Recurring Miscarriages

[Ladybug320]

Hi,

It’s a long one, sorry!
I am currently going through my third miscarriage in 11 months. I am devastated to say the least.

For context I am 30F, TTC for over 3 years and have an infertility diagnosis due to PCOS/anovulation and potentially endo (still being investigated). My partner SA came back high count but low morphology, everything else is normal. (Was told morphology shouldn’t be an issue as the high count meant there was still enough good swimmers).

My first 2 losses resulted from medicated cycles. I was on 100mg clomid. This third loss was a surprise natural conception after stopping the protocol to investigate endo. My second loss was suspected ectopic so testing was going to be put in place to reduce the risk of another as endo scarring was suspected to be the cause of ectopic and potentially implantation failure.

All was going well with this pregnancy until my 6 week scan, where no fetal pole was detected and the gestational sac measured 5 weeks. I knew in my heart it was going to be another loss and sure enough I started to miscarry the very next day (yesterday). I was on progesterone pessaries from 5 weeks 3 days but didn’t change the outcome (maybe baby had already stopped growing at this point?).

I am exhausted physically and mentally. Pregnancy has never been a happy or pain free experience. I’ve always had terrible cramping and bleeding throughout. I am terrified of this happening again. I don’t think I can mentally handle another loss.

If you have had multiple losses (so sorry) and was referred to the recurring miscarriage clinic (nhs) what was your diagnosis? What testing did you have done and was there anything extra you did privately that wasn’t included in NHS diagnostic testing? I also want to know your happy endings if you finally got your rainbows.

I'm so sorry you're going through this, I had an ectopic pregnancy 7 years ago. So not multiple miscarriages but didn't want to read and run.
It is devastating but you're still young, try not to put pressure on yourself and I'm sure it'll happen for you soon.

I have two girls now

@Ladybug320 so sorry. I'd take a break from it.

Very sorry this must be unimaginably stressful. I have no experience of this but I have heard thyroid trouble can cause miscarriage. I’m sure you’ve had it checked but if not might be worth a blood test.

My 3rd pregnancy worked out for us. All IVF but the one that worked was genetically tested and was our only 'normal' embryo, the rest were 'abnormal', we only started testing them after the 2 miscarriages. So for us we seemed to make a lot of embryos that would never make full term. We only knew this due at being able to test them because of IVF. Hope that makes sense. Sorry for your losses. It's horrible

So sorry for your losses. I hope you’re doing ok.

I have had 5 losses and am currently pregnant with baby number 6 (very early!).

I was referred to the NHS recurrent miscarriage clinic (RMC) after 3 losses and they found nothing wrong with either me or my partner.

I would recommend being referred to Tommy’s Charity if you haven’t already. The NHS RMC fobbed me off after finding nothing wrong with basic blood tests, but Tommy’s did far more testing including a hysteroscopy, though still found no issues.

I went private in January after my 5th loss - Dr Shehata’s clinic CRP. He found I have an unnaturally aggressive immune system which appears to be attacking the foreign DNA in the embryos. I’m on a range of medications to calm my immune system and am hopeful that this pregnancy will be successful. The clinic is really pricey but I believe you can be referred to Dr Shehata through the NHS though I’m unsure how long the waitlist is.

The NHS doesn’t test for immunology, so if they don’t find anything wrong with your tests then I would look into going private for those tests, if you can afford to.

Hope that helps! X