I've just had my second mc in a row. The first one I put down to bad luck, just one of those things, something went wrong at early cell division... usual things. This time I'm hoping that a terrible cold/virus I had over Christmas might have caused it. I had a four week cold, with a temp of 39 for four days right when I ov'd. The rest of the time I had the worst sore throat of my life, then a hacking cough that lasted two weeks. I was dosed up to the eyeballs with paracetamol/benylin/lemsip/strepsils just to get through Christmas. I had an early scan yesterday after I'd had some spotting and the sonographer couldn't see anything in my uterus at all. After I went home I started bleeding heavily and last night I miscarried. I'm thinking the embryo never implanted, but I'm hoping it's because I was so ill and not because my eggs are old and rubbish (I'm 38). Does anyone know if that's possible/likely?
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Can a really bad cold/virus cause a miscarriage?
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HeadFairy · 23/01/2009 11:01
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