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After speaking with groovygrl in another thread, I think this is important!
For those of you who feel that your doctors have failed you or aren't being helpful enough... I want this thread to help you, me... us! I want it to be a collection of the tests that can and should be run to try to help discover potential issues that keeps up from having the babies we desire so desperately!
My next post is going to be a list of my recent blood test results, with the "normal" range of those results. I'll also add some info about one of the results specifically that many people aren't tested for and probably should be!
Please, ask your questions, add your experiences, vent your frustrations at the medical community.... whatever you need to do!
IMPORTANT LINKS AND INFO:
Tests suggested by groovygrl's naturopath:
1) FBC - including ESR
Vit. D
iron, ferritin, B12
TSH
FSH, LH, E2 - Day 2-3
lgE, lgA
Antinuclear antibodies
Cardiolipin antibodies
Lupus anticoagulant
Thrombophilia studies
2) Progesterone - Day 21
Chart of normal blood test results and when tests should be done (also from groovygrl):
https://www.inciid.org/faq.php?cat=in...ity101&id=2#81
Links for PCOS sufferers from (from hb1):
A link re GI diet and PCOS :
https://gynecological-health.suite101...m/what_is_pcos
PCOS and rapid weight gain :
https://womenshealth.suite101.com/art...id_weight_gain
Clomid overview :
https://www.womens-health.co.uk/clomid.asp
Soulcycters :
https://www.soulcysters.com/
Great Metformin link:
https://www.soulcysters.net/faq-about-metformin-48708/
General PCOS info:
https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/womenshealth/facts/pcos.htm
Link to info on AMH test (from zeezee):
https://www.advancedfertility.com/amh-fertility-test.htm
Info on Vitamin B12 (from VGibs):
"Vitamin B12
Rationale:
Vitamin B12 has been shown to contribute to increased risk of miscarriage and this increased risk of miscarriage can be reversed with vitamin B12 supplementation.
Elevated homocysteine levels are associated with an increased risk of miscarriage. Vitamin B12 helps to lower elevated homocysteine levels.
Dosage:
1,000 - 2,000 mcg (1 - 2 mg) per daY."
On this site...www.viteminexpress.com
Vitamin D deficiency and fertility (from Megg33k):
Link to Google Search.... Too many good pages to list them all!
Its really interesting stuff and not often checked by most doctors! Some sources say that up to 75% of women don't have nearly enough Vitamin D. It can affect the fertility of both men and women!
MTHFR (from heatherv2):
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a rare genetic defect that can lead to complications in pregnancy.
https://www.pregnancy-info.net/mthfr.html
Adrenals (from shaerichelle):
Improve Your Fertility by Maximizing Your Adrenal Gland Function
Celiac Disease (from fluffyblue):
My friend has piped in with a comment about something to do with wheat intolerances can cause miscarriage do you know anything about this - im now concerned !
I googled this:
Women who experience recurrent miscarriages or those whose fetuses show intrauterine growth ******ation may have undiagnosed celiac disease.
Celiac disease is a genetic condition that causes those afflicted to experience difficulty absorbing gluten, as found in wheat, oats, barley, and several other grains. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal distention, and fatigue. And research suggests that more people may have a symptomless, milder form that may often go undetected. Recent studies have indicated that many people are found to have mild forms of the disease when their blood is tested for the condition, even though they were unaware that there was a problem.
Women who experience repeat miscarriages, also known as recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) or intrauterine growth ******ation (IUGR) -- a condition in which a baby is born significantly smaller than normal -- may have celiac disease that has gone undetected.
Researchers, led by Dr. Antonio Gasbarrini, explain that they decided to look at celiac disease since it is a common cause of malabsorption of food in western countries. And for some time, miscarriages have been correlated with celiac disease.
Gasbarrini and colleagues conducted blood tests for the condition in 44 patients with RSA, 39 with IUGR, and 50 healthy women. None of the healthy women were found to have celiac disease, but the condition was detected in 8% of the women with RSA and 15% of those with IUGR.
Biopsy samples from the intestine confirmed diagnosis in eight of nine patients whose blood tested positive for the disease.
Women having recurrent miscarriages or intrauterine growth ******ation could have subclinical celiac disease, which will usually go undetected.
Celiac disease has been correlated with infertility, and with other conditions, including birth defects in children whose mothers could not absorb folic acid while pregnant because they had undiagnosed celiac disease, she said. It makes sense that the condition could lead to other problems related to too little nutritional intake, she pointed out. Spontaneous abortions could feasibly result if the mother was failing to absorb vitamins and minerals required by the baby, researchers explained. If celiac disease is responsible for some of these problems, it is easily treatable by avoiding products containing gluten.
Good Info Source About Blood Tests and Normal Levels (from kimini26):
https://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html
For those of you who feel that your doctors have failed you or aren't being helpful enough... I want this thread to help you, me... us! I want it to be a collection of the tests that can and should be run to try to help discover potential issues that keeps up from having the babies we desire so desperately!
My next post is going to be a list of my recent blood test results, with the "normal" range of those results. I'll also add some info about one of the results specifically that many people aren't tested for and probably should be!
Please, ask your questions, add your experiences, vent your frustrations at the medical community.... whatever you need to do!
IMPORTANT LINKS AND INFO:
Tests suggested by groovygrl's naturopath:
1) FBC - including ESR
Vit. D
iron, ferritin, B12
TSH
FSH, LH, E2 - Day 2-3
lgE, lgA
Antinuclear antibodies
Cardiolipin antibodies
Lupus anticoagulant
Thrombophilia studies
2) Progesterone - Day 21
Chart of normal blood test results and when tests should be done (also from groovygrl):
https://www.inciid.org/faq.php?cat=in...ity101&id=2#81
Links for PCOS sufferers from (from hb1):
A link re GI diet and PCOS :
https://gynecological-health.suite101...m/what_is_pcos
PCOS and rapid weight gain :
https://womenshealth.suite101.com/art...id_weight_gain
Clomid overview :
https://www.womens-health.co.uk/clomid.asp
Soulcycters :
https://www.soulcysters.com/
Great Metformin link:
https://www.soulcysters.net/faq-about-metformin-48708/
General PCOS info:
https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/womenshealth/facts/pcos.htm
Link to info on AMH test (from zeezee):
https://www.advancedfertility.com/amh-fertility-test.htm
Info on Vitamin B12 (from VGibs):
"Vitamin B12
Rationale:
Vitamin B12 has been shown to contribute to increased risk of miscarriage and this increased risk of miscarriage can be reversed with vitamin B12 supplementation.
Elevated homocysteine levels are associated with an increased risk of miscarriage. Vitamin B12 helps to lower elevated homocysteine levels.
Dosage:
1,000 - 2,000 mcg (1 - 2 mg) per daY."
On this site...www.viteminexpress.com
Vitamin D deficiency and fertility (from Megg33k):
Link to Google Search.... Too many good pages to list them all!
Its really interesting stuff and not often checked by most doctors! Some sources say that up to 75% of women don't have nearly enough Vitamin D. It can affect the fertility of both men and women!
MTHFR (from heatherv2):
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a rare genetic defect that can lead to complications in pregnancy.
https://www.pregnancy-info.net/mthfr.html
Adrenals (from shaerichelle):
Improve Your Fertility by Maximizing Your Adrenal Gland Function
Celiac Disease (from fluffyblue):
My friend has piped in with a comment about something to do with wheat intolerances can cause miscarriage do you know anything about this - im now concerned !
I googled this:
Women who experience recurrent miscarriages or those whose fetuses show intrauterine growth ******ation may have undiagnosed celiac disease.
Celiac disease is a genetic condition that causes those afflicted to experience difficulty absorbing gluten, as found in wheat, oats, barley, and several other grains. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal distention, and fatigue. And research suggests that more people may have a symptomless, milder form that may often go undetected. Recent studies have indicated that many people are found to have mild forms of the disease when their blood is tested for the condition, even though they were unaware that there was a problem.
Women who experience repeat miscarriages, also known as recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) or intrauterine growth ******ation (IUGR) -- a condition in which a baby is born significantly smaller than normal -- may have celiac disease that has gone undetected.
Researchers, led by Dr. Antonio Gasbarrini, explain that they decided to look at celiac disease since it is a common cause of malabsorption of food in western countries. And for some time, miscarriages have been correlated with celiac disease.
Gasbarrini and colleagues conducted blood tests for the condition in 44 patients with RSA, 39 with IUGR, and 50 healthy women. None of the healthy women were found to have celiac disease, but the condition was detected in 8% of the women with RSA and 15% of those with IUGR.
Biopsy samples from the intestine confirmed diagnosis in eight of nine patients whose blood tested positive for the disease.
Women having recurrent miscarriages or intrauterine growth ******ation could have subclinical celiac disease, which will usually go undetected.
Celiac disease has been correlated with infertility, and with other conditions, including birth defects in children whose mothers could not absorb folic acid while pregnant because they had undiagnosed celiac disease, she said. It makes sense that the condition could lead to other problems related to too little nutritional intake, she pointed out. Spontaneous abortions could feasibly result if the mother was failing to absorb vitamins and minerals required by the baby, researchers explained. If celiac disease is responsible for some of these problems, it is easily treatable by avoiding products containing gluten.
Good Info Source About Blood Tests and Normal Levels (from kimini26):
https://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html
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