Miscarriage investigation success stories PLEASE

[Traseal]

I dont come here but i just wanted to offer hope cause like you and many others i had to scrape for every bit i could get to keep going. I had 6 miscarriages. We never really got any explanation as to why. We did IUI and it ended in miscarriage and our second round has me 28 weks pregnant.

[BellyBelly]

You might like to consider acupuncture too, they have treatments for miscarriage and you can use it to help you with conceiving a pregnancy. I can't help you with recommending someone in Sydney, but perhaps someone here can. The studies and results are very good.

[Where there's hope]

Thanks everyone!

Since my last post on this thread I learned my third loss was a Trisomy 15 (very rare, but completely spontaneous and not compatible with life).

I will be continuing with the program as now two of my three losses have been chromosonal and they want to look further into it.

As it happens, I am starting accupuncture tomorrow. I have always been horrified of needles, but after being a pin-cushion for the last twelve months I am actually looking forward to it!

Gabi - congratulaions on your healthy little buba
Traseal - I can't begin to imagine the painful journey that you have had. Did they do any chromosonal testing on your miscarriages?

Thanks again for your responses
WTH

[Bun]

WTH - I don't have any new info for you, what Deb and the others have said has covered everything, but I just wanted to wish you the best of luck.

Deb, Satya, etc - you girls are a wealth of knowledge and so helpful to those of us who have gone through m/cs just like you have, and you have helped so much. I just wanted to say thanks

[stickybaby]

I cant really offer any educated info, I found this thread very informative too.
I just wanted to wish you all the best and I know how sad and frustrating it can be.
I am pregnant ATM and the doc has put me on metformin to control blood sugar as I have PCOS (insulin resistance) apparently it is quite common to miscarry with PCOS. I thought it was just infertility but I gues I am the exception there, as I can fall pregnant I just cant stay pregnant. Metformin supposedly helps to prevent miscarriage.
Sorry I am rambling Im so tired.
I have two beautiful kids but ITS NOT ENOUGH I WANT MORE!!:P I am one of those greedy people that wants 4 kids.
So there will be hope for us, make sure you push for tests and answers as I was silly and just went with the flow. Make them look into it.
My diagnosis is only a guess so fingers crosed it works!
Best of luck!!

[Traseal]

Traseal - I can't begin to imagine the painful journey that you have had. Did they do any chromosonal testing on your miscarriages?


WTH

You will enjoy accupuncture, its not like needles and can be very relaxing.
Thy tested my DF and i for chromosomal abnormalities and we are fine. They never check any of my actuall m/c POC. I did try but the hospital laughed at me. Lets just say the medical system has poorly POORLY let me down. No one wanted ANYTHING to do with me or to offer any help, i was put in the "to hard" basket MANY times. I ended up at Queensland fertility group and they were absolutely wonderful.

[Inanna]

You will enjoy the acupuncture I am sure WTH. I love it. Whilst it did not help with the recurrent miscarriage for me - it helped with regulating my cycle and some pregnancy related issues.

[LachiesMum]

WTH - I too suffered 4 unexplained miscarriages, I was told after my second one that it was "one of those things" and they would begin looking for reasons if I suffered a third. That wasn't good enough for me so I sought the advice of a private ob/gyn. Turns out that I have a number of conditions (MTFHR, Factor V Laden among them) that could have been causing miscarriages on their own or as a combination. When I next fell pregnant my ob had me do 3 early blood tests 48 hours a part which showed that my body wasn't producing enough progesterone to maintain the pregnancy until the placenta was fully developed.

She had me taking high doses of folate, daily aspirin, vitamin B etc while TTC and throughout pregnancy and progesterone pessaries until the 12 week mark - the end result is I now have 2 beautiful children, the second of which I gave birth to only 3 weeks ago!

Losing a pregnancy is one of the most difficult things we ever have to face but I believe that as long as you keep searching for answers there is hope.

[Where there's hope]

Hi Lachiesmum

Your email is very timely. I have completed the program and they found I have a double-gene mutation for the MTHFR which may explain my second loss (my first and third were chromosonal). I have actually been taking Megafol for nearly a year, so it did not prevent my second loss. I also take 1000 B12. How much B6 did you need? My homocysteine and folate and b12 levels are all good, so I do not know if I need aspirin or heparin. Am trying to run it by my FS.

I am partway into my first cycle of IVF with PGD to hopefully rule out some of the chromosonal abnormalities. It will give us a better idea of egg quality.

So glad you fulfilled your dream to complete your family. Enjoy your new little one. I am dreaming of giving my DD a sibling. My husband was an only child and he does not want the same for her.

WTH