Recurrent Miscarriage Thread

[brillbride]

what are u doin padprat? are you going to try natural for a while?


thanks girls

xx

 

[padbrat]

I don't know. Have just lost my 5th baby and my specialist has taken it for testing. My Husband wants to give up..... but we will see what the test results come back as. My specialist can prescribe steriods and stuff for the next one..... if there is a next one.

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

girls devastated--just found out I have a chromosome problem, only 1 in 4 of my eggs will be chromosomally normal, wasnt expecting this at all

any of you have this?

Me i do... i have a balanced translocationb of 2 & 22. 22 is broken and attached to one of my 2's. iv had 6 m/cs and i need to have a procedure called PGD.

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

to the ladies with the chromosome problems it does get easier.. iv been in some very dark places, and iv had it all thrown at me.. i was ignored for ages because at the time i was still only young. i was 20 and on my 4th m/c before anyone took any notice, i found out at 20 i carried this chromosome problem, i fought for nearly a year to get treatment to be told at 21 i was to young. the NHS will not cover you untill your 23 for treatment, in that time i also found out i had a antibody problem that will kill any pregnancy aswell and maybe give me a life long problem.
My marriage broke up at 22, now im 23, but god am i strong, my antibody problem has gone and i have everything planned. It gets easier. Just dont put pressure on yourself to have treatment. its alot of money and if u get it on the nhs you will only get 1 go... have other options. talk about it. dont lock yourself and your emotions away.

I spent 5 years hating everyone and everything that consisted of babies and pregnancys because i was bitter i didnt have mine.

It will get easier and you will accept it.

be strong ladies
xx

 

[Lou2307]

Hi ladies thought I would join as I'm more than qualified for this thread.
Currently going through my 6th mc in a row. Bloody nightmare.
I have an 11 year old son no probes at all having him. Just afterwards when I wanted to add to my family I've been having all sorts of problems.
My mcs have all been different
I've had blighted ovum. Sac with yolk sac no baby. Baby with irregular shaped sac with blood. Perfect sac yolk sac feral pole- no heartbeat. Then fetal pole stopped growing and now with this mc nothing could be seen on scan just blood sacs.

I don't know what to do only keep trying.
I've had all testing= normal. I've used aspirin heparin and with this one progesterone suppositories. Still no success.
I'd be a bit wary Using the progesterone again as I felt this time it just hid the fact that I was miscarrying. I had no bleeding no pain was having all the symptoms and went for 6 week scan and there was nothing to see.
Everyone of my mcs there's always something to see on scan even if it's just a gest sac but this time nothing.
Maybe I'm thinking too much into it but I have read elsewhere that prog just delays the inevitable.
Anyhow I'm not gonna let this beat me I'm still young- ish I'm only 30 so I've a few years left in me yet.
Consultant is still quite hopeful that it will happen as I have a son but time will tell.
I wish all you ladies on here the best of luck and hope we get what we so desperately want.

 

[Tasha]

I am reading girls, and holding all of your hands tightly, praying that you get your sticky babies.

Tracie, thank you for your words to those girls, I am sure it helps to know they are not alone

Me, I guess I am WTT. I know that one day we will again, of course I am absolutely terrified of the thought after seven early miscarriages and Honey and Riley Rae being born sleeping, but the longing is so strong.

 

[brillbride]

thanks tracie and padbrat

sorry about all your losses, not easy...we were told 1 in 4 chance but last nite I researched it and it is 2 in 4 --- 1 normal chromosome and 1 balanced (like me) and then 2 unbalanced so surely that is a 2 in 4 chance ..ie...50%

i think we were told 1 in 4 so we would fork out 10,000 on them

 

[padbrat]

I need to see if it is my body killing these babies.... if it is no baby will survive. Am awaiting test results from my most recent baby now.

 

[brillbride]

hi padbrat- i recently got diagnosed with elevated NK killer cells as well,x

 

[Carmina29]

I intend to test myself for Natural Killer Cells. The question is where is the best avenue for testing? Not all Labs are competent to test for NK Cells, so I wonder can the blood test be sent from lab to lab.

Brillbrade- you live in USA? Where you did your test? Which of you can advice me how this works, are there clinics in USA that work convenient with long distance patients?

 

[padbrat]

Carmina, my specialist is testing my baby for this. She has offered to prescribe me steroids if I get pregnant again.

Brill sounds like we are on the same crappy journey then! lol

 

[brillbride]

HI Carmina- I live in Ireland but ended up travelling to London,UK for NK testing, I had a very expensive blood test taken along with other blood tests for my chromosome testing etc. The test is v.expensive but worth it. Not too sure about USA- i think Canada is especially good for the testing..

Most clinics have long distance patients so shouldnt be a problem...gd luck..x

 

[Carmina29]

Pandrat, I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. I recently miscarried and know exactly how you feel. Life is really unfair and sometimes feels like is playing games with us ... no one deserves this misfortunes!. We both (all)need to be strong and keep our hopes

Lets try all the best, to really make our desired dream to happen!!! There must be a reason why this miscarriages happen. I don't believe in coincidences..or simply it happens due to Chromosomal abnormalities..and many other... excuses and excuses based on presumptions....doctors say excuses like that many times either because they don't look to hard to find the reason or maybe are to busy and have no other test available.

..there must be an explanation why happened so many times to some of us...and I believe if we search hard we can find our answers.

I read articles of women after 4-6-or 9 miscarriages that went on having babies after a treatment that worked for them. More recently read about a lady after 18 miscarriages she now has a baby girl. This woman is a real Hero, incredible strong, I cannot even imagine how she made in all sound of mind after so many repeated misfortunes...but anyway...I admire all of these women because they give us hopes and proves, it is possible if we have the right Reason and Treatment.

God help us all to find the reason and explanations we so deserve!

 

[brillbride]

hi padbrat, unfortunatlely yes it looks like we are on the same wavelength, not fair... I have a journal but my signatures are not coming up on this thread...xx

 

[Carmina29]

Brillbride, thank you for your answer. I'm going to look for clinics that have labs that test NK Cells. I intend to do all the blood panel, including the uterine endometrial biopsy. I read on line that testing is very extensive...and indeed very Expensive!

Well there is another thing I want to share. I read on line that man semen can be a reason to miscarriage. My mom just told me about a family friend that miscarried so many times and after so many miscarriages she had difficulties to get pregnant than a new doctor she visited decided to test the husband..and by surprise they discover an increased number of abnormal shape sperm with 2 tails. The Chromatin DNA in the sperm was not good and created poor embryos that miscarried.

I googled this and find many studies that proves man implication in miscarriages...so maybe it worth to test no?

 

[Carmina29]

I forgot to mention that this lady is now pregnant after IVF in her second trimester after 3 early recurrent miscarriages.

 

[brillbride]

good luck carmina-- i know all about men's morphology as my husband had low morph as well to top things off!! however we have him on tonnes of vitamins (3 times a day) and his morph has doubled from 8 % to 16% so now the doc is not worried about him just me

if we do IVF with PGD , we would be doing ICSI anyhow so only the best sperm are used.....

hope u find a good clinic ...xxx

 

[padbrat]

Ahhh Carmina I admire you PMA.... I am finding it in short supply at the moment for me so thank you for your words... And yes sperm can be a cause of m/c too...

Brill... my Husband has something odd with his sperm... we had him tested... something about they swim in circles... I reckon they need a bloomin road map!

 

[brillbride]

lol padbrat-----I know what u mean about PMA--I am one of the most positive people u could meet, i am always visualising (book-The secret etc..) However I am almost sick to death of being positive at this stage, in fact it has done me absol no good whatsoever!!!xxx

 

[Goodgirl35]

Hello Ladies

I'm from the US and I had the NK cell test done. My doctor prescribed me aspirin and folic acid before my test even came back. He also mentioned that if my test had come back positive he was gonna add heparin shots. Luckily they came back negative.

I don't know if they deal long distance though. You can get any type of test done here.

I was told that progesterone is only needed to keep the pregnancy on going. I asked was it a good idea to take progesterone before pregnancy and was told a DEFINITELY NO!!! A lot of times it takes a female longer to get pregnant when using it before hand. Too much progesterone use can cause a lot of women to become sterile. I was so amazed at the info till I had to share this with you all.

He said when the body recognizes something it doesn't want or isn't developing normally it has a tendency to eject it unless they find other matters wrong like having weakened cervix from previous D & C. He also mentioned that some women simply can not work while carrying their babies. They have to be bed ridden the entire pregnancy. I was like dang.

Seems to me every doctor has different opinions world wide. I bet if u put them all in one room, they would knock each other out over debating on whose right and whose not.