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Having a MTHFR gene positive. What does it y?

My friend tried to get pregnant many times for a year now, she miscarriaged 3 times after two weeks of pregnancy, and another time after three months of pregnancy that time she heard the baby's heart beat a week later it was gone.

She made sine lab tests as following:

PCR for V.Leiden gene mutation (negative)
PCR for MTHFR gene mutation ( positive Homozygous)
PCR for Prothrombin gene mutation (negative)

She doesn't know what to do or who to go to.

Can anyone here tell what does these tests means?

Thanks.
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She should get as educated as she can by reading online, and she should talk to her doctor. Apparently this mutation can have many effects that can range from mild to severe (lots of people have the mutation). Nothing I have read indicates miscarriage is a likely result. Here is one link. https://draxe.com/mthfr-mutation/
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