an update - results were i miscarried

[c0523]

well i was having difficulties last week started with brown discharge dr telling me my hormones were low putting me on progesterone suppositories blood turned to bright red mid last week and last nite i passed the hugest blood clot and now i cant get what i saw out of my head im sad at the same time releaved and also want to throw up everytime i think about it i know i shouldnt have looked but i couldnt help i was taking a shower and felt it. all my worries last week turned out to be reality i should just move on. i was 5 weeks with such complications and i want to ttc but i dont want this to happen again. Are my hormone levels always going to be low? my dr doesnt want to tell me she wants to just check next time i conceive but i want to catch it before it becomes a problem. im glad its over and i can stop stressing but now i stress on will this happen again?

[nel06]

I'm sorry for your loss.  I went through the exact same thing in May, it was my 3rd miscarriage.  When I saw my doctor he said that it is very complicated to test for the progesterone level... to actually get an accurate number a biopsy needs top be done of the uterus.  And even then he said it has to be at the right time because your hormones levels rise and fall each month.  Anyway, he gave me progesterone and said that if I am lacking it then it will do me good and if I'm not then it won't harm me or the baby.  And he also said that women who have miscarriages tend to have 3 in a row and then the 4th one is full term.  I just found out I'm pregnant last week.  I am on the progesterone so hopefully that will help, I'm also taking an aspirin every day.  I tell you this so you know that I know what you are going through.  It's very hard having to worry that it will happen again.  I am so excited about this pregnancy and think it will be full term:)  I don't think that because your body doesn't make enough progesterone one time means that it will be the same the next.  I wish I could tell you not to worry about it happening again but that's impossible.  I am more and more excited every day that I make it longer than the last time.  I wish you the best of luck:)

[Facere23]

I'm very sorry for your loss.  I can feel where you are coming from.  I went through something similar in feb.  I was 11w3d when i found out.  My baby had died at 7w1d.  It was from low progesterone.  I was devastated.  I wasn't sure if i would ever try again for fear of repeating the same situation.  But, I tried again in April...and BFP!!!!  As soon as i got BFP I called the dr. and he sent me for a blood test the next day and immediately started me on Prometrium....before the results even came back....he said that if i needed it, it was a good precaution to take..and if i didn't need it, then no harm done.  Well, i get a phone call a few days later...i DID need it.  As a matter of fact, he wanted me to double my dose and start taking asprin.  I've been so paranoid, but now i'm 14w2d.  Everything seems to be alright so far.  I had some spotting early on, but some bedrest fixed that right up.  I guess what i'm saying is, it's not hopeless...don't give up.  But wait until you're ready emotionally.  I hope this helped some.  Sorry it was so long.  lol.

[low22]

I am so sorry!!!  It is the worst!  Did they check your progesterone when you had your hcg checked?  I had mine checked and they said it was fine but the next time we try I may ask my doctor to put me on it just to be safe.  I would not recommend trying again until you have had one AF.  I had my m/c's back to back (with no AF in between) and it was just awful.  I do NOT however think that I miscarried because I did not wait for one AF.  You just need to follow your heart and determine when the time is right for you.  Ask your doctor to take a look at your progesterone.  Sticky Baby dust to you!!

[myproblem]

That's awful. I know how you feel though. I've had too many m/c, and all were early. The progesterone is more effective the sooner you start it. When you are ready to ttc again, start the progesterone as soon as you ovulate. You have to take it until you get af, or until you are 12 weeks pg. Try an opk so you'll know when you ovulate. I have had one successful pregnancy, and am 13 1/2 weeks into this one. Give yourself time to get over this one, and then insist to your Dr. that you want the progesterone early next time. Good luck.

[Berko]

i'm so sorry it ended up in a m/c - i was really hoping that it wouldn't. i've been through 2 m/cs so i know how hard it is. i also know how hard it is to see the tissue pass. during my first m/c i felt the sac drop and then saw it - i was really upset about seeing it, but... once it was out i knew the pregnancy was over. i felt empty. by the second i didn't feel it or see it - just regular bleeding. sorry, i mean to go off on a tangent. i know how worried you are about ttc again and the risks, but the truth is usually (not always, but usually) a m/c is  a fluke and hopefully your next will be a healthy one. but if you're worried about the progesterone there's no reason your dr. can't give you something when you're trying again so that you feel like you're doing something. i guess they like to wait and see if there is a problem and then give something, but if you're worried maybe he'll give you something when you're trying again. i really hope that you get through this as quickly and painlessly as possible. it's hard, but time lessens the pain and hopefully soon you'll have a healthy baby growing inside you. thinking of you.

[Morgan277]

I am so sorry for your loss.  I too had low progesterone and lost the baby.  I am pregnant again now, concieved 6 months from mc and are not having the same issues.  I took vitex to help with my progesterone so im not sure if it was that or just my body got back into shape, hormonally.  It is possible to concieve again and not have the same probs. You may want to get checked by the dr. in a couple months to make sure your prog level is ok before concieving again.  That was what I did abd it realy put my mind at ease.
good luck to you.

[my5monkeys]

I was on my 6th pregancy.  Everything was going good.  At 13 weeks we went for a normal doctors appointment and heard the heartbeat.  It was so beautiful.  Then we went in at 17 weeks to do the same thing.  But my docotor could not find the heartbeat this time.  I was so hurt.  It felt like everything in life froze for that second.  So he sent me home and the next night I went to the ER and I had the baby.  It was the hardest thing I ever had to go through.  I am a mother of 5 beautiful girls.  I was hoping for a boy this time.  I want to try again real soon but I am scared of losing another baby.  I go to the doctors tomorrow to find out when and why my baby passed away.  I will let you know what happens tomorrow and If my docotor says I can try again.  TTY.  GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!

[my5monkeys]

so i went to the docotrs and they said we lost the baby because of an immature placenta.  i am happy to know that it was not my fault.