Tanya... Wish I could hug you and hold you in person. I understand very well how you feel - it sucks and it's bloody hard...
Firstly it takes 4-6 weeks to grow these results - nothing can accelerate this - it is all done in a petrie dish and it takes time. Unfortunately if nothing grows then it will be inconclusive.
I need to say that it is highly highly unlikely that this has happened becuase you can't carry boys. There is a very very rare condition that can cause this - so rare that even me with my photographic memory can't remember the name of it! It's rare. I know that colloquially we hear of Great Aunt Edna not being able to have boys etc etc. But medically I know this not to be the case usually. It's not that simple.
I know that Banjo's pregnancy was a surprise. Were you on folate prior to conception? If so what doseage? You have had multiple pregnancies which utilise a significant amount of your folate stores. Folate is required prior to conception to be most effective - this is why all women of reproductive age are advised to take it all the time. So it's possible that you did not have that cover. Neural Tube Defects are preventable around 92% of the time with folate consumption prior to conception. Sometimes there is an interruption to the development very early on and this can cause a NTD.
I know this is going to sound empty and not helpful - but sometimes there is just no reason. Without knowing the whole story - it sounds like Banjo may have had ancephaly which is incompatable with life. This happens and it would not matter if he was a little boy or a little girl. It just tragically happens.
I recommend that you begin on megafol wich is 5mgs of folate - this needs to be taken with b12. Spirulina and some floradix would also be highly recommended. Your body has been through a lot and needs to be nurtured inside and out.
I was unable to have genetic testing on my little boy - he too was clearly a little boy but they couldn't grow any cells. We did know that both my daughters were genetically fine.
Neural Tube Defects will not show up on the chromosomal analysis. So this is something that you may never know...
Just know you are constantly in my thoughts and prayers...
Deb, I think at the moment you are my guardian angel!
I was taking fotate... it was included in an iron sup I was taking... it possibly wasn't enough though... not sure what the dosage was. As soon as it sunk in that I was going to have another baby I went and got a real folate sup, which like you say may have been too late.
I have a Dr appointment tomorrow, I will discuss all of this then...
Well, the dr appointment was this arvo and all the tests I had done were normal... I didn't know that I had had Parvo!! Wato said it was lucky I wasn't having pups!! LOL.. I thought I would have had toxoplasmosis, but apparently not.
Anyway, the placenta didn't grow any cells, so we are waiting on the amnio cells... please let one grow!! Just one to put my mind at ease!!
Dr was great, he listened to everything I said, didn't judge or say anything insensitive....
Anyway, I will call him in a few weeks to see if they have any more news for me...
Wish I could hug you and hold you in person. I understand very well how you feel - it sucks and it's bloody hard...
It's rare. I know that colloquially we hear of Great Aunt Edna not being able to have boys etc etc. But medically I know this not to be the case usually. It's not that simple.
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