Tracie, I felt as tho I could not go thru another m/c also after the loss of my twins which was also my 2nd m/c, so when I found out that I was pg again I went to my GP and asked her who I could see as I didnt want to go thru another loss, I was already at breaking point. She gave me a referral to this ob/gyno in my area, so I made the appt. I did not want to lose another baby before the hospitals etc would look into why I was m/cing, as you said they wont check until you have had 3. Once I saw this OB, after hearing about my losses he had said that he would have me take injections to help the pgcy, but then changed his mind and decided to have me take aspirin (baby) instead. He believed that it would help and it did. I now have 3dd's due to the aspirin. It wasnt until I fell pgnt with my Olivia, that my local gp looked further into why I may have m/c, as before Olivia I had another 2 which I lost at 5weeks. I could not understand once again why I was m/cing so much earlier. I ended up finding out the reason I was to take aspirin thru his testing, as one of the Bt's he requested came back as ANA positive, which is a blood clotting disorder. So I count myself very lucky to have seen the first OB after the loss of my twins, as if it wasnt for him, I would not have had my DD"s, I truly believe that. I was told after I had my first 2 m/c's that my babies were starved, and that the twins were fighting each other for the nutrients and in turn killed each other.
While I know now the reason for the aspirin and my losses, it is always in my mind if only I knew that I would need aspirin so that I wouldnt have lost my bubs, yet I also know I wouldnt have had my beautiful DD's now if I did know IYKWIM. I feel terrible knowing that my body failed my angels. Yet I also know that I was also blessed to have had my angels for the time that I did, even tho so short.
Please have some tests done from your Dr, and dont wait for you to become pgnt before you do.
I thought this thread might help with some testing info that you could maybe ask your Dr to check out.
I hope this helps hun. Good luck, and please dont give up just yet.
Ohh and another thing I realised that I needed was the extra folic acid. One Dr had told me due to my age that I needed extra folic acid. Thankfully I was already taking Fefol as well as Elevit, so I was already covered there. I also did that when I found out I was pgnt with my DD's.
What a lovely DS you have, I really hope that you get to give him that brother or sister soon. Take Care.
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