5 miscarriages, 2 of which Triploidy in a row

[MillieNorris21]

Hi, im looking for others in similar situations to me and hopefully who have a success story.

Overall I have had 5 miscarriages. 2 with my ex partner and 3 with my current husband. The last 2 miscarriages were Triploidy. First one at 10 weeks where I started bleeding/miscarrying and needed surgical management to remove the foetus to later be diagnosed with triploidy after genetic testing. Second one went for our 12 week scan (I’ve never made it to 12 weeks so full of hope) to be told it had died and again needed urgent surgical management to remove to be told that again the conclusion was it having triploidy. One was a boy and one was a girl so nothing to do with the sex of baby.

All we’ve been told is that it’s very rare to have 1, let alone 2 and to try again and that it shouldn’t happen a third time, or so we hope.

I just need to speak to others who understand and hopefully have a success story to share so I don’t go into another pregnancy full of dread.

thanks in advance

You poor thing. I don't have any experience of this, but didn't want to read and run. And hopefully will bump for someone who can help more.

Really sorry to hear this!

First pregnancy was an mmc at 9 weeks. No testing done.

Quickly got pregnant again and discovered a serious but not life threatening disability at 20 week scan. Son was stillborn at 27wks.

Next pregnancy had mmc at 14wks after a good 12 wk scan. Had testing done, it was a girl with triploidy.

Fourth pregnancy was a nightmare, ended up with a few scares and placenta previa which was really bad but I do now have a 5 year old from this pregnancy.

Things I did different- loooaddds or vitamins preconception. Progesterone and baby aspirin in early pregnancy. Stopped alcohol preconception and knocked caffeine on the head. No clue if any of that helped.

The positive thing is your getting pregnant. The hospital should keep a close eye on you in any future pregnancies and if I remember rightly triploidy isn't genetic or hereditary so even tho it's absolutely horrendous it's happened to you twice hopefully it won't happen again.

Thank you so much DextyBooBoo for taking the time to read my post, let alone reply to it. I really appreciate that.

Im so sorry to hear about your previous miscarriages and the painful ordeals you had to go through. Congratulations on your child though. I can’t wait to finally announce that I have a healthy baby.

Im on pregnacare vitamins aswell as letrozole & metformin to help with my fertility as I don’t always ovulate each month either which makes it even harder but I try stay positive.

Thanks again!

I remember with my son, he was diagnosed with a condition called PFFD which is not hereditary or genetic and doesn't usually lead to death. The chances of PFFD were something like 1 in 100,000. When the next pregnancy was triploidy again the chances of that were something like 1 in 100,000. I remember thinking how can I be that stat twice. There must be something wrong. But when u tell you my dd couldn't be more perfect - it's the absolute truth.

I can't remember what vitamins I took preconception but I researched ones for egg quality. There was definitely CoQ10 in there. I think some B vitamins and niacin. High dose folic acid on prescription. I can't remember what else now but everything was much higher doses than in a multi vitamin. I gave my body a rest too as in all honesty I was absolutely fed up of being pregnant with nothing to show for it.

I completely relate to that feeling. I’m getting tired of trying, especially with it having to be so timed. It ruins the fun. Luckily me and my husband are very strong but it breaks me every month when my period comes and mentally I’m getting tired of it all. So annoying when people can get pregnant so easily then there’s people like us that it’s the hardest most terrifying thing in the world that even when I do get pregnant I’m too scared to be excited anymore.

Maybe give yourself a period of rest. For example get Christmas out of the way then try again. Let's you make peace with it, enjoy yourself a bit and then start the prep for hopefully a successful pregnancy.

I spent a lot of time in the meantime researching what I could do should I not be successful. So much useful information available on here.

But tbh I think just focus on the fact you are getting pregnant and that what has happened it horrendous luck. I prey you get your happy ending sooner rather than later.