March rainbows 2018

[flou]

Maryanne. I am so sorry one of your little ones is behind and I hope they catch up! I am glad your other baby is on track. I wish the scan could have given you more reassurance, hopefully the next one will.

 

[maryanne1987]

Thanks flou. And welcome. Sorry I missed your post earlier. My head was all over the place.

 

[Carybear]

So sorry Maryanne. Praying for your second little one.

Four days after my missed period my hcg was 407. I go Monday to test again to see if numbers are doubling.

Waiting on progesterone numbers and blood type

 

[Sweetkat]

Carybear, good luck with your numbers. Fingers crossed.

Maryanne, hope you are not feeling too anxious.

Re me, had a fun day pretending to be drinking at my friend's yesterday. It was actually a play date but all the mums were having a couple of drinks... I hope nobody suspected anything. I put the glass to my lips and pored the contents out in the bathroom when nobody was looking

My MS was very mild yesterday so that worried me . But I feel a bit sick now so hoping that's a good sign.

 

[Trying4first1]

Trying, my second MMC was exactly like yours. Smaller baby from the start and then slow growth. The yolk sac was enlarged and the growth was slow and they said to me that was a classic sign of chromosome issues. So it could be that not all the babies are chromosomally normal (we only had 3rd one tested but all the drs said it was also cause for second one).

I think there is definitely no harm in having sperm DNA fragmentation tested because 30% of men have it apparently!

You could also have different causes for each miscarriage??? Some could be bad lack, some could be because of immune issues and some could be because of sperm??? Anyway, nobody ever gave me definitive answers. They just said bad luck/ sperm/ NK cells/ we don't know.

I hope you find an answer or answers soon!


https://www.simply-fertility.com/ne...rent-miscarriage-and-unexplained-infertility/

Sperm DNA fragmentation linked to miscarriages - link above.

It's strange because it's my second MC that was like this. Last one also stopped developing at this time but the heart stopped much quicker.
I think it must be worth us getting it done as it is now a concern. Weird how 3 have now stopped at the same gestation. I can't get through that 6th week.
I just don't think we will ever get a definate answer. It could be multifactorial.
Feels like the chance of motherhood is slipping through my fingers. Feel so helpless and hopeless. Yet we still have that fight in us.

To make things worse my MS now feels worse and I feel like crap. This is so cruel.

Maryanne. So glad the scan went well! What a mix of emotions you must be feeling though

 

[karoolia]

Trying I'm really sorry about the MS. The last thing you want after bad news is a symptom like that. I hope it clears up soon.

I hope some more testing can be done for you. It seems a little too coincidental that three would end at the same gestation.

 

[xkirstyx]

I hated that when I had my mc. All my symptoms didn't start till the day after I lost the baby and lasted a couple of days. Makes it so much harder to deal with. Massive hugs xxxxxx

 

[Trying4first1]

Thanks ladies. I hope it clears up soon too. Feeling so fed up with it. now. Want this to be over.
Really wish we went and the heartbeat was already gone as this would have been dealt with already. Such a shame they won't give you the medication if one is present even though it is 100% going to be a miscarriage.
Hoping the next few days go quickly.
I am signing out now. Good luck everyone and keep positive 🌈 Xx

 

[maryanne1987]

Trying I'm so sorry with what your having to go through. Thinking of you xx

Hope everyone else is doing well today and having a nice weekend x

 

[Sweetkat]

Trying, I am very sorry you have to go through this . I hope you find answers and can try again very soon.

I am ok here, although very little nausea and that worries me, especially as I am 5 days away from the time I found out about the miscarriage in my last pregnancy. I would go for a scan tomorrow, but as I have already done the panorama testing and that could come back as early as Wednesday I guess there is no point going for a scan.

 

[karoolia]

I had pretty bad nausea yesterday after two nausea free days. Today I'm feeling good again. A little queasy, but nothing that is causing me any trouble. I guess it really does come and go.

8 weeks today, assuming all is well still.

 

[xkirstyx]

Yeah 8 weeks is when mine started to come and go x

 

[Sweetkat]

I am slowly edging to 10 weeks (on Wednesday) but just paranoid reduction in nausea is for a bad reason. But trying to stay positive. I do feel queasy, just not as much as before....

 

[maryanne1987]

Hope your results come back quickly sweetkat,

Congrats on 8 weeks karoolia. In my last pregnancy I didn't have hg I just had normal sickness and by 8 weeks it had stopped being an everyday thing. Think things improve as the placenta starts to do more and slowly takes over.

 

[Sweetkat]

Thanks Maryanne. It's the first time I have done panorama, I had a D&C last time as was past 8 weeks and they wouldn't let me take the medication. And as the testing then showed Trisomy 21 I thought I would do the panorama to know earlier and with more certainty than the 12 week scan....

 

[maryanne1987]

Hopefully it should help put your mind at rest. I'm crossing my fingers tightly for you. We considered it but there's no where locally that does it and then DH had to change jobs so it was a no go. All my American friends have it though, it's such a shame it's not available easily in this country.

 

[Sweetkat]

The reason it takes so long is because the blood is sent off to the states for testing. I would never normally have done it, but with my history I just couldn't not... Anyway, if it's bad news I will at least know why

 

[maryanne1987]

Only two of our babies have ever been tested at that was our daughter we lost at 19 weeks and a baby we lost at 9 weeks but all came back normal. It was just odd that most of our baby's stop developing around that week. I think if we have another loss at that point by we will 100% do it in the following pregnancy. I'm so hoping this baby is your rainbow sweetkat.

 

[xkirstyx]

I don't think I can stop worrying about this baby until I start feeling movement. I've no signs there is any prob yet I still worry. Driving myself mad!

 

[flou]

I'm finding that my queasy feelings have come and go all the time throughout this pregnancy so far, but its still early days. The fatigue is really bad this pregnancy. I have never had it this bad with the other pregnancies. My boobs are so sore! And I am so gassy! Which DS finds funny. I will be 6 weeks on Thursday and both my miscarriages happened then so I will feel a little better after. But its just so nerve wracking.

Good luck with the testing sweetkat. I hope the wait isn't too long for the results.