Miscarriage Testing

[cheney_1999]

Hello-
Has anyone had any experience and sucess with 'preventing' further miscarriages? I have had three. My first was a partialmolar pregnancy w/a d&c at 12wks, my second was a miscarriage at 6wks w/another d&c, then we had a full term pregnancy resulting in an amazing now 2.5yold, my third was at 8wks again w/another d&c. We are wanting to try one more time but have not had any real recomendations from our ob about diagnostic testing prior to getting preg. this time around. I would have a very difficult time forgiving myself if I should have pushed for at least non-invasive testing that wasn't necessarily recommended by my dr.

[leighanne143]

the doctor can not really tell if it's chromosomal, they assume so.  but no you can not prevent that, but there are  a few tests that they can run to see if it is something that is preventable.  some women need to take a baby aspirin because the bllod that flows to their uterus when the are pregnant is too thick and does not allow a healthy pregnacy, then theirs progesterone and a few other ones.  the tests are very simple and take less than 3 weeks around the start of your period.

thank you for the congrats.  this pregnancy has been going great.  i am 10 weks and so far 2 great US and yesterday we heard the healthy heartbeat.  even though all my testing came back  fine, the fertilty doctor put me on progesterone and baby apsirin for the first 13 weeks just in case and so far i am doing excellent.

[cheney_1999]

sorry about the mc's. it's so tough. but congrats on getting preg again. i pray that things are going well for you all!!! your first? i suppose i'm asking what tests. i'm debating setting up a consultation with my ob about testing and just wanted to go into it with a little background and info. two of my three mc's have been chromosonal so from what i've read there isn't much to do to 'prevent' that from happening. it's just the way it is. we haven't necessarily had a hard time getting preg (except for the first time) it's just staying preg. i'm not sure why i'm so hesitant to do any testing or even call the dr.

thanks,
bec

[leighanne143]

after 2 MC's i had all of the recurrent pregnancy loss testing and they all came back normal.  i was told it was just 2 unfortunate events that happened.  i am now 10 weeks pregnant again,

are you asking what kinds of tests they do or who has had luck finding the problem?  the fertility specialist did put me on progesterone and baby apsirin just in case and so far it has worked but there was no acutal reason to put me on them besides him calling it the miracle cocktail.

[cheney_1999]

Thanks for the info.

I'm only 32 but have been going through this for 4.5years. it's just taking a mental toll from being in the forfront of your mind for so long. i'm tired a thinking about it!!! :) ugh.. after a molar preg. protical is to wait a full year. crazy. after my second we had to wait 6mo and i chose to wait 7mo after my last m/c just for some peace. (keeping in mind we did have a baby inbetween my second and third)  my thoughts are along the lines of doing what i can to prevent another m/c through minimally invasive things. unfortunately two of my 3 m/c have been confirmed chromisonal so not sure if there is really anthing that can be done about that. i'm just getting closer to thoughts of this being our last try so i didn't want to miss anything.

thank you
bec

[adgal]

Hello there,

After my third m/c I had some testing done, consisting of bloodwork and ultrasound, and they also tested the tissue from my D&C.  All of my m/c were first trimester as well.  The first around 10 weeks, second was a chemical pregnancy, third at 8 weeks.  With the first and third I had a D&C.  They have not found a thing wrong with me.  Unfortunately I am told this is often the case with first trimester m/c.  There were not even any chromosonal abnormalities.  With the last pregnancy I was put on prometrium to boost my progesterone (I still m/c), and I have a prescription for it to start on it as soon as I get another postive home pregnancy test.  We are trying again now.  I don't know your age, but in my case (I am 39), they are chalking it up to "older" eggs and just plain bad luck.  I know its so frustrating not having any answers, I want them to just find the problem and fix it.  The good news is that even with multiple m/c behind you, statistics say that your chances of having a normal healthy pregnancy are still very high. I can never remember the exact number, but its something like 75 or 85%.  I have also met a large amount of women on here that have had 2, 3, 4 or more m/c and still had healthy babies afterward.  Most of them also don't know the cause of their losses.

Book an appointment with your OB or an RE and have a frank conversation with them.  And don't give up hope.  The reality is m/c is incredibly common, although most of us didn't know that before we started trying to have babies.  Hang in there, and I wish you all the best of luck.

Take care, Amanda