What happens next?

[pecanpie]

I have 1 dd, 19 months. I had a missed miscarriage in early November - the baby had grown to 9 weeks. I got pregnant again pretty quickly and went for a scan at 10 weeks yesterday to find that the baby had died at pretty much the same time as last time.

Because I had an EPRC privately for the first mmc, I found out that there was a chromosome problem. Now, because I have passed on this information to the hospital I am at (UCH) they will test this time around for me and follow up if necessary - but what would the follow up be? Surely there's no way to guarantee a successful pregnancy unless through IVF and genetic screening.

Hi, sorry to hear about your miscarriages. Not sure what happens for follow-up but I have friends who are CF carriers and so they got CVS / amnio options which wouldnt have been available where we are otherwise and also I think you can have genetic counselling (depending on what the abnormality is) to consider the options / chances of success etc. Hope someone else comes along with more knowledge that will help you with this.

It really depends on whether the chromosomal abnormality that your first baby had was passed on from you or DH, or whether it was one of those unfortunate accidents of conception. If you or DH have a chromosomal abnormality, then the only options are IVF with PGD or keeping trying unfortunatly.

I'm so sorry for your losses

Thanks for your answers. Hopefully the tests won't show anything this time.