hopeful23456
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fili - maybe he means this, about DQ alpha testing? see below - this is a post i wrote in another forum:
have you read "is my body baby friendly?" it's Dr Beer's book (he's died of a heart attack a few years ago - maybe he had clotting issues?) but he seemed to be an awesome man dedicated to RPL. his clinic is still going strong in CA. google it. the book is a good read and covers a ton of rpl issueshere is the website to the clinic
https://www.repro-med.net/repro-med-site2/
a good site (forum) that discusses all of the tests dr beer's clinic does). I printed this list out and had my RE go through each one and she checked off the tests I had done, and she listed other tests I did that weren't on the list. There were a few tests my RE didn't do as they either "just don't do" tests like that (like the genetic similarity test) or I didn't need the test as my other related test was negative.
https://www.fertilethoughts.com/for...ers-testing-ivig-explained-fish-oil-info.html
here is a link to one of the treatments they do if your genes are too similar called LIT - see below - what diagnoses it is DQ alpha testing (my RE office doesn't do this treatment).
https://www.repro-med.net/repro-med...unization-therapy&catid=2:pages-ett&Itemid=25
Immune Testing A. DQ Alpha This test measures whether the DNA of the couple is too closely matched. These tests give you back two numbers for both members of the couple. In a normal pregnancy the father's DNA in the baby tells the mother's body to set up a protective reaction around the developing embryo. If the father's DNA is too closely matched to the mother's, there is a good chance that the embryo created by them is unable to differentiate itself from the mother's body. The mother's body then rejects the embryo because it cannot identify the embryo as a baby. Each person gets two DQ numbers from their respective parents. Similarly, when couples try to have a baby, they also give DQ numbers to their fetus. These numbers are, for example, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2, 3 or 4. Although there are breakdowns of the 2's, 3's and 4's, many scientists find that only the 1's are significant, so they break those down to one more decimal. Presently DQ Alpha testing is identifying more and more numbers, for example, DQ 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3.
have you read "is my body baby friendly?" it's Dr Beer's book (he's died of a heart attack a few years ago - maybe he had clotting issues?) but he seemed to be an awesome man dedicated to RPL. his clinic is still going strong in CA. google it. the book is a good read and covers a ton of rpl issueshere is the website to the clinic
https://www.repro-med.net/repro-med-site2/
a good site (forum) that discusses all of the tests dr beer's clinic does). I printed this list out and had my RE go through each one and she checked off the tests I had done, and she listed other tests I did that weren't on the list. There were a few tests my RE didn't do as they either "just don't do" tests like that (like the genetic similarity test) or I didn't need the test as my other related test was negative.
https://www.fertilethoughts.com/for...ers-testing-ivig-explained-fish-oil-info.html
here is a link to one of the treatments they do if your genes are too similar called LIT - see below - what diagnoses it is DQ alpha testing (my RE office doesn't do this treatment).
https://www.repro-med.net/repro-med...unization-therapy&catid=2:pages-ett&Itemid=25
Immune Testing A. DQ Alpha This test measures whether the DNA of the couple is too closely matched. These tests give you back two numbers for both members of the couple. In a normal pregnancy the father's DNA in the baby tells the mother's body to set up a protective reaction around the developing embryo. If the father's DNA is too closely matched to the mother's, there is a good chance that the embryo created by them is unable to differentiate itself from the mother's body. The mother's body then rejects the embryo because it cannot identify the embryo as a baby. Each person gets two DQ numbers from their respective parents. Similarly, when couples try to have a baby, they also give DQ numbers to their fetus. These numbers are, for example, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2, 3 or 4. Although there are breakdowns of the 2's, 3's and 4's, many scientists find that only the 1's are significant, so they break those down to one more decimal. Presently DQ Alpha testing is identifying more and more numbers, for example, DQ 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3.
He actually said HLA Markers. In a very simplified way: If I have this certain immune system genotype and my husband has a certain other one (both of which do not mix) - it's not a question they're too similar it's more like when together they form a gun, then my body fires NK cell bullets and attacks the pregnancy causing defective implantation!! This rings so true for me as my mild period type implantation cramps always stop so soon into the pregnancy. Sounds like 'natural selection' to me and makes 'biological' sense but thankfully the wonderful prednisolone suppresses these NK cells. 
I know about Beer (thankyou) but it's actually another professor called Lesley Regan who has pioneered this study. Here's a link. https://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/4/972.full.pdf+html
Oh dear shouldn't laugh!
ok! No more questions! Just trying to get to the bottom of WHY but yeah, the end result is take the damn pills so who cares why right?!!
xxx
