I’ve been in analysis for just over a year- it’s been life changing in a lot of ways but I still feel stuck in many areas of my life. is there research on when you start to see meaningful progress?
hi there! I have Anti-TPO-Ab: 16 IU/mL
Reference Range: <35 IU/mL- my thyroid ranges all look normal, but is it concerning having any antibodies present? thanks for your help!
Free T3: 3.4 pg/mL
Reference Range: 2.0–4.4 pg/mL
Free T4 (FT4): 1.1 ng/dL
Reference Range: 0.9–1.7 ng/dL
TSH: 1.570 uIU/mL
Reference Range: 0.270–4.200 uIU/mL
hi there! I have Anti-TPO-Ab: 16 IU/mL
Reference Range: <35 IU/mL- my thyroid ranges all look normal, but is it concerning having any antibodies present? thanks for your help!
Free T3: 3.4 pg/mL
Reference Range: 2.0–4.4 pg/mL
Free T4 (FT4): 1.1 ng/dL
Reference Range: 0.9–1.7 ng/dL
TSH: 1.570 uIU/mL
Reference Range: 0.270–4.200 uIU/mL
Repost- fear of privacy. After multiple pregnancy losses, I finally got pregnant. Because of our history, we waited to tell family until things seemed to be progressing normally and less likely to end in another loss.
The first people we told were my husband’s brother and his fiancée. My husband and brother are best friends. Her reaction honestly hurt. She could barely force out a congratulations and immediately seemed uncomfortable and cold about the whole thing. My husband initially brushed it off and assumed it was because their wedding was coming up in about 6 weeks.
For context, they both knew how traumatic and heartbreaking our fertility journey and losses had been. We also helped a lot with their wedding leading up to it and fully understood that their wedding was THEIR day. We never planned to announce anything there or make any moment about us.
After our OB confirmed we had a 2-5 chance of miscarrying again- we told our parents.
About a week later, we got a long text saying they needed my pregnancy to be kept completely secret at the wedding. They said if we told any family beforehand, those people needed to be “sworn to secrecy” and nobody was allowed to find out or even mention it at the wedding. They also demanded to know our “timeline” for telling people and basically said it had to be all or nothing.
At this point I was extremely sick, traveling internationally for the wedding, and beginning to visibly show.
My husband got really upset and told them it was bizarre and controlling to dictate how and when we tell our own family members about a pregnancy after everything we’d been through, again we’d never make an announcement at the wedding. He asked if they were placing restrictions on every other guest too or if this was just directed at us. His brother doubled down and basically said yes, they expected us to tell family and somehow make sure nobody mentioned it the entire wedding weekend.
My husband finally snapped and said, “You want us to tell our family we’re pregnant after multiple losses, but then make them swear to secrecy and act like it’s classified information because you’re worried someone might casually mention it at your wedding?” he said yes.
A few days later they gave what felt like a very forced and strange apology that mostly focused on how stressful wedding planning was for them.
Before the apology, my husband and I told family what had happened, they knew something was up. Unsurprisingly, family members were upset and very grossed out by how they handled it.
AITAH (we) for telling family what they asked of us?
After multiple pregnancy losses, I finally got pregnant again. Because of our history, we waited to tell family until things seemed to be progressing normally and less likely to end in another loss.
The first people we told were my husband’s younger brother and his fiancée. Her reaction honestly hurt. She could barely force out a congratulations and immediately seemed uncomfortable and cold about the whole thing. My husband initially brushed it off and assumed it was because their wedding was coming up in about 6 weeks.
For context, they both knew how traumatic and heartbreaking our fertility journey and losses had been. We also helped a lot with their wedding leading up to it and fully understood that their wedding was THEIR day. We never planned to announce anything there or make any moment about us.
About a week later, we got a text saying they needed my pregnancy to be kept completely secret at the wedding. They said if we told any family beforehand, those people needed to be “sworn to secrecy” and nobody was allowed to find out or even mention it at the wedding. They also demanded to know our “timeline” for telling people and basically said it had to be all or nothing.
At this point I was extremely sick, traveling internationally for the wedding, and beginning to visibly show.
My husband got really upset and told them it was bizarre and controlling to dictate how and when we tell our own family members about a pregnancy after everything we’d been through. He asked if they were placing restrictions on every other guest too or if this was just directed at us. His brother doubled down and basically said yes, they expected us to tell family and somehow make sure nobody mentioned it in passing conversation the entire wedding weekend.
My husband finally snapped and said, “You want us to tell our family/ parents we’re pregnant after multiple losses, but then make them swear to secrecy and act like it’s classified information because you’re worried someone might casually mention it at your wedding?”
A few days later they gave what felt like a very forced and strange apology that mostly focused on how stressful wedding planning was for them. it was clear the insecurities around attention being stolen was coming from his fiancee.
My husband and I told family what had happened because we were honestly shocked and really hurt by the situation. Unsurprisingly, family members were very upset and grossed out. AITAH (we) for telling family what happened?
I posted a few minutes ago but couldn’t go back and add a photo for reference. As someone who experienced multiple losses and was constantly doing line progression pics, I wanted to upload the darkest line I ever received. I’m now 15 weeks pregnant with a healthy baby, a great heartbeat, and measuring perfectly on time.
Dye stealers aren’t a thing for everyone, and if you can, try to give yourself permission to step away from the line progression comparisons a little. I know how hard and consuming it can all feel. Sending everyone so much love, gentle thoughts, and all the sticky babies 🤍
I hope this helps at least one person! as someone who experienced multiple losses and would religiously do line progression pics, I am now 15 weeks pregnant and I never got a dye stealer. My baby is healthy, growing right on time, and has a great HB. I know it’s so hard to not want to test all the time, but the dye stealer tests can happen for some but not others. try not to compare and just trust the process as much as you can- I think I added so much anxiety and stress when I did it and it’s not worth it. sending you all love and sticky babies!! Adding pic of my darkest line to reduce anxiety for anyone out there.