MTHFR

Being as over weight as I was, I knew I wasn't going to be able to conceive. Making the decision to have gastric bypass surgery was the best decision I ever made. I was giving myself a fresh start on life and the opportunity to have children. After TTC for 5 years, my husband and I were more than ecstatic to find out only 3 months after my surgery, we were expecting!

Right from the beginning, the complications were knocking at my door. I was put on strict bedrest at 5 weeks, I had a sonogram every week for 8 weeks. Our baby was perfectly healthy. I passed blood clots from 5 weeks to 17 weeks.

I went into labor at 17 weeks and was told at the hospital it was due to an infection and I had no choice but to deliver. When I arrived at the hospital, the baby's heart beat was 171 and only two hours later, the heart beat was at 22. After delivering the baby, we found out we were having a boy. We named him Austin Lee.

The pathology of my placenta had come back that there were countless blood clots attached to the placenta, resulting in me losing our baby. My doctor ran countless blood tests that came back I am homo MTHFR and told me I need to start taking baby aspirin right away.

Immediately after this, my husband took on a new job across the country. I'm sorry if I failed to mention we lost Austin December 21 (3 days after my 25th birthday). Since then, we have not had insurance due to a new company. Our insurance kicks in Monday and I have found a gyno here that is willing to see me with this condition. (Believe it or not, I had three doctors tell me they weren't able to treat me for it).

Monday is my first appointment and they are going to run the homocysteine blood test to see where my levels are. What can I expect from this? I'm nervous... scared... My husband and I want to TTC but I'm nervous. I can't go through the loss of losing another baby. Any tips for what to expect next?

[carina720]

Hi there! So sorry for your loss. I understand very well your concerns. I'm a Heterozygoys MTFHR C677T I've discussed MTFHR with 6 doctors and all gave the same answers.This mutation is very very common to the general population. There are people who inherited 1 or 2 or more traits for this mutation but they don't even know it. Most of the carriers  are parents of 1,2,3 kids and don't even know they have this mutation only after they had a miscarriage and tested for it.  Don't be scarred because it is not something to cause long term problems. Start taking  Folic Acid  and continue with the treatment your doctor will give you.

[carina720]

I take 800 mcg of Folic Acid, I heard you cannot over dose with folic acid. Take as much as you can and eat the correct foods.