Miscarriage

[Smithy85]

Hi everyone I unfortunately had a miscarriage today after being told that my baby had died at 8 weeks.
I've been trying to get help from my GP as I've already had miscarriages before this one but it's not been easy.
I just wanted to know if anyone else has had these problems? and what did you do or were advised to take to have a successful pregnancy?

Hi Smithy I’m in the same situation today sadly, I hope you are feeling a little better now - did you manage to get any good advice? I was told that the NHS can look into it after 3 and this is my third but no one said how to access this support!

I'm so sorry for your losses, it's such a horrible thing to go through.

We had 3 miscarriages and I'm currently 25 weeks with this pregnancy. We're in the US so accessing support is a little different, but after our third loss we went to see a reproductive endocrinologist for testing. There are a lot of things that they can look into which cause or contribute to miscarriage risk. This includes anatomical issues, parental genetic mutations/translocations, endocrine issues, poor quality eggs/sperm and autoimmune issues. They can find a cause in around 50% of cases, but the good news is that the majority of people with multiple miscarriages do go on to have a successful pregnancy eventually.

In my case, I was already diagnosed with and medicated for Hashimoto's and PCOS which can both contribute to losses. Everything else came up clear and our RE expected we had an egg quality issue and our losses were chromosomal. Our options were to keep trying unassisted or start fertility treatment (IVF with PGS). We decided to give it one last unassisted try, but do a 3-month supplement regime that's been shown to boost egg quality before we started. This pregnancy happened in the first month we started trying again. I can't say the supplements did it, but I am glad we took the risk.

If you struggle with NHS timelines and you can afford it, I'd highly recommend seeing a Reproductive Endocrinologist privately for diagnosis so you can rule out the most common stuff. You'll get there eventually on the NHS too though and the UK has some amazing recurrent loss specialists.

The supplements I took are outlined in the book 'It Starts with the Egg', which is worth a read but only really applies if you fall into the category of having repeat chromosomal losses, which is what cases most non-viable pregnancies. I also highly recommend getting some counselling if you can as recurrent loss can be such a devastating and isolating experience. There is a potentially useful Facebook group called Recurrent miscarriage / multiple miscarriage support which you might be useful too.

Once more, I'm so sorry that this has happened to you.

Hi thanks for the advice. We've had some blood tests done and particularly they are looking at the consistency of my blood. Some women can have a blood clotting disorder.
Hopefully the results should be back in two weeks.
I am currently taking folic acid, vitamin d and b12. I just wanted to know if anyone could recommend any other supplements? I took pregnacare but I wanted to try something different this time.

The supplements I took were: myo-inositol, n-acetyl cysteine, ubiquinol, alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin c, vitamin d, vitamin e.

There were very specific doses that align with scientific literature around improved egg quality though and it's worth reading the book I posted to understand if you feel you actually want to try anything like this. My prenatal also had folate (rather than folic acid) as I'm heterozygous MTHFR.

Sorry to hear of your loss. I remember when I had multiple miscarriages that I was advised by the consultant to avoid Pregnacare but I can’t recall why now, but this was over a decade ago. How’s your progesterone levels? Baby aspirin was another thing I was told to take - but I had a miscarriage taking that and the hcg injections. My issues were surrounding progesterone levels which were borderline.

Hi I’m sorry for your loss so upsetting.

If you can I’d go private if you are in the uk I had no joy with the nhs. Also private do test for more tests than the standard nhs.

I had loads of tests bloods done privately and needed daily 40 mg heparin injections, progestone, aspirin and I’m sure something else but can’t remember now..... the consultant I saw was absolutely fantastic he specialised in blood clotting he was in London near Paddington....

I also went down the steroids route too with a diff consultant.

Fingers crossed they will get the correct meds for you. xxx

Hey so I'm looking for other women's experience on 2 miscarriages in a row I lost my baby in June this year then before my next period I got pregnant again and lost the baby the exact same weeks as I lost my last one which was my biggest fear my anxiety ran through me from even being scared to pick up my toddler the wrong way in case I lost the second one but no matter how careful I thought I was in always blaming myself. Like will I miscarry again or like won't I have children or is this just my shitty destiny loosing child after child in a row I've been pregnant twice in the past 2 months and it's been a emotional rollercoaster I'm 22 and I feel like my world is crashing down xx

Hi, after having my miscarriages I had bloods taken and it came back I have factor v Leiden (v common) and most doctors say there’s no connection to miscarriages and this blood problem. My doctor disagreed and said to throw everything we had at the next pregnancy, I got pregnant again and took low dose aspirin, cyclogest pessaries, high dose folic acid, vitamin tablets (seven seas pregnancy) and tinzaparin injections every day. I also went gluten free. I don’t know if any or all of these things helped in getting my baby but I am so glad I did it! Wish you all the luck for the future x

Thankyou very much I hope the pain goes away will always miss my little ones even if they didn't make it out in the world ❤️❤️

I’ve had three losses and self referred (via the early pregnancy unit) to the recurrent miscarriage service. They did in-depth bloods that look at clotting disorders, thyroid, genetics etc, all came back clear. I’m now 24 weeks pregnant and was given progesterone pessaries for the first 16 weeks. Before conceiving I took the supplement CoQ10 for three months after doing some research into egg quality (I’m 40 so as all tests came back clear the only assumption I could make was that my egg quality was crap).
We also paid to have some private tests done which checked my AMH levels, DH’s sperm count, scan on my uterus etc. Hope that helps!

Yea that helps thankyou so much

Hi
I have had 9. The time between my daughter and son was 6 years and I had 6 miscarriages in that time. I was hospitalized for the last one and the consultant said that I was not giving my body time to get over it. The body can take up to a year to recover. I then waited for a year before trying again, and got my son. Give yourself time.

Hello,

I miscarried in July. I took tablets and thought everything was getting back to normal. I’ve had two periods since then which appeared to be fairly normal although one went on for an extra week or two (dark brown mucus type spotting)

Yesterday (3 months later) I was doubled over with the pain and felt like I was miscarrying all over again.

I bled through the night and am passing bright red blood and clots.

Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this?

I’d be really grateful if some help, I feel like I’m going crazy searching for answers x

Good morning thought I would start a new up to date thread in the hope anyone has had similar miscarriages,
Back in June I fell pregnant I was unaware as I had a 4 day bleed bleed exactly when my period was due I started bleeding badly end of June and went to hospital, I was told I was pregnant and was about 7-8 weeks which to me is mind blowing anyway the pregnancy had attached to my previous c section scar ( never heard of this before ) called an eptopic c scar pregnancy it’s inside your womb but not a good location because it’s on a blood line. which is basically non viable and this is why I was heamoraging, unfortunately as I suspected I had to have an op which is fairly high risk due to the removal location, that said it went really well, I fell pregnant again 12 October 21 and was so shocked but happy. I have just put it to the bsck of my mind and tried not to put any omen on it and hope I got to 12 weeks, I had an scan at 6 weeks to check the pregnancy was in the right location and thankfully all was good, back 2 weeks later as they said I was measuring a week earlier so could not see a heartbeat, so I went back I was about 7 and 3 days and there was a flicking heartbeat what a relief, so now I just had to pray to get nearer 12 to see how things went. All had gone well just before 12 weeks I started to get cramps and brown discharge no blood just thick brown discharge, i rang my midwife we said to do a uti and drop that in to drs which I did, a day passed it just did not sit right with me I knew something was coming,
I went to bed woke up and said I’m taking myself to a&e at 9am I can’t sit here all day igniting this as somethings not right
Went through all the protocol the hospital have been great, I stayed all day had a scan and found out the baby’s heart had stopped at around 7-8 weeks so must have been shortly after last scan
So was scheduled to come back to have op on the Monday ( currently was Friday I has scan )
As this was safest option for me. The pain was horrific when I was home cramps I would say was like contractions every 2 mins I raced to hospital and from then fresh blood arrived and I knew things had started, I passed lots of clots but my cervix was still closed so I had surgery on Saturday to remove the baby etc.
All has gone well, I’m trying not to think what could have been and trying to think can I be 3rd time lucky or should I just give up
I had 2 children when i was young and never really understood or enjoyed motherhood
I met my current partner who is 10 years younger than me with no children, I’m fit and healthy 40 yr old and we had our daughter who is 5 but I just can’t shake this overwhelming urge to try for another one even with what has has happened to me, I’m writing this from my hospital bed I only had op yesterday I just need to feel there is maybe hope but at the same time I’m extremely grateful for the family I have ! Thanks for listening !