Success after 4 consecutive losses?

[PJS1982]

I just lost my 4th baby almost 2 weeks ago. Her heart stopped beating at 18 weeks and no explanation why. NT scan and blood tests showed no sign of anything wrong.

Some back story:

I have 3 children and no losses in between. My daughter is 14 and from a previous marriage. My husband and I have two sons together ages 4 and 3. After starting TTC when my youngest was 1.5, we experienced one unconfirmed and one confirmed chemical pregnancy. The month after my second (confirmed) cp, we conceived our daughter Nova who was dx with T18 at 12 weeks and passed away at 14. I had a D&C.

A few months after the D&C, we fell again and had a confirmed cp again. Then in feb of this year, fell again with our daughter Eliana. Everything was "perfect" we were told, aside from a very large SCH that miraculously healed at week 11. 13w NT scan and bloods showed nothing abnormal, except to ME, she didn't look right because she barely moved. Only boxed her little hands or hiccuped. My previous healthy 3 all were bouncing like on a trampoline at our NT scans.


I felt wrong the entire pregnancy and then after I spent an entire morning trying to find her heart beat with my home doppler, drinking juice and ice water to get her moving, we went in for an ultrasound that showed her heart stopped and she had stopped growing at 17w6d. The DAY before. I felt odd because at her gender scan, her heart rate was 155 and had been steadily that since 12weeks. At home, she measured the same. And then two days before she passed away, her heart had been a steady 178. I thought maybe because I drank juice, so I tried drinking nothing but warm water, waiting and checking again. Still so high and barely any movement. It's almost like she was in cardiac arrest No one will tell me if that could be a cause or what could cause that!

We have had the run of RPL testing, karyotyping, infertility testing, an hsg, and nothing, absolutely nothing is wrong. I am 32 and my DH is 33. We are healthy eaters, we exercise, non smoking or drinking, take the recommended supplements. I'm so terrified to try again.

We are waiting on the results from my dd's placenta.

Has anyone experienced anything like this and gone on to carry to term?

Does anyone think that previous PreE could have caused the SCH and that was an issue this time? Or that the SCH was caused by an issue with the baby and she would have passed away anyway? My T18 loss, I had a small sch that only spotted two days and went away. This time, I was passing clots the size of golf balls and constant red flow until it tapered off around 10 weeks and completely disappeared.

If anyone has ANY insight that would help me from losing my mind, I'd greatly appreciate it!

 

[PJS1982]

bump. anyone?

 

[SweetV]

I don't want to r&r but I unfortunately have no insight as to what could be going on. I have had 4 early mc and a second tri loss to unexplained pprom. I have to have hope and a lot of strength but I continue to try.
I'm so very sorry for your loss.

 

[lazysundays]

I can't help or offer advice but I just wanted to say that I'm so sorry & hope you get some answers soon x

 

[laughingduck]

I'm sorry to hear about your losses. I also don't know what could be going on but I hope you have no more problems in future, it must be heart breaking!

 

[mrs.e.e]

Hi there , we haven't lost at 18 weeks but have lost 2 at 14 weeks 1 to t13 and 1 to t21 both boys and one after my daughter and one after my son. We were told they were both random events but it sure as hell doesn't feel like that !
Hope you find a way to cope with your loss x

 

[PJS1982]

It was discovered she had a cord anomaly called hypercoiling. She was otherwise healthy and perfect

 

[oldermom1975]

I am so, so sorry for your losses.
Yes, you can have success after so many losses, and there are a number of women on here who have.

 

[swampmaiden]

No real insight here. Have you considered taking baby aspirin? I took that & alpha lipoic acid during my successful of after 3 losses. I thought I'd never have a baby but it IS possible after recurrent losses. Best of luck to you

 

[laughingduck]

I just noticed you said you had pre-eclampsia at some point? Have you been tested for antiphospholipid syndrome? I read somewhere that pre-e can be a symptom of it. It also causes recurrent chemical miscarriages. Simething to look into if you havent already... I just got blood drawn to test for it myself. Good luck figuring it out.

 

[PJS1982]

I just noticed you said you had pre-eclampsia at some point? Have you been tested for antiphospholipid syndrome? I read somewhere that pre-e can be a symptom of it. It also causes recurrent chemical miscarriages. Simething to look into if you havent already... I just got blood drawn to test for it myself. Good luck figuring it out.

I asked my OB about this and she said she's SURE I don't have that. I disagree! I want to be tested, but the lab won't do it unless I have a Dr's order. I have heard of online labs that do this for you for around $100, but I can't find anywhere if those are legit.

 

[PJS1982]

No real insight here. Have you considered taking baby aspirin? I took that & alpha lipoic acid during my successful of after 3 losses. I thought I'd never have a baby but it IS possible after recurrent losses. Best of luck to you

I started taking baby aspirin after my 2nd (3rd?) chemical and after two cycles, we conceived Eliana and she stuck, but was lost anyway at 18w. I stopped taking the baby aspirin at 8 weeks because of the clot and bleeding, but started again after it resolved. I'm continuing it now while TTC, but I've never heard of alpha lipoic acid. I saw it was an antioxidant, but what does that do during pregnancy exactly?