Is there any hope after 7 miscarriages?

[caz1323]

Hi all, Just wondering has anyone else had 7 mc's and gone on to have a normal healthy pregnancy and birth?

I am 33, I have 2 boys of 14 & 10. I had my first baby 1996 everything was all fine I then had a mc in 1999 then 2000 I had my youngest normal healthy pregnancy and birth. then m/c in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2 in 2010, and I went for a scan on Friday and was told the baby was just over 7mm and there was no heartbeat it stopped growing a couple of days previously and diagnosed as a missed mc. I have been prescribed a weeks course of cefradine (antibiotics) and been told to come back in 2 wks which is Fri 11th Feb to do another scan and then possibly be admitted for an erpc. I have read that you are supposed to get checked out after your 3rd mc to try and find out the cause of recurrent mc's. Well I am now on my 7th mc and nothing has been investigated at all which is very disheartening. Now whenever I find out I am pregnant I never get excited as I am so scared it will all happen again as usual. Is there anyone out there who has had the same experience and has now got a healthy baby?xxx

Hi! I just wanted to give you my love! I have had 1 miscarriage & can only imagine how painfull it is for you! I knew my aunty had had many miscarriages but I found out recently she had had 11 pregnancies 9 ending in miscarriage, I don't know what order they came in but I know she had had at least one before she had her 1st daughter & her 2nd daughter was her last pregnancy.
Thinking of you.x

Hi

I have 2 sons from my first marriage - good pregnancies and good births.

From my 2nd marriage I have had 7 miscarriages and in between these I lost our beautiful identical twin daughters due to ttts. It has got to have been the most harrowing 3 1/2 years of my life.

However, I have referred myself to a private specialist in recurrent miscarriage and am on a cocktail of drugs to help maintain my current pregnancy (currently 8 weeks). I am on steroids to suppress immunity (to stop body attacking an 'alien' body/pregnancy), twice daily clexane injections to thin my blood (to prevent sticky blood or clots - although none diagnosed) and am on 400 mg progesterone pessaries to boost my natural body's progesterone.

I can't give you a happy outcome yet, we have had one scan and seen heartbeat so fingers crossed this could be one we get to bring home. But wanted to let you know that you are not alone in this. Each of my pregnancies has been met with complete terror of what may come. Today I feel slightly excited for the first time in years and today I will enjoy that excitement as tomorrow I'm sure I shall go back to worrying

Wanted to wish you luck, push for a referral from your gp to a local miscarriage clinic or find your self a private specialist.

If you want to ask me any questions please feel free.

Good luck Caz. Praying for you.

Hi MrsSteph, Thank you for your kind words.xxx

Hi Minmooch, Thank you for replying to my post. I am so sorry to hear what you have been through too it is very hard and it is so upsetting not to get excited about our pregnancies it should be a very happy time. I am so pleased to hear that you have seen the heartbeat that is certainly reassuring and I really do hope it all goes well for you please let me know how things go for you as I would be really interested to know especially with all the cocktail of drugs you are having to take. My email is [email protected]. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you and wish you all the luck in the world. Take care and again thank you for taking the time to message me.xxx

Hi Rosie47, thank you.x

Caz - unfortunately not good news from me. Scan last night revealed no heartbeat. D&C scheduled for tomorrow.

I wish you more luck than I have had.

xx

Minmooch, I am so sorry to hear about your loss and the awful time you have had. I have been through something similar and have just been for my last lot of tests - still awaiting the outcome. It has taken me at least 5 miscarriages and a stillbirth before the hospital finally agreed to test for everything . I hope you are coping okay?

Just wanted you to know I been thinking of you, your in my prayers!xx

I have a friend who had 9 miscarriages and then had a healthy little boy. It wasn't an easy pregnancy though, she was pretty much on total bedrest from about week 8 and had to have her cervix stitched.

She did undergo some new treatments including one where they injected her with some of her DP's blood to try to prevent her from rejecting the foetus.

All worth it in the end!

All best wishes to you!

Hi Boozilla, Thank you for replying to my post that is really good to hear that your friend finally had a healthy baby boy. Maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel for me! My midwife said she is going to get me referred to the rmc instead of my doctor as my doctor has done nothing to help me at all.xxx

I have two DDs aged 24 and 21, I have had 11 MCS and then my DS now aged 10.

I had investigations but no reason was found.

Good Luck.

Hi Annapolly, Thank you for replying That is really horrible to have to go through 11, I am finding it really hard right now and this is my 7th. How on earth did you cope?

It is quite reassuring to know that after 11 mc's that you had children.

Thank you so much for replying.

xxx

My friend had 7 miscarriages in a row and went on to have a little girl. They wouldn't investigate because of her age. She was 35.

I am 33 and it's now my midwifes decision and she said she will refer me herself and cannot believe my doctor had not referred me sooner.

Thank you for letting me know about your friend I am starting to feel a bit more reassured now.

xxx

I had several (6 or 7) miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy over 7 years and naturally assumed I was unable to have a baby. During an appointment to investigate the causes, the Doc discovered I was pregnant again. Investigations ceased and after a nasty and worrying 9 months - not to mention 72 hours of labour - my first baby was born and is now a very healthy 7 year old little girl. I suffered another miscarriage but then fell pregnant with my son, now 18 months old. Early miscarriages were relatively easy to deal with, especially when the memories of them are diluted and replaced by the lives of my children. I feel so sad for anyone who goes through multiple or late miscarriages and is still unsuccessful. Have faith that multiple miscarriages are not necessarily the end of everything.

HI Looooosie, Thank you for replying to my post. I am so pleased to hear you went on to have children it really does give me hope. I am gonna have to try not to get pregnant now until I have had tests done as I have not coped too well after losing this baby.

Thank you for your much needed reassurance. xxx

have you been checked for thrombophilia? thats what caused all my problems although i found out too late...

Hi, Have not been tested for anything yet as my doc just didn't seem bothered now my midwife is going to refer me to rmc and get tests so I am just waiting for an appointment.

I am so sorry to hear that you found out too late it's just not fair.

Thank you. xxx

Hiya Caz.

Havent read the whole thread. But I wanted to shar my story.

I have had 7 mc's.

1 late mc, then DS1, 4 early mc, then DS2, 2 mor early mc (one of which was thought to be twins) then DS3.

I had investigations after 5mc's and was found to have Factor V Leiden. I went on to get preg with DS2 and had to have clexane injections and 75mg of aspirin right the way through and although pregnancy wasnt easy, I bled heavily from week 5 to week 20 and waters laked from week 30, he was born healthy, full term at 38 weeks and is now 4yrs old.

I did however, go on to have 2 more mc's even though I was put on the same treatment.

I had moved areas during pregnancy with DS2 so new hospital I was under suggested doing invesitgations again. It confirmed I was indeed Factor V Leiden. But they finally did a complete ultrasound of my uterus. In all the scans I'd had during pregnancy they had somehow missed the fact that I have a septate uterus. Consultant told me that because of the last two pregnancies not working out despite medication she thinks its more likely that my mc's ar due to the fact the preg is inplanting on the septate where there isnt enough blood supply to carry pregnancy until placenta kicks in and I was incredibly lucky that my two boys implanted elsewhere. We were devastated tbh, she referred me to gynae to have septate removed but we had a chat and decided to wait a few years.

2/3 weeks later I started feeling sick in the mornings, shattered by 3pm and DH said to me "i bet your pregnant".

He was right. I immdiately started off with clexane injections and aspiring and once I got to 7 weeks and seen hb they also put me on 400mg progesterone twice a day until 14 weeks.

Anyway to cut a long story short my DS3 was born at 35 weeks (4 weeks) and we got our third child we longed for! Despite having no surgery.

Dont give up, if you have the heart to carry on the do it, be stubborn like I was and you will get there in the end! All my friends and family begged me to stop putting myself through it. It does take it toll tbh, it often gets me down that my body is crap and cant do its job its meant to do but I got there :)

Good Luck and I am so sorry you have had to go through 7 losses :( xx

Hi Julezboo, Thank you for replying to my post and sharing your story. It is reassuring when you hear someone else's story you then know that you are not the only one going through it.

I am so sorry you had to go through all that heartache too. It really is hard.

My dp and I are both desperate to have a baby together I have 2 ds's who are 14 and 10 but are from a previous relationship. My dp has a ds also from a previous relationship who very sadly he doesn't see.

This is our 4th mc together as a couple. It's just very hard to understand because we both know we can have children as we have both had them previously.

My dp found it really hard this time when we lost this baby it did hit him hard and did say that he cannot go through this anymore and neither can I.

Our mw has now decided to refer us to the rmc so we will now finally be getting tests! After tests have been done and hopefully getting some answers then we will def be trying again as it is what we both want.

Like you very determined and stubborn! We will be keeping our fingers crossed.

Thanks again. xxx

Hi caz1323, as you and your partner believe you have viable eggs and sperm (although things can change over time) have you considered using a surrogate - simply as a 'vessel'?

I know that pregnancy with one's own child is precious but, as we multiple-miscarriers know, pregnancy can also be terrifying and desperately disappointing and can inevitably end in heart-ache.

I do hope your tests shed some light on your dilemma. I have been very lucky to have had my 2 children in spite of my years of unexplained failed pregnancies. I hope your strength and perseverance will be rewarded too x

Hello - you might want to read here, in case its a topic you haven't come across before

www.hughes-syndrome.org/researchtommies.htm

I have not read the whole thread, I was watching This Morning a while back and there was a lady on there in a similar position, she was never an ill person, and it was this that was causing the mc, something to do with killer cells, they stopped her getting cold/flu etc, and from carying a pregnancy to term.

I think your gp should be able to refer you surley at this stage?

Hi - so sorry that you've had to go through this, and you really should have been referred for tests after 3 miscarriages - but these things sometimes happen.

I am currently 6 weeks pregnant after suffering 4 mc's.

My background is 1 mc, then DD born five years ago, 2 more mc's at around 9 weeks, then another at 5 weeks.

I had all the usual tests done on the NHS after my 2nd mc, and they all came back clear - I was basically told that I was just unlucky. After my 4th mc, I thought "Bollocks" to being unlucky - something was not right, and I would never get a baby unless I did some furthe research.

I found out about NK cells, and have been seeing Dr.Shehata at the miscarriage clinic in London. He did blood tests and I have very high NK cells - basically, my body attacks my pgs as it would any other invading foreign body or germ. You can have had children, and this can still happen.

I am now on steroids daily, aswell as aspirin and progesterone. I have also had an intralipid infusion and will need another one in 2 weeks time.

Obviously, I am still not beyond the magic 3 months yet, and don't know if this treatment will work or not - I just think it's the best and only chance that I have got. We have had to go private for this, and we expect to spend around £2000, if we get that far.

Go for the tests with the NHS - you may have something going on with your blood, and it could be easily sorted. If these come back clear, you may want to consider the NK cells route.

I hope you get some answers, as that's the worst thing about recurrent mc - the medical profession can be a bit baffled by it, but there is hope with the right treatment and diagnosis.

Take care x