Ladies with successful pregnancies after 2 miscarriages over 35..?

[Natnee]

It's great to read the success stories as I'm just losing hope! Getting pregnant and having a baby seems an impossibility at the moment. I was 38 when Poppy was stillborn, and the 1st mc, then 39 with the 2nd mc. Now trying again and will most definitely be over 40 if I ever have my rainbow. xxx

 

[goddess25]

I know its a horrid situation. It feels impossible at our age I agree.

 

[oldermom1975]

to everyone on here. So, so sorry for your losses. There is hope, though....
My history:
Started TTC at the age of 30
--After 2.5 ys, started IUI's...had about 8 with and without clomid/femara. None worked.
--Tried IVF twice, never made it to egg retrieval.
--At 34, I was told I would never conceive without donor eggs.
--My husband and I tried four rounds of embryo donation. Love, love, love the concept, it just didn't work in our case. Round one didn't work at all, rounds two and three were chemical pregnancies, and the last round was a heartbreaking blighted ovum. At least two of these FET's were with donor egg embryos. We were then told we would likely never have a baby, and because we were then working overseas in a...shall we say...less than ideal place, we couldn't adopt, either.

We thought that was it. I had a D&C after my blighted ovum so I didn't have a long drawn out miscarriage (I was at high risk for a hemorrhage). My first cycle was strange, I didn't stop bleeding for a few weeks. So I took some clomid (where we are you can buy clomid without a script) just to get my cycle regular again.

And there she was! To say we were floored would be an understatement. The pregnancy was an easy one, and besides a bit of a blip at the end (she was born via emergency c-section), it was idyllic.
I was 37.
Six months later, we started trying again. After two years, all we had was five more chemical pregnancies. We then decided to go to a specialist in repeat miscarriages. Turns out my own body was killing our children (at that point not a surprise). Our first IVF with this doc had us pregnant with twins, and I am now 32 weeks pregnant (at 40 ys old).

All the blessings and luck in the world ladies! You can do this!

 

[Vonn]

Oldermom--thanks for your story. It is truly heartbreaking and joyful at the same time. Congrats on your twins! And your DD! I am really curious about what your problem was. Natural killer cells? Antibodies of some kind? I'm trying to have a bunch of immune testing done before I start IVF so I don't have to go through what you and others have had to deal with. It helps me know what issues others have had. Thanks!

 

[EverythingXd]

Oldermum - wow, what an ordeal and such a great outcome! Congrats on your daughter and your twin babies. Best wishes for their safe arrival and thanks for sharing your story x

 

[oldermom1975]

Thank-you ladies!
As to what was wrong, it was a few different things. First, my NK cells were present at very high levels, and they were not the suppressive kind. Second, instead of the natural suppression of the immune system a pregnant woman needs to nurture the embryo, I experienced a ramping up of my TH1 response. These were treated with steroids and IVIg. A few other tests were borderline, but nothing that *had* to be treated.
I am convinced this helped me through that crucial first trimester. I realize there is some controversy regarding IVIg in the fertility world, and I have read a number of papers that conclude there is no measurable effect of these treatments on pregnant women. Most of these papers had some issue with the choosing of subjects- I get it,who wants to be in a control group- but it certainly tweaked the results. The way I view it, there is a subset of a subset of women for whom these treatments work in a partial or fully effective manner. We were blessed it worked for us.

Oh, and I also had endometriosis (treated with a lap and another D&C) and celiac.

 

[Lee37]

Hi Ladies, just dropping in to let you know that I got my yesterday and am 5 weeks today! This was a surprise and it happened when I least expected it. Don't give up, keep the faith, it will happen!

 

[EverythingXd]

Lovely news Lee Wishing you a very happy and healthy 9 months.

 

[Oasis717]

So sorry for your loss, back in 2012 I had a 12 week loss followed by a blighted ovum at 11 weeks then a chemical at 5 weeks which was followed by the birth of our now 2 year old when I was almost 42! It can happen so don't loose hope, wishing you all the luck in the world xxxx

 

[Oasis717]

Hi Ladies, just dropping in to let you know that I got my yesterday and am 5 weeks today! This was a surprise and it happened when I least expected it. Don't give up, keep the faith, it will happen!

Congratulations!! Xxxx