What are other women's experiences of miscarriage and pregnancy rates after 40?
I asked for a referral to the recurrent miscarriage clinic and received a letter from the consultant basically saying I am not eligible because of my age (44) and BMI, plus because I have had a successful pregnancy after my previous losses. It was very condescending and based on general statistics and rates. The suggestion to lose weight but not to get pregnant after 45 was fairly unhelpful, however if I had another loss she would review...
I do understand the NHS have criteria to use their resources based on demand and impact. I also know I am pushing those statistical rates, but I really do think it is down to more than age and BMI. It doesn't actually change anything though and we are in almost the same position as before whenever we have ttc.
My cycles have been very regular for me in the last 12 months, which is why we have been able to conceive and I expect we will probably be able to again in the next 9 months based on previous patterns when they have settled down. I will do private blood tests next cycle just to check day 2-5 bloods, AMH, DHEA, etc, which will give me more of an idea of where my fertility is at. I am not sure that I want to do any further testing than that and I don't know if this means they aren't bothering to do genetic testing on the 7-week embryo I lost last month.