causes of miscarriage

[Butcherf1988]

Having had two successful pregnancies it came as a shock when I had a miscarriage in February. I had fallen pregnant very easily. At 6 wks 2 days, I went to my daughter's school fete. I ate a large slice of homemade cheesecake which was kindly offered to me. I knew nothing about cheesecake and its risks to miscarriage at the time of eating it :( Within 12 hours, I started to lose brown blood/spotting. After a couple of days this turned into full flowing red blood and I saw the fetus :( It was horrible :( It was only afterwards that someone told me that cheesecake needs to be baked in order to be safe when pregnant :( Has anyone else had a miscarriage shortly after eating or drinking something dodgy? Fliss

I’m so sorry for your loss. It is unlikely to be the cheesecake that caused the miscarriage. I have had two losses myself, both early, and I racked my brains trying to work out what could have caused it. It’s more often than not just a case of the pregnancy not being viable.

I have in fact had two losses too :( My second happened at 7 wks 5 days, later on than the previous. I fell pregnant really easily both times which made it hard to understand. Did you go on to conceive successfully afterwards? I hope so …. Did you make any changes to your lifestyle?
Fliss

Most early miscarriages are caused by genetic problems that are there at conception. It’s really unlikely to have been caused by the cheesecake - the risk there is listeria, and if you’d caught that you’d have known about it.

Really sorry for your losses but don’t blame yourself.

Cheesecake doesn't have to be baked.

Many non baked cheesecakes are whipped cream, cream cheese (pasteurised), icing sugar and the flavour of choice.

I'm really sorry for your losses. My understanding from our fertility doctor was that early miscarriages are usually to do with genetics or a flaw that wouldn't make a viable pregnancy. It's not something you do.

Yes I did, both times within four months, despite initially taking much longer to conceive. I took B vitamins, I’m certain that helped me as I had early spotting before my periods and needed to up my progesterone. I also lost about half a stone each time, not purposely but perhaps that helped a little. I hope you are feeling a bit reassured that you have done nothing wrong, some great advice above.

Thank you for your kind words. It is hard to accept a miscarriage when I'd previously had 2 good pregnancies :( That's interesting about the progesterone and spotting before periods. I often spot before my period too … I do try and have a good diet and eat a huge amount of fruit and nuts. I seem to fall pregnant relatively easily. Both times I miscarried I had had no problem conceiving. Hopefully next time we will be lucky and I will make it full term …
Fliss

Please don't blame yourself, we all look for reasons when these things happen but it won't have been the cheesecake. Keeping everything crossed for you!

It definitely wasn't the cheesecake. Please don't blame yourself for that. But so early on there isn't a foetus to see. I know from experience, I'm not being nasty. Take care of yourself