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Just suffered my 3rd miscarriage this year, terrified of never having a baby to call my own?

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Noleeen · 14/10/2008 08:27

Hi, i am new to this and have no idea what i am doing so here goes. I have just siffered my third miscarrige this year. I went off birth control pill at beginning of year, fell pregnant straight away but lost it at 5wks, natural m/c - blighted ovumn. I actually fell pregnant again straight away after this with no period in between, had an early scan at 6wks 5days, saw fetal pol and heartbeat, was so excited from here on in. I went for my next scan at 12wks only to be told it measured 8wks and no longer a h/b, i was completely devastated, i had been tracking the growth of the baby every week and what it would look like only to find out it had died 4wks before, D&C was required this time. I had a period between this and fell pregnant again only to start bleeding again 5days later, natural m/c once again in the form of a chemical pregnancy. I have had blood tests done and so far only got 3 results back, bloodclotting, rubella and one for antibodies all of which have been normal, i am still waiting on another 4. I am 26 years of age and am so scared at the prospect that i will never have a baby of my own. I still think about all 3 m/c BUT it is the 2nd one that has affected me the most and although this happened in July i still get really upset about it. I have no problems getting pregnant, its just holding on to it thats the problem

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overthemill · 16/10/2008 18:08

don't give up hope i have one child after 3 pg. take your time and try again, take it slowly though you need to look after yourself

LOVEMYMUM · 16/10/2008 23:38

I didn't know you and DP had split up.
You are going thru a very hard time at the moment. Have you tried Relate, they may talk to you as you relationship has ended and it may help you to come to terms with another loss.

Noleeen · 17/10/2008 08:24

Whispywhisp I am just going to allow myself AT LEAST 6 months of a complete healing process, both my body and mind have been trhough so much these last 8 months that i need to allow both to recover. At the minute im just going with the theory that my doctor said 'just bad luck' and hope for the best this is what it is. Although there is one area sticks out in my mind, one of the blood tests they done the doctor said it is usually checkded if there is a family history on either side, the male or females, so i went on to add (note i had never been asked this before, always just asked about my own family) that it took his mother 8 years from she had his older sister to she had him, she suffered 5 miscarriages between this time also. The doctor said this could definately be a factor as this antibody can be passed through the genes, she still put it down to bad luck just. I know what your saying about watching mothers shout at their kids and don't get me wrong if they need scoulded then by all means scould them BUT when you long for a child so much you realise more how people don't realise how fortunate they are and that they should cherise that child.

My dp and myself had a real heart to heart last night and i finally got him to open up, he would NEVER talk about it before and because i was so upset all the time and he was bottling it up it caused alot of tension and strain on our relationship. We are just going to start taking things slowly and hope for the best it can work out. Thanks again to everyone.

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LOVEMYMUM · 17/10/2008 17:11

Please take things one day at a time.
I do this and it helps me.

whispywhisp · 21/10/2008 13:40

Noleeen...how are you doing? xx

Noleeen · 22/10/2008 10:21

Hi, i honestly feel much better this week and do think it helped me alot to get things i wanted to say out in the open on this site, i have been building alot up inside as i am not the type of person to burden others with my problems and finally talking about how im feeling i do feel as though i can start to move on from everything that has happened, although just taking it one day/week at a time

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whispywhisp · 22/10/2008 10:23

Hiya...so glad you're ok and that you found chatting on MN has helped. Wishing all the very best of luck and happiness for the future. xxxx

Noleeen · 22/10/2008 11:24

Whispywhisp Thank you x

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bamboostalks · 22/10/2008 11:31

Noleen no personal experience but was listening to a programme on radio 4 about recurrent mc which you will be able to download. It was on 2 weeks ago and one of the things that the consultant said was that if they do not find a cause then that is a positive thing because then you are more likely to succeed in carrying a pregnancy to term. So have hope, I also have a friend who had 3 mc and has gone on to have no more and 3 healthy children.

Gateau · 22/10/2008 11:51

Noleeen,
I empathise with you totally, although I am blessed with a beautiful little boy. I hope you will have one and hopefully more of your own some day. I have had two mcs and am almost certain I am having another. Scan to confirm it tomorrow. See my recent thread on 'Fear of never having another baby.'
I think I will ask the GP to refer me to a gynae expert. I am nearyl 39 so am worried it may be down to something, eg my ovarian function.
Are you going to have investigations done? I think they usually do that when you've had 3 mcs.

Noleeen · 23/10/2008 08:31

Gateau I wish you all the best with your scan and hope this is not another M/C you are suffering. Altho i myself have suffered 3 m/c, its the 2nd one that gets me the most. I have been trying so hard not to dwell on this, however today has hit hard as i think i would have been 6months today, i kno its not worth thinking on what could have been but sometimes its so hard to think positive all of the time. My doctor does not want me to go for investigations as yet, she said that as the blood tests were clear then she feels it was just a case of my womb not recovering enough to carry the next pregnancy. I am now waiting AT LEAST 6 months before trying again, it has been over 4wks since my most recent m/c, HOWEVER should i wait the 6months or more and it happens again then most definately i will go for further investigations, i am just living in hope that the doctor is right.

bamboostalks Thanks for the bit of hope

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scamperT · 23/10/2008 10:32

Gateau, am thinking of you and the scan today. Noleeen, so sad to hear you have lost three angels this year. I had my second mc in July as well, having had first mc in February, and am only just beginning to realise I am not coping very well (hence posting on mumsnet at work...can't concentrate on work). The article in the Times brought it all back. Feel sure we will all be holding our dc in our arms some day, but the waiting is hell. Really helpful to know others are feeling the same, easy to feel you are going mad otherwise. A friend has recommended acupuncture to me to feel less stressed - I'll let you know if it helps at all xxx

Noleeen · 23/10/2008 11:20

scamper T I have heard of others trying this as well and stating that it did help. I am currently waiting at least 6 months before TTC again and if it works for you then i will definately consider doing it, no harm in trying Good luck

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whispywhisp · 23/10/2008 12:10

Reading all these posts makes me realise how incredibly lucky I am to have not one but two healthy happy children. It's all too easy for people like me to take children for granted. I really do wish you all the very best in succeeding to have children...xxxxx

bamboostalks · 23/10/2008 12:14

Just to say that the programme was, 'Am I Normal?' presented by Vivienne Parry on R4 on the 8th Oct. I think. Good Luck

SnoopDog · 23/10/2008 13:03

noleeen,

i have been exactly where you are now and i know how bad the feeling of living daily with a heavy heart and empty arms is

my 1st m/c was a blighted ovum too, picked up at a scan, i was devistated, my whole being ached with sadness,

i too fell pg with baby no 2 with no period in between, i started to bleed at 5 weeks and was told there was prpbally no hope, my pregnancy levels rose and fell for nearly 12 weeks, it was very unsettling but i was so numb from my first m/c that looking back i kind of sailed though,

i ended up being treated with methotraxate, a strong and not very nice chemical they inject into you to kill all mulitplying cells

we waited 3 months for ttc no 3, i fell quickly again and we dare not even let ourselves get carried away, early scans looked good, the heart was strong and as the weeks went on we learned to love our new pregnancy, at week 10 all was good, we had an amazing scan and we seen him dancing on the screen for us,

1 week later another rountine scan showed him very still, like he was sleeping, i can not even think back to those days without tears in my eyes,

the hospital confimed the worsed had happened and that i had to have a d and c to remove him, devistaed was an understatement, i had some very dark days, i drank vast amouts, never ate, couldnt sleep, i was off work for 6 months, i cried daily, never left the house...

and anyone who even suggested i was lucky cause i could get pregnant i could have happily strangled, i avoided pregnant friends, i only went out late to do the shopping as i knew babies and children would most likely be in bed, life was a mess, a very big mess

we waited 8 weeks for the hospital to compleate the tests on baby and they confirmed he was chromosonally perfect, they could find nothing wrong, with me, dp or ds,

we had a cremation for him, it was symbolic really as he was so tiny but it helped me move forward, infact that was a year ago yesterday, the 22nd oct, and the day after we climbed hellvellyn mountain in the lake district in his memory

we raised a few hundred pounds for the miscarriage assoastion and my heart and lungs for the first time on many months felt full of air again, like i was able to breathe easy,

our relationship suffered, i can tell you it has been a real test of our strengh, sex is always tough after a mc as it becomes all about the babymaking and not about the pleasure,

there were times we held each other and times we didnt talk for days, not because we had fallen out, just because there was very little to say,

i still miss ds, i always will, like you said some of the losses are harder that others, my 3rd mc was the hardest, the first was tough and the 2nd i feel bad about beacuse i feel i coped quite well with that loss at the time,

i am very happy to tell you that after many more tests, a painful course of daily injections and 9 months of mostly bed rest our dd arrived in july of this year

there is alway hope, even on the darkest days, i just could never see it at the time,

if you need anyone to talk to i will do all i can to help,

the ladies on mn helped me so much, and day by day i was able to talk though my feelings and get them into some sort of order,

i hope that reading my experiences makes you feel less alone

Noleeen · 23/10/2008 13:44

Snoopdog Sorry for your previous losses BUT a big congrats on the arrival of you dd You have definately gave me hope and its good to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel.. I think the reason the 2nd m/c hit me so hard is because i seen it on screen at 7wks and seen and heard the h/b, i had no m/c symptons at all and only found out at a routine 12wk scan that it only measured 8wks. I know it sounds silly because it was so small but i after my 1st scan i used to talk to it all the time and every week i was checking on a pregnancy website to see what size it was now, how it was forming etc. Hopefully someday like you i will have a dc of my own and although i will never forget perhaps i can move on. Again big congrats

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whispywhisp · 23/10/2008 14:26

snoopdog...what an amazing post. You have truly shown there is hope out there for many women, like Noleeen, to conceive and have a healthy baby. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us all. xxxx

Popzie · 23/10/2008 14:40

have only read op's post, but want to say I'm sorry and i know how you feel. I had two m/c's in 2007, just like you - in quick succession. I think you may be trying too quickly and not recovering properly as you need to let you hormones normalise again. I left it three months after my second mc and got a viable pg on the fourth month. at 26 you have plenty of time. I was 34 so really felt the pressure! good luck.

SnoopDog · 23/10/2008 15:47

our dds middle name is 'hope'

wu75 · 01/11/2008 17:22

Hi Noleen (and everyone else!!),

i am in a similar position to you and i think my experience may be able to help you. i'm 32 and tried for my first baby in june this year and fell pregnant straight away, i was estatic. then i started to bleed and realised it was all over. i was completely devastated. my doctor said don't worry, it happens a lot, no need to wait, try on next cycle and most importnant, relax. i felt so much better, so we tried again in july. same thing happened again, only i got slightly further along. the second time, although extrememly cautious, i never really thought it would happen twice. it was such a blow and i completely hit rock bottom, i didn't know what to do with myself.
i knew something was wrong and decided there was no way i had the emotional strengh to try for a third time. purley by chance i stumbled upon a charity called 'foresight pre conception' on the web. they specialise in helping people like us. these people are amazing. i read their site from top to bottom and decided me and my partner should take their hair analysis test which is an excellent way to see if there is anything going on in our bodies which could adversly affect pregnancy. hair anylysis is particulary good because it is such a detailed picture of what is going on over a period of months rather than just right now. we sent off our hair samples and got the results a couple of weeks later. to our astonishment we both had really high levels of lead in us.(lead is seriously bad for a foetus and known to cause mc). i was slightly better than my partner who had extremely high amounts. we were once again devastated and I couldn't stop crying every day for weeks, but at least we had some conclusive reasoning to our nightmare. we chose to embark on their 3 month program to naturally flush the lead out of us and boost all other vitamins and minerals essential to a healthy preganancy. we are currently half way through the program.
it was entirely our choice to do all of this but what i really wanted to say is that we had no idea this was going on in our bodies. we live really healthily, but there was a source of lead which we had not realised we were ingesting or was harmful. the hair test can also identify loads of other heavy metals and toxins in everyday life that can have a devastating effect on your pregnancy, that you may have no idea your bodies are absorbing. the track record and success for the foresight programme is amazing. i really hope we are a part of that success.
obviously i don't know yet, but it has given us such hope and the whole process is completely natural. i never wanted to force my body into pregnancy, if it couldn't do it on its own. they stand by this too.
anyway, we are hoping to start re trying in the new year, if our second hair tests are good. I will keep everyone posted!!
check out their site and see what you think. there is a huge amount of practical info on how to increase your chances of being really healthy before and while pregnant. i cannot speak highly enough of the support and understanding that they have given to us and would not hesitate to recommend these lovely people to anyone who wants to give themselves the best possible chance of a healthy pregnancy, even if nothing is wrong. sorry this post is so long! lots of luck and love to all of us. xxxx
www.foresight-preconception.org.uk

Noleeen · 03/11/2008 08:13

wu75 So sorry for your losses and i truely hope that this works for you this time. I havn't had time to look at the site as yet but i definately will. I am currently just allowing my body 6months to recover and repair from the 3 m/c and i guess living in hope that with my next pregnancy it will be 'my time'. Once again i wish you all the best of luck and you must let us know how this works out for you.

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wu75 · 04/11/2008 00:02

Hi Noleeen,

Thankyou. i will definately be reporting if this works! i mentioned Foresight in another thread and a very kind lady left a message saying she did the program after 2 mc and went on to have a healthy baby. it was so lovely to hear.
i think giving yourself 6 months is a really good idea. i know that 3 months on i am much more together and am feeling less scared about the idea of trying again in the future now i have had more time to heal. i didn't think i would ever feel right again, but taking it slowly is good.
just wondered are you planning on taking any pre natal vitamins/minerals in that time? when I had the hair test it showed that i was low in zinc among other minerals, essential for healthy pregnancy, so i found that very interesting. never taken a vit pill in my life but i'm on natural vit/min boost to get all my levels up to scratch. have to say feeling quite good for it too!
x

Noleeen · 04/11/2008 15:19

I am currently taking Pregnacare and have been taking these for about 2months now in order to try to get more vitamins etc into my body to help build myself up a bit, folic acid is also included in these

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Jonesy68 · 04/11/2008 16:03

Hello Noleen et al. Just read your thread and as I have just found out today I have had a 2nd MC, thought I would contribute. Your story is so sad and I really hope you go on to have a healthy PG at the end of it all.

I turned 40 this yr and already have a DS (aged nearly 6) from my marriage. Had an MC in June this yr at 8 wks but was working and excercising too hard so qt stressed and not feeling positive. This time, was v chilled, totally by the book health-wise and felt really positive about it. However, had some bleeding at the w/end and was sent for emergency scan today. Showed the pregnancy sac was empty! .

Would have been 12wks tomorrow so it's late to find this out and feel cheated. Have felt pg throughout and even have a 'bump'! Didn't see this coming and feel pretty rubbish about it.

Realise am lucky to have my DS tho. Will probably try once more but time isn't on my side..... I've heard of others who have had multiple MC's and gone on to have healthy babies so it is possible. However, I would think your GP should get tests for you to find out ifthere is a reason for 3 MC's.

Good luck!