waiting for my 4th Miscarriage - is there anything I can do to help it on its way?

[fungusmungus]

it's been a while since I posted on these boards, but I'm sitting here feeling numb and totally miserable having found out yesterday that I'm not 9.5 weeks pregant, but instead baby, whose heartbeat we saw 2 weeks ago has not made it. No heartbeat.
I have had miscarriages before: 1st at 12wks back in 2004, then my lovely daughter who is now a healthy happy 3YO, then a MC at 7 weeks on Boxing Day 2007 (naturally) and the 3rd last April, when the same thing happened - saw a heartbeat @ 6.5 weeks and all looked fine, but gone at 8 weeks. I opted for a ERPC (D&C) last year having had a very painful miscarriage only a few months before, but i found that my body took soooooo long to get over it. My periods were all over the place and it took about 7 months for them to get back into some kind of gentler pattern.

i feel fairly sure this time that I cant go through with another D & C but that I want my body to lose this baby naturally (although I will probably feel very different in a week or so if I am still waiting)

What I'm wondering is whether there is any gentle way I can encourage it to happen - would seeing a herbalist work, or having acupuncture? I'd very much appreciate hearing from you lovely ladies out there.

having had all the tests at the recurrent miscarriage clinic last year - is there anything else i can do to keep these babies alive beyond 7-8 weeks???

thanks and best wishes to you all

Hi

Dont know the answer to your post but couldnt not say anything! Love and thoughts are with you hun xx

No advice, but wanted to express my sympathies at your loss.

xxx

So sorry for your loss, fungusmungus. So sorry. I've not got any advice but wanted to wish you well.

Hi mungus - I feel your frustration and know that this is very difficult - I'm so sorry. I don't believe there is anything you can do to speed up your mc except maybe just keep active? I was lucky enough that my 3 mc's happened naturally fairly quickly.
Have you had kareotyping along with your other tests? Also, do they test for MTHFR? I just found out I have that and just have to take a lot of folic acid. Just make sure they test for everything. I wish I had the answer. Good luck. XOXO

Sorry to hear about your miscarriages

I have no personal experience, but I know when I had acupuncture during pregnancy (to treat morning sickness) she told me that it's very effective in bringing on labour and certain spots on the body have to be avoided in early pregnancy. Sounds like it may be worth looking into.

There are definitely herbs which cause the womb to contract too, I definitely wouldn't take anything without seeking expert help but if you look up "herbs to avoid in early pregnancy" you will find a list.

Sorry again.

thanks for all your responses - re the tests, I've had all the usual ones such as for blood clotting, karotyping, hormone profile - not sure about MTHFR - what is this? I asked at the hospital yesterday about progesterone or aspirin - could either of these treatments help, but was told that these are inconclusive as treatments and my thrombophilia test was normal. Just feel at such a loss - I want answers!!!

I have just had a long walk with my long suffering, duvet day dog so i'm feeling a bit better, brighter at least. I may ring my acupuncturist to see if she can help. My overriding feeling is that I want this to happen naturally so that my body isn't knocked out of synch for ages again. I'm 40 in April so feel at a bit of a cross roads - carry on/give up?! I know what I want to do, but my body obviously feels otherwise...

thanks for your kind words