Genetic testing of 10 week miscarriage

[TenRays]

Hi all. I’m stuck in a horrible limbo at the moment so I was hoping others could maybe share their experiences.

I’ve had three second trimester pregnancy losses. All babies were genetically normal and healthy and no reason was ever found for the losses. For the last one I took aspirin throughout the pregnancy and he grew bigger than the others (got to nearly 20 weeks) so I think it helped a little but not enough.
I then went to see a private doctor who finally found a reason for why my losses might be happening - he diagnosed high NK cells and also suspects that I might have a placenta problem called CHI.
I found out I was pregnant again in February and was on a very complex treatment plan. I felt so hopeful that this pregnancy would work out, and had positive scans at 8 and 10 weeks. Then at 11 weeks I had my nhs dating scan and the baby’s heart had stopped. They hadn’t grown at all since the ten week scan which was only 6 days before.
I just don’t understand how the only pregnancy on medication was the one that has ended earliest, and I guess I’m really hoping this was a random genetic problem with the baby that couldn’t have been prevented. I feel like my whole life now just revolves around waiting for the genetic test results, so we know if it’s worth is trying again, or if there’s no hope for us in future pregnancies.

So I guess what I’m asking is - how likely is it to be a genetic loss when we saw a heartbeat at 8 and 10 weeks? And how long does genetic testing usually take to come back for a first trimester miscarriage? I can’t move on or make an plans in life while I’m in this awful limbo of not knowing.

I'm sorry for your losses

At this point if you were on medication to treat the issues you'd been diagnosed with then the likeliest answer is now chromosomal - depending on the chromosome affected you can get well into the second trimester before the heartbeat stops - especially severe forms of edwards and pateus etc but these are usually identified visually at the 12 week scan

Thank you @ivfbeenbusy - I’m so anxious for the results. I’m just dreading hearing ‘healthy baby/unexplained loss’ again. I’m glad to hear it could still possibly be genetic at ten weeks.
It’s my 5th pregnancy so part of me feels like statistically I was ‘due’ one that would result in a first trimester loss. It just feels so unfair that it happened while I was on my first treatment plan.

I’m so sorry for your losses. I can’t really comment on genetic testing as such but I did have a molar pregnancy last year which was only found after surgical management of a MMC. Unfortunately it took around 4 months before I even found out about that - but in my case I think my own hospital weren’t sure so sent a sample to a specialist centre, hence a delay. I didn’t know any of this was going on so it was a big shock when I found out but I hadn’t been waiting as such. I do hope that yours will be a lot faster than that, they also mentioned there were a lot of delays due to lockdowns and hopefully as things are improving a bit covid-wise that won’t be an issue for you either. Best of luck for your results and I really hope your next pregnancy (if you choose to have one) will result in a rainbow baby for you xxx

@TenRays hi there, just wondering how things have been since your last post? I'm conscious it was 18 months ago and you may not be active on here anymore but just thought I'd chance it as I'm in a pretty similar position to how you've described, and was looking for some info x