Recurrent Miscarriage Support thread 14 - tests, treatment, trying again

[Justonemoretime]

Information, support, hand holding, tea, sympathy and a hell of a lot of combined knowledge - all welcome as we try to make sense of the RMC roller coaster of tests, NHS admin, heart ache and (hopefully) happy endings!
Please start with a recap of your stats :)

You are not wrong. I work in cancer research, every lead is pursued no matter how tenuous. I am pretty shocked at the lack of research and the hit and missness of it all. I am a real stickler for evidence, but we are forced to rely on anecdote. Repeat miscarriage is not uncommon, it should not be hard to devise good trials to provide solid answers, but there are next to none. Maybe not as glam as curing cancer.

Morning Ladies,
Here's the article I found. It's quite 'medical' and I took in about half of it, but the last line of the abstract is what caught my attention.
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Morning, my tablet won't open it - maybe just me but is there another way to search for it?

That's annoying. Try this link www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16556679 or this molehr.oxfordjournals.org/content/12/4/237.long

You may also be interested in these from my blog: justonemoretimeagain.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/the-difficult-demographic/ and justonemoretimeagain.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/full-time-administrative-assistant-required/

I'm really starting to get scanxiety for Tuesday. I'm obsessing about not being ill enough, not being tired enough and all my dreams are about being late, lost, responsible for students (and somethings gone wrong), missing trains, losing things etc. That said, although I was up early today (and, very bravely, did my own injection!) I do feel tired and vaguely ill now. I can't win! I need to try to chill out a bit.

'just' three days just
I was immediately reminded of Flen's blog about time stretching out. It's so true. Everything takes so long. Have you got a busy weekend to try and keep your mind off it ha ha

I've got a load of y9 marking... joy!

Morning! Thanks for the links just, think I'm going to be doing a lot of reading and research over the coming weeks. Those dreams sound exhausting. Hope you get some down time after the joys of marking...

barking I'm really glad you liked the blog. It gives me a real little boost every time someone gets something out of it.

bootles thank you for your kind words, and I was sorry to read about all you've been through. I think both OH and I feel the same about pursuing all the avenues. I am currently trying to work out if I have ovulated yet (no obvious temp spike) and therefore whether Coventry this month is a possibility.

(And on a slightly different subject: vitamin supplements. Any recommendations?)

just those are stress dreams. I have had a lot of those in pregnancy. I think they're a symptom. Often wake up feeling I have just done a full day's work.

How many weeks will you be on Tuesday?

Flen, I was on tescos pregnancy multi-vits but was then told that vit K can interfere with heparin so I'm just on folic acid and pregnancy omega oils at the mo. My m/w and pharmacist said it's probably not a serious problem, and a bit or arse covering on the part of tescos. Also its not the clotting, but the cytoprotective effects of the heparin that I'm using it for, so it's probably not a real problem. I'll go back on the tesco ones after I stop the heparin. There are probably 'better' brands out there than tescos, but I'm trying to pay off a few bits and pieces so can't afford to splash out. Anyway, my m/w says, as long as i have the folic and eat a healthy diet (DH MAKES me eat my greens!) I'm most likely getting everything I need. Bean will take first dibs, anyway. If there's not enough to go around, its me who'll lose out!

Yes, Longest, I think part of the issue is that I feel like I've been up all night even though I know I haven't. I also get up for a wee a squillion times and do my cyclogest at about 4 am (on a wee break, not setting an extra alarm), so I feel like I'm on the go non-stop. Hopefully it's all a good sign, really.... I'm sure I sound insane!

I should be just over 11 weeks. Yikes!

Just, you definitely have symptoms! It's OK to be a complete nutjob, look at me

I was trying to find an article I read a while ago about the same thing, which had percentages of successful outcomes on heparin where APS isn't indicated. Can I find it now though?

I like reading Prof Brosens' articles, it's oddly reassuring that he isn't basing his treatment on guesswork, and that I definitely fit into his "decidualisation" camp.

I've stopped taking anything, and am now having pangs of guilt that I am depriving my baby of essentials . It feels good to feel like I'm doing it on my own though, if that makes sense. After feeling so broken, and like I couldn't do this natural thing without mass intervention, to be growing a healthy baby by myself feels quite powerful.

Am having a good day. Can you tell?

Hey just the weeing is a really good sign. At this stage it is caused by the hcg levels rising not actually physical pressure.

Also trying to drink plenty of water yo fend off constipation I was quite envious of your post yesterday, Belle!

Wholemeal bread and bran flakes. Not had poo or indigestion problems this time round. Yet.

Am currently having a nosebleed though. First since I was about 8 I think...

Hi ladies,

Sorry I haven't been on in a few days, been working lots of hours and hiding under the covers the rest of the time.

Can't catch up with it all but agree with barking and belle that a lot of fertility and mc care is poor and that there seems to be a real lack of evidence and research in the field. I mean we barely seem to have moved on since IVF was found in the 1970s!!!!

I have found visiting a good quality, purpose built private clinic to be the only way to get taken seriously and to get the help I have needed. It's a shame because most people could never afford such luxuries.

Just I feel your pain on the constipation. Cyclogest doesn't help matters and feeling like you'll be sick if you eat fruit makes it all the worse. Still if we can get to 12 weeks I don't think we'll care. You're almost there now so just hang in there for these last few days.

Sorry if I have missed any other topics, too much to keep up with!

Waving hello to you all!

xxx

warning this is most definitely a tmi post Well just my lovely poo ended up causing my first real panic. Went to the loo later in work, wiped and there was blood. Quite a bit. Heart was in my throat. After some investigation with a tampon I finally satisfied myself that it was from the back door not the front. Looks like I have piles! I do recommend activia with prunes.

Hugs Belle I had the same thing at about 6 weeks. Made my mum come over and called in work sick as I was so panicked! Glad it was just your bum and you're ok. X

Sorry you had a panic belle - just what you didn't need.

just thanks I will try the articles again, had a busy day with DS in a nature reserve and now feeling properly utterly exhausted and work tomorrow. My Zen approach is starting to evaporate, I also have scanxiety for tuesday...so far only v early scan with sac and yolk sac so am in the dark. Arrrggghhhh....

hand holding Bootlegs, what time is your scan on Tues? His many weeks will you be?