has anyone had two or more miscarriages after a normal, successful pregnancy?

[silvermum]

i can't believe i'm on this board again but it looks like i'm having a second miscarriage. I have one DS and it was a normal pregnancy and everything was fine. DS is now 15 months. We started trying again in the summer and I got pregnant on the first attempt but had a miscarriage at seven weeks. We tried again in September and again I got pregnant, but when I went for an early scan today it was not good news. They can't give me a definite answer yet but the fetal pole is far too small for my dates and it doesn't look good. the first miscarriage seemed like just "bad luck" - now it looks like it's happening again. Is it "just bad luck" again or something else? I am a very fit, healthy (or so i thought) 34 yr old. never smoked in my life but maybe my age is counting against me. not as shocked this time but so disappointed and don't know what to think.
any shared experiences?

hey silvermum, i have just been told i have mc again for the 2nd time. Ds is 2.5 and i wanted this pregnancy to go well but it didn't...i am also shocked and it is the same story as u(too small for dates, no bleeding or cramp)...don't know wt to expect next time...
hope we will make it in the end...

Oh no, sorry lalatele Take good care of yourself and let your loved ones pamper you xx

I have read the thread and wanted to share my experience with you.

I have had 2 mc now The first was a blighted ovum found at 7 weeks and the 2nd was 2 weeks ago and I mc at 17 weeks, which was even more devestating. This they call a silent mc which doesnt help. I don't care what they call it a mc is a mc hmm. We have had bloods taken and baby's skin tested for genetic problems but we have been told we may not get a guarenteed answer if one at all.

At the moment I feel desolate. I believed everything would be fine after 12 weeks and to make matters worse I have had hyperemisis to a high degree and admitted to hospital with dehydration and then this final kick in the teeth. I know I sound miserable but I'm optomistic that we will conceive and carry a full term healthy baby. You have to have some belief that you will be alright and look positvely forward even if you don't feel like it. I wish you all the luck in the world keep your chin up and be brave. xx

there is hope.
I had 3mc's, then dc1
three more, then dc2
only one more then dc3

am feeling crap just now, but the story is positive really

Hi Silvermum and all the other brave and frustrated mums on this site. I wanted to add my own positve story. I had DS in 2003 and fell pregnant again in Feb 05 but this MC at 10 weeks again I feel Pregnant in Dec 05 but again MC at 10 weeks I was shattred and like alot of you on this site shocked it had happened again. GP refused to do tests until I had had 3rd MC!! Got PG again in March 06 and had an early scan at 7 weeks which revealed ID twins!! All wemt well with that PG and my beautiful twns have just turned 2. I hope this helps someone and shows there can be a happy ending.

Good luck to you all.

mandy3232, so sorry to hear your awful story. everytime i feel sorry for myself i remind myself how "lucky" i am to have had the miscarriages so early. I simply cannot imagine the heartache of losing a baby in the second or third trimester and i really hope you find a way of getting through this and find the strength to try again.
it's good to hear some positive stories from those who've just kept trying.

I had a mc back in march of 2008 and we found out we were pregnant in December, I went for an ultrasound 10 days ago the baby was strong and had a strong heartbeat, we went in yesterday for a check up and they couldnt find a heartbeat at all..Now i go back to the doctors monday to figure out if I want a dnc or just let nature take its course. I know its not even possible but there going to do an ultrasound next week to double check and i just pray they find a heartbeat but the likeliness of that happening is pretty much none. I made it to ten weeks this time and thought we were so close of getting out of that scary period. I do have a healthy 5 yr old boy who i delivered with no problems whos birthday happened to me yesterday, the same day as we found out about our loss.

I had 2 babies, then two miscarriages, then a new baby. No idea why I had the first miscarriage, have my suspicions why I had the second but was lucky enough to then have a baby that hung in there.

Good luck.

I GOT MARRIED TO MY LONGTERM BOYFRIEND AT THE AGE OF 18, AND I WAS PREGNANT 6 MONTHS LATER, ME AND HIM AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY WERE OVER THE MOON. WENT TO A ROUTINE 12 WEEKS SCAN, EVERY THING WAS NORMAL, I TOLD THE THE DOCTOR THERE THAT I WAS BLEEDING, HE SAID TO ME EVERY THING SEEMS NORMAL. ON A RETURN SCAN AT 20 WEEKS THE NURSE TOLD ME THERE WAS NO H/B AND THE BABY LASTED ABOUT 17 WEEKS. 1 YEAR LATER I TRIED AGAIN. THIS TIME ROUND I WAS BLEEDING AGIN AT ABOUT 12 WEEKS SO I RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AND THERE THEY TOLD ME EVERY THING WAS FINE, I STILL HAD MY DOUBTS. BUT IT WAS ALL FOR BETTER I WENT ON TO HAVE A GORGOUS LITTLE GIRL. 2 YEARS LATER WE TRIED AGAIN SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN 12 WEEK BLEEDING ASSURED EVRY THIN OK , 20 WEEK SCAN, NO H/B , BABY ONLY ALIVE TILL 17 WEEKS. ANOTHER 2 YEAR LATER I TRIED AGAIN. BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE SAME THING HAPPEND AGAIN, GOT PREGNANT, BLEEDING AT ABOUT 9 WEEKS, RUSHED TO HOSPITAL, TOLD EVERY THIN WAS OK, AND WENT ON TO HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL.

BUT THE THING THAT CONFUSES ME IS THAT ALL MY 4 PREGNANCYS WERE EXACTLY THE SAME. 2 WERE MISSCARRIAGES AND TWO WERE BIRTHS.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS GOING IN A PATTERN M/C,BIRTH, M/C, BIRTH. KNOW MY LITTLE GIRL IS 8 YEARS OLD BUT I HAVENT DARED TO TRY AGAIN BECAUSE I'M SCARED OF THE PATTERN.

HOWEVER WE HAVE CONSULTED AND MET UP WITH A TOP WOMENS HOSPITAL IN LONDON CALLED PORTLANDS WOMEN HOSPITAL. THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO. THAEY HAVE TOLD ME WHATS WRONG WITH ME , AND WHAT I NEED TO DO TO PREVENT THIS. IT IS DEFFINATLY A MEDICAL PROCEDURE, BUT NOT IVF. THEY WILL DEFFANATLEY HELP BUT THEY CHARGE AN ARM AN LEG. GOOOOOD LUK TO EVERY 1

I have had 3 miscarriages, and one baby born at 26 weeks. here's a run down; couldnt get prgenant after 2 years so I went to my GYN and she put me on fertility meds. I then became pregnant and as soon as I found out, I lost it. 5 weeks. I got pregnant the next year, then at 25 weeks I was rushed to the hospital, diagnosed with Pre-eclampsia and delivered a 1.2lb baby girl, currently turning 5 years old this month, May 2009. I then tried to become pregnant in 2007, ectopic pregnancy. I became pregnant in 2008, TWINS!!! YAY, all i ever wanted, a boy and girl. Oh how lucky am I!!! 20 weeks, water broke and lost both! Jayden R-Kel and Jazmyne Soleli R.I.P. January 28, 2009. Now, I had my first cycle and BAM, without trying I am 4 weeks pregnant. OH, GOD!!!! Please help me! I am scared to death!!! I don't know what is to come with this pregnancy. I pray to God its going to be okay. Please pray for my family and I will do the same for yours! God Bless

Moral of the story, there is always some one out there worse than you and God knows what he is doing at ALL times! Don't give up hope!!!

Oh my goodness. What a story. Sending you lots and lots of luck for this time. Really hope it all works out for you.

my ds was born 4y ago after years of trying, 6m later i was pg again, mc'd on a plane back from holiday. 7m later i was pg again, this time i mc'd at dh's bf's wedding. 5m on, mc again at 6w. then an ep to which i lost my left tube and nearly died. since then i have had at least 5 more early mc's (at 5-6w) and a couple of cp's (at 4w)

however, i have seen many, many specialists who all insist that there is very little that can be done and we just need to sit tight. off to see cons again on the 18th hoping to be prescribed clomid (at long last) which will at least improve my chances of getting pg.

sorry, i know its not v helpful, but have you spoken to gp and asked for bloods or anything?

Dear all I've shared similiar experiences, after daughter of nine, have recently had two mc in eight weeks! But what I don't get is why mc are so high in the uk!!!!!??????

Me and my neighbour are in competition to get pregnant again! We both have a three year old and have both had two miscarriages in the last 6 months (my last one last week- so still bleeding).
Obviously we are both a bit pissed at the situation (excuse my language) but also accepting. Personally my husband and me have decided that one more go and if that doesnt work then we will be happy(hopefully) with just the one child and that my body is trying to tell me to stop.

Hi i had my ds in 2006 and then had two mc's in 2007 one at 11+5 and one at 6 weeks. I am now 26+2 weeks pregnant. I was devastated when i had the two mc's and managed to convince myself i was never gonna fall pregnant again. I was so scared from day 1 of this pregnancy but every time i feel baby move or kick it reassures me. Anyone that has had similar situation to me there is hope and you will fall pregnant and be ok. x

me too, i have just had my second mc.
had ds who is nearly 6.
but had 2 mcs prior to having him.

we are trying again but i am incredibly frightened.

Sorry to hear of your loss. I have had a similar experience as most women in this thread. I had a healthy ds in Feb 2000 (aged 21), another healthy ds in Aug 2003 (aged 24) both problem free pregnancies but both ended in Caesarean sections. We left it a while until we considered having another baby and in June 2011 (aged 33) I suffered a missed mc and found out the weekend before the 12 week scan that there was no heart beat and that it had stopped growing at around 7 weeks. I had a very traumatic experience miscarrying and narrowly missed being taken to theatre due to all of the placenta not detaching and heavy blood loss. Then after being told we were just unlucky and there's no reason we can't have a healthy pregnancy again, we TCC last year and were successful, however April 2014 and we were in the same position again, booked in for an early scan at 9 weeks to check all was ok to start bleeding that same morning and find we've had another missed mc again stopped growing at around 6 weeks. I had a medically managed miscarriage and sent on my way as soon as I had eaten and was up out of bed. Given no support, no advise, no answers. Told they wouldn't investigate until we had a third mc. We are now considering trying to conceive again. I am now 36 and it scares the absolute hell out of me. My heart is saying do it but my head is saying don't put yourself through that again and it might destroy me emotionally. Reading this gives me some comfort that another healthy pregnancy could happen but the overwhelming fear I have that it will end in another mc is taking over at the moment.

The 3-miscarriage rule is a bitter pill to swallow when you are on your second but in truth, the NHS tests only find a cause 50% of the time even in women with 3 consecutive miscarriages and a lot of the time they are still peddling the bad luck bollocks even further down the line. I had DS1 in 2006, MC 2009, Ds2 2010, then another 3 MC all at 9-10 weeks. NHS said 'bad luck' even though foetus was genetically normal. I went to the implantation clinic in Coventry and was found to have raised levels of uterine NK cells, a marker for immune dysfunction. I had a successful pregnancy on their protocol of profesterone, heparin and steroids resulting in DD born last summer. There are now lots of success stories after multiple miscarriage on the RMC thread, most of the women don't have immune issues but have benefitted from their 'implantation protocol' of progesterone/heparin.
You can self refer, you don't have to have miscarried three times, and it's £360. Anyone who wants to ask more about it is welcome on the current RMC thread - lots of Pom pom wavers for Coventry there!

Another happy ending from me too!

I had DD with no problems

Then had three consecutive early miscarriages in a year

Finally, I had my DS.

This happened 30 years ago, but you never forget that sadness and having 'habitual aborter' written on my medical notes - please tell me this doesn't happen now :(

OP - I really hope all goes well for you

OP is from 7 years ago.

I had a perfect healthy uncomplicated pregnancy in 2006 ds.2013 mc d&c 2014 mc no d&c 2015 got pregnant healthy perfect baby dd born in 2016 busy had another mc and d&c yesterday no growth no h/b.Its so devastating I want one more child.I am terrified of dealing with all this pain and heartache.Its like i know the second im pregnant. im sick immiedietly but just cant stay pregnant.Yet i have 2 beautiful perfect kids and am so grateful for them.my dh is my rock too.

Similar story had ds in 2012 no problems at age 37. Got pregnant in March 2013 then had my 1st mc. Pregnant in April 2014 to go on have another mc. Pregnant again Jan 2015 had big healthy baby girl. Pregnant again 2017 just currently going through my 3rd mc absolutely devastated what is wrong with me Dr has referred me to clinic but I haven't heard anything from them yet I can't believe this happened to me again why me I'm hating life at the minute I'm afraid to try for another baby

Hello op

Bless you you've had a tough time. Maybe ask the dr/midwife/consultant if they can put you on high dose folic acid and possibly low dose aspirin worked for me with my rainbows.

I've a stormy journey with 2 rainbows in the middle to brighten the days 🌈

I had 5 miscarriages over 4 years before having my eldest now 5. I then had my son 14 months later no problems thankfully.

Now trying for number 3 I've had 2 miscarriages, one at 5 weeks and one a month ago at 10.5 weeks.

Hoping to try again in October, but unsure and feeling I should feel lucky with the two I already have. But that longing for one more is hard to ignore.

Hugs to you, hope your ok and you get good news very soon x

Just found this post and it sadly
seems so similar me, I had ds in 2015, completely normal straightforward pregnancy/birth etc starting trying again in May this year and got pregnant straight away then had a mmc end of July (found out at 12 week scan baby had stopped growing at 8 weeks). I was utterley devasted but just tried to chalk it up to bad luck and "one of those things" even though I was so heart broken, I didn't want to go back on contraception but wasn't actively trying to get pregnant was just going to "see how it goes." Anyway I never got my period so after 6 weeks took a test and yup pregnant again, was so so thankfull and although I was nervous i just didn't think it would happen again. I went for an early scan last week just to see how far along I was as never had a period in between and they say I'm
Measuring around 5weeks (so I literally must have conceived about two weeks after the first mc) however scan showed a healthy sac but very large bleeding around the sac and they said that I'll most likely lose this pregnancy, I have to go back in two weeks for a viability scan to confirm, I just can't understand why it's happening again when everything was so normal first time round! I'm not ready to deal with it all over again and I just feel like my whole life is being turned upside down, I just want to be able to give my lb a sibling 😔 Getting pregnant thankfully doesn't seem to be an issue I just can't understand what I can't keep these babies

I know this thread was made a few years ago but I lay in bed tonight awake and devastated looking for answers. I have one child who I conceived in my late twenties. My husband and I have been trying for a second child and have confirmed today our third missed miscarriage in a row.
We have no problem getting pregnant, we actually joke around with the drs that he just looks at me in my fertile week and we conceive but then we lose them. My first miscarriage they said was a blighted ovum. It took from finding out on June 21st (at an 8 week scan it never made it passed 5 weeks) to finally pass July 5th. Hardest time of my life. The second miscarriage I had no symptoms just a hunch something was wrong and after hours of getting someone to send me for an ultrasound then 4 more hours waiting for them to tell me even though I knew, I found out I miscarried again. First they said blighted ovum but the radiologist said there was a fetal pole. Again didn’t make it to 6 weeks. I was upset and demanded answers so I went for a d&c which showed abnormal chromosomes and I demanded to see a specialist because the drs said it was rare to go through 2 in a row both with no symptoms. My husband and I went through all the tests and everything came back normal. We got the ok (we already were pregnant and didn’t know it) not even a week later I called back telling them we were pregnant. They did blood tests everything looked beautiful, right where it should be. They brought me in for an early scan 6w5d no heartbeat. But there was a baby 6w3d. Hoping I was a few days off we went back in a week (today) still no heartbeat. I feel more pregnant than last week and we’re devastated. Another loss without any sign.
I’m so scared to try again once we decide what to do from here (naturally pass, d&c, medicine) I can’t handle the loss of another baby. We made it to 6 weeks this time and everything looked promising. People even noticed I was pregnant and said I had the “glow”. The dr hugged me today and said “this really sucks and I’m sorry. It really is just bad luck.”
Sorry for the long post. I’m just hurting tonight.