morning all, Visited fertility expert at the recurrent miscarriage clinic in Oxford this morning and thought I'd pass on some of the wisdom that I was relayed. First as I already had a child with my partner it's likely that the m/c was due to my age and associated problems with my old egg! And bad luck, he said. At my age (42) 30-40% of pregnancies will end up in m/c. So that's good news to those out there with kids... luck o the draw!
I asked about progesterone supplements and he said it's a myth that they make a difference to an early pregnancy; if the progesterone levels are going down the pregnancy is failing and there's not much that can be done about it.
I worried about my age but if I have regular periods I am still fertile and should be able to carry a baby, it's just the wonky eggs that might let me down in the end. IVF would make little difference as the issue isn't conceiving but the quality of the egg.
BMI is important and getting your BMI down to a reasonable level. Hey ho.
Finally he mentioned that genetic testing is sometimes useful for people who can't conceive and/or haven't had a successful pregnancy. He gave me some scary quote that '2% of people walking around Oxford have (what I think he called) mutated/translocated genes' which hasn't affected them but affects their fertility/ability to conceive and offspring. By that time I was dozing out a bit so didn't get the details. Science is not my forte.
have arranged for blood tests to test blood clotting issues, genetic tests to ensure no translocated issues and the like.
Hope this was helpful - good luck this month everyone. I'll be POAS-ing next week.