Question: Hi Doctor, i want to seek the second opnion on the midication i was on called Prednisone while i'm currently 6 weeks pregnant. I was initially put on 5mg Prednisone daily from day 14 of my cycle due to the natural killer cells (cd163) within the uterus that can potentially cause failure of implatation. I was using this the first time and got pregnant. The doctor said i can stop using this by weeks 6. But i read from lots of blog that people who is taking this medication did not stop it until week 13, after the first trimester. And people stop it gradually as well. I want to get the second opnion if it is safe for me to stop the prednisone now (6 weeks)? The scan saud the embryo is only just forming and if i suddenly stop taking could it cause another overative killer cell to attack the embryo? If i contuning take, how long should i take it for and how should i stop - suddenly stop or gradually stop. Are there much side effect on this drug for the dosage i'm current taking? Thank you.

Hi Doctor, thanks for the above information. Frommy previous scan at 5 weeks 5 days, we can see the feta pole at 3mm, just started to forming but no heart beat found. They told me this could be due to the early stage of the pregnancy and i will need to repeat another scan in 2 weeks. My question is (1). Is this normal to not see a heart beat this early? Should i be concern? (2). Should I gradually stop prednisone after my next check when the heart beat is checked? Many thanks.

Hi Doctor, i did virginal ultrasound. But still only see a fetal pole with no heart beat yet at 5 weeks 5 days.

Last period was 20/08/2016. My day from last period wiuld be 5 weeks 7 days when i did my first internal scan. But they measured the fetal pole at 3mm back then so they dating me 5 weeks 5 days. 2 days later than my own days. Thank you Doctor.