Recurrent Miscarriage Support Thread 15 - tests, treatment and trying again

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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 :)

Big hugs Tanny. I hope it goes as well as it can. Sorry things with your mum were difficult but sounds like the end result is one that will make tomorrow easier, and fingers crossed things will start to feel a bit better from then on. xx

Hand holding for tomorrow tanny x

lots of hand holding tomorrow Tanny

tanny will be thinking of you tomorrow. Hope it provides some peace and closure. Hugs

Great news, Longest
Tanny, hand squeezing to you. I hope it isn't too difficult and that you can move on. Hope the baby gives you little kicks to remind you of the great future that's coming.
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Offering another hand for tomorrow tanny.

AF arrived. No surprise natural bfp for me . IUI cycle will start tomorrow .

Will be thinking of you tomorrow Tanny, I send you strength and hugs.

Tanny - hand squeeze for tomorrow. x

Tanny sending you love and hugs for tomorrow, hope it goes as well as it possibly can. You are an admirably strong lady xxx

You can get through it Tanny
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Good luck barking!

Thank you lovelies, am watching back to back OBEM and self harming on cheese and chocolate. You have made me a bit teary, better out than in....

Sorry you didn't get your natural bfp barking but good luck for the iui

Hi all
I am hoping to hear from other mums as I am struggling whether to add prednisolone to my treatments for next pregnancy. I am 37 dd is 2 yrs 4 months. Very blessed to have her.
I have had 5 miscarriages two before dd and 3 after. All miscarriages have failed at the 5/6 week point. Two slow growing no hb small foetal pole, one chemical pregnancy lasted 9 days, one loss at 7 weeks didn't get diagnosis as was on hols just no hb and last one a blighted ovum. I took progesterone, high dose folic acid and low dose aspirin with my successful pregnancy, had a break from work as was very stressed and had acupuncture and Chinese herbs. I didn't take anything with mc 3,4 after successful pregnancy and then tried same treatment plan with no 6 the blighted ovum which is I guess is usually due to chromosomal issue. Things have moved on since I last got support from the hospital and for unexplained recurrent miscarriage I could also add prednisolone. I have researched what it does and it makes sense to me as I have a reactive immune system to stress, caffeine, gluten etc but no tests to confirm higher levels of NK cells. Also has good track record. I am off work again which is a relief as very pressured and stressful role, taking herbs, having acupuncture etc and I am not sure whether to stick with what I had for successful pregnancy or add prednisolone 20mg tailoring off at 12 weeks to see if it makes the difference. Its a strong drug. How did other mums decide to take it? Avoiding another miscarriage is top priority currently feeling broken at same time worry prednisolone side effects may make things harder. Any thoughts gratefully received x

longest woohoo! Fantastic news. I hope passing this milestone means you can relax a bit into the second half. Halfway already!

twilight TEG is 'ThromboElastoGram' (I think) and all pg WO end have stickier blood than non pg - theories I have heard are: to protect against hemorrhaging during birth, and to help the placenta attach to the uterine wall. I was told my TEG was high in pg, and then that actually it wasn't particularly high. Annoying. I believe if you have a high TEG it will always be high in pg - just the way a body responds.

Sorry to barking and cloud for arrival of AF. Everything crossed for your iui barking - that's me crossing everything, I think you need to keep some bits uncrossed!

cloud it always takes me much longer to get pg if we don't DTD often. Our method is just go for it around O, and not much the rest of tbe time. I use Opk but can tell anyway as get pain. Often (very often) find it a total drag...we now term it 'clinical breeding' - don't try and make it anything other than that, and somehow that takes the pressure off a bit. Also usually have wine...

Tanny, you lovely lady, you have a lot going on. Huge hand hold from me, I send you strength and hugs for tomorrow xx

tanny all the best tomorrow.

Bootles sorry work was so awful. It just keeps on giving doesn't it? Hope you are feeling a bit better. Xx

Yay longest

Handhold for tomorrow tanny
Sorry about af barking good luck with iui

Really tired tonight and made a bit of a fool of myself at work

Colleague out of no where asked me in front of lots of people just how many miscarriages I had and what caused them and did I do something different this time that this one seems to be sticking. I didn't even know that she knew and now everyone knows, I just burst in to tears and had to go home so I'm sure they all think I'm nuts. I'm calling in sick tomorrow as I can't face them but I am probably being over sensitive.

Hope everyone is doing ok, difficult to keep up on my phone

Longest congratulations, it's lovely news. Really uplifting. Xx

I've needed a dictionary this eve! I have worked out that AF is code for period. Sorry it (she?) arrived barking and cloud.

Oh purple not your colleagues too! What a daft thing for her to say! Have a good rest tomorrow and feel better.x

mummy37 hello and so sorry for your losses. I relate to the broken feeling. I took prednisolone for my last pg, which unfortunately became my 5th mc over Christmas. Am waiting to find out results of embryo karyotyping. I took pred after being diagnosed with high intrauterine NK cells, at a self-funded NHS implantation clinic in Coventry. Are you anywhere near there? There are several women on here successfully pg after attending Coventry, though not all are on pred. I was very worried initially about taking it, but once I was on it, worried less. It does mask pg symptoms a bit, which is stressful. I don't attribute the pg failure in any way to the pred (it was actually going really well until suddenly dying at 9 wks). There is also a 'pg on prednisolone' (or something like that) thread on mumsnet, where others may have more info about it, and where they got it. Personally, I don't think I would take it without a specific diagnosis. Sure others will have more to add...best of luck with it all!

Thanks for the good lucks ladies .

purple just . I don't think you overreacted at all - how rude, inconsiderate, and downright cruel . I could only imagine someone asking that question if they themselves were struggling and wanted some advice or reassurance. BUT you'd take the person aside and start by asking gently if they would mind talking about it as they were going through something similar. Still just . So sorry you were confronted with that.

Mummy37 sorry for your losses. I don't have any experience of prednisolone, but before long someone will be along who has.
Hope you are finding the time off work restorative. I'm off work (mc 5 over Xmas) probably will go back on Monday. I think the time off is doing me the world of good. All the best.

bootles I had missed your update sorry you had such an awful first day back

Welcome mummy37 so sorry you find yourself here

Thanks counting

I'm sure I've still missed loads of updates so sorry.for not name checking