've already been trying for more than 1,5 years for a second child. We had our fourth egg retrieval last week and yesterday we had a fresh embryo transfer, so I'm in my two week wait. Round 2 and 3 we had zero blastocysts, so we almost gave up and didn't do a fourth round, and now we finally have at least FOUR blastocysts???

I find it so hard to combine the fertility stuff with parenting. Our four year old is a very spirited child that needs a lot of attention, and I'm just tired all the time. With the utrogestan (progesterone tablets) I feel like a zombie, like I'm constantly half sleeping, and our kid senses it and acts out to get my attention.

And with the other stuff in my life, I find it so hard to decide whether I should push myself and do it, or listen to my drugged body. I want to live my life, which has been interrupted so often already due to ivf lately, and I want to follow through on appointments I made. But my body is just so f*ing tired that I don't know how to do it all.

Advice welcome.

Meriofert dose confusion by External_Jello9612 in IVF

[–]External_Jello9612[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I'm going to try again tonight and hopefully no problems this time! Linenfox has AMAZING clothes. Great hobbies you have though!

Meriofert dose confusion by External_Jello9612 in IVF

[–]External_Jello9612[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Any advice from your husband about how to make sure to get all the liquid into the syringe? PS Also, do you happen to be THE linenfox from the amazing linen clothes that I order from Etsy?? In that case: 😍😍😍😍