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chromosomal anomaly
by golma, Nov 29, 2004 12:00AM
Dear doctor.
I am 39 years old and I have 5 healthy children aged between 19 to 7. In the last two years I had 4 miscarriages in between the eighth and eleventh weeks of the pregnancy.Every time before the miscarrige there was a discrepancy between the actual gestational age and its age according to the ultrasound .There were 4 other occasions during this time when I had positive pregnancy test but after a week or so I had my period (with heavy bleeding)in about a week after the regular time which brings the total number of aborted pregnancies to eight!I received two opinions about my condition and the course of action I should take if I want to have another healthy childe.Both agree that most probably my miscarriages happened as a result of chromosomal anomaly, but one opinion states that this anomalies are mostly random and regards them as a "bad luck". According to this opinion I have no more risk than any woman in my age to have an abnormal child and there for I can just try again and to hope for better luck. The second opinion holds that the number of my miscarriges suggests parental chromosomal anomaly and since we have 4 girls and only 1 boy he particulary suspects my husbands chromosome Y and suggests not to do anything before we have tested our karyotypes
My questions are
1 whether checking our karyotypes is likely to give us clearer picture and more precise prediction about the outcome of another pregnancy
2 That is my main question! Does my condition indicates in any way that I have more chances than any woman in my age to give birth to abnormal child?
I am 39 years old and I have 5 healthy children aged between 19 to 7. In the last two years I had 4 miscarriages in between the eighth and eleventh weeks of the pregnancy.Every time before the miscarrige there was a discrepancy between the actual gestational age and its age according to the ultrasound .There were 4 other occasions during this time when I had positive pregnancy test but after a week or so I had my period (with heavy bleeding)in about a week after the regular time which brings the total number of aborted pregnancies to eight!I received two opinions about my condition and the course of action I should take if I want to have another healthy childe.Both agree that most probably my miscarriages happened as a result of chromosomal anomaly, but one opinion states that this anomalies are mostly random and regards them as a "bad luck". According to this opinion I have no more risk than any woman in my age to have an abnormal child and there for I can just try again and to hope for better luck. The second opinion holds that the number of my miscarriges suggests parental chromosomal anomaly and since we have 4 girls and only 1 boy he particulary suspects my husbands chromosome Y and suggests not to do anything before we have tested our karyotypes
My questions are
1 whether checking our karyotypes is likely to give us clearer picture and more precise prediction about the outcome of another pregnancy
2 That is my main question! Does my condition indicates in any way that I have more chances than any woman in my age to give birth to abnormal child?
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The number of miscarriages you have had is abnormal, and would seem to warrent some sort of genetic investigation if you are truly wanting another child.