23w6d 4D ultrasound

My daughter came along this time because we thought it would be nice for her to see the baby. The anatomy ultrasound takes forever. It took about 30 minutes and after about 2 minutes she wanted to go home. She did think it was funny that they got to see the baby's butt. They measured a lot of things and it all looks normal. The baby is ahead for most dates, so that's good. We also finally agreed on a name and as it works out, my daughter and this baby will be having similar names.

No IVIG or intralipids today! It's nice to be done! And I don't have to come back for an entire month which is very nice. I opted out of the gestation diabetes test and luckily my doctor didn't push it.

Stats

• BPD is 5.84 cm (23w7d).
• HC is 21.46 cm (23w5d).
• AC is 20.34 cm (25w1d).
• FL is 4.24 cm.
• EFW is 698 gr.

Money

• Today I paid 162,260.
• Doctor's visit: 32,260. 
• Ultrasound 130,000. 
• Tricare (my insurance) reimbursed me for 162,266. 
• Out of pocket was 0.

More info
For more info, you can see how much this has cost, I also have a summary of dates, as well as my Rx protocol.

21w5d and Intralipids #1

Today I should be getting another round of IVIG which would have been #7, however, they have decided to give me intralipids instead since everything is going well. I've heard from people that intralipids is fast, easy, and painless. It was not for me. I had no issues with IVIG, but intralipids hurt, made my arm feel heavy, and just made me feel weird. It took about 2.5 hours for them to do 400 ml of a 10% solution which is 10 gr.

Everything is normal. The baby is growing fine. They said it was a girl for the third time and I think my husband finally believes them.

Stats

• BPD is 5.21 cm (21w7d).
• FL is 4.03 cm (23w1d).

Money

• Today I paid 133,780.
• Doctor's visit: 32,270. 
• Intralipids: 41,510. 
• Ultrasound 60,000. 
• Tricare (my insurance) reimbursed me for 32,273. 
• Out of pocket was 101,507.

More info
For more info, you can see how much this has cost, I also have a summary of dates, as well as my Rx protocol. 

20w7d leaking clear fluids

It happened a couple times before while I was sleeping. I felt fluid leaking. Of course, if you google it you are told that it's either amniotic fluid or urine. It didn't seem like I was peeing myself and I thought it was weird that it was only happening when I was lying down. But since this was the third time it happened, I decided to go to the ER at Osan AFB.

It was early in the morning and I got seen right away. They did an ultrasound then made me drink a ton of water and did another ultrasound. I've had numerous ultrasounds in Korea and was never told to drink water. It makes me think that Korean ultrasound technicians are a lot more experienced than American ones. After they did the ultrasound and ran some tests they told me that it was neither amniotic fluid nor urine, but a yeast infection. And while you'd think that I would know what a yeast infection was, this was the furthest I'd been pregnant since my daughter and I figured all the extra discharge was normal plus I'd had it since the beginning. Now I know that the high doses of oral steroids (prednisolone) probably killed off the good bacteria and caused a yeast infection.

At least there's an easy fix and it just goes to show you that fluid isn't always amniotic fluid or urine.

Total cost of this visit was 0. For more info, you can see how much this has cost, I also have a summary of dates, as well as my Rx protocol.

18w2d IVIG #6

Today I was told that I would not have anymore IVIG treatments. I was supposed to go to 23 weeks and I'm only at 18 weeks. The doctor said that since I started at 3 weeks instead of at 5 weeks and that the baby is measuring ok, I should be fine. I am very wary about stopping 5 weeks early and with only 6 treatments instead of 7, but they said I could do intralipids (which is egg, soybean, and other things) next time.

Stats

• BPD is 4.31 cm (19w1d).
• AC is 13.33 cm (18w7d).
• FL is 3.13 cm (19w6d).

This appointment
Again, I was told that it was a girl but my husband is still in denial. Intralipids is often done instead of IVIG because it's cheaper. It also has similar results as IVIG, but only in the case where there is no known reason for miscarriages. Since we know that I have high NK cells, IVIG is supposed to be better. This is IVIG #6 and my last treatment. The IVIG is a 5% solution of 300 ml, which is 15 gr of IVIG.

I'm taking fish oil and Wobenyzme N, both of which are supposed to suppress NK cells and some people have said it's a natural alternative to IVIG or intralipids.

Money

• Today I paid 381,410.
• Doctor's visit: 32,260. 
• IVIG #5: 289,150. 
• Ultrasound 60,000. 
• Tricare (my insurance) reimbursed me for 33,942. 
• Out of pocket was 347,468.

More info
For more info, you can see how much this has cost, I also have a summary of dates, as well as my Rx protocol. 

15w2d and IVIG #5

I did another round of IVIG. This is number 5. The IVIG is a 5% solution of 300 ml, which is 15 gr of IVIG. They also did a Fragile X syndrome screening and Quad test and said I would get the results in a week or so. (Edit: Everything is normal.) The baby is growing just fine and is measuring a few days ahead. We were told it was a girl, but my husband says it's too early to tell.

Stats

• BPD is 3.17 cm (15w7d).
• FL is 2.13 cm (16w4d).

Money

• Today I paid 837,140.
• Doctor's visit: 32,270. 
• IVIG #5: 289,140. 
• Ultrasound 60,000. 
• Fragile X syndrome screening and Quad test 455,710. 
• Tricare (my insurance) reimbursed me for 496,722. 
• Out of pocket was 340,418.

More info
For more info, you can see how much this has cost, I also have a summary of dates, as well as my Rx protocol.