Mrs Dex

I am so sorry sweetie. Early miscarriages are tough too.

There are some Drs in Sydney who work in an emerging field of recurrent miscarriage - natural T killer cells, which I understand may contribute to early miscarriages, especially when you have had a successful pregnancy in the past. One is a Dr Sachs at the Sydney IVF clinic. I didn't end up using him yet, but the info on their web site is reassuring. I also called the clinic and the staff were pretty helpful. Sixty Minutes also did a segment on a patient of Dr Sachs who had experienced 20 m/c during her journey for multiple children. It was probably son time in October/November.

You will need a referral from your GP. You can have an appointment by phone if you are interestate, but if you have a phone consultation you can't claim medicare. if you attend the consultation in person in Sydney ( Bondi Junction - it's on a train line) then you can claim medicare. I can't remember the estimate fees for the consultation.

There are a whole heap of tests suggested for recurrent miscarriage. If you look at the book by Dr Alan Beer - Is your body baby friendly - it details some of the issues and tests. It is an emerging and controversial area, natural T killer cells.

There is a sticky at the beginging of one of the forums of what types of tests others have had.

I recommend you make a written request from your GP & Hospital for copies of all of your test results

In my experience, you are most likely to have had chromosone testing not genetic testing. Usually genetic testing is performed by a genetic counselor and can be quite expensive.

The squeaky wheel gets the oil - sadly, as hard as it is for you, you are the only person who can advocate best for you, no one else is going to do it. Be strong my sweet and as much as you can be gentle on yourself.