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Pregnant after 2 miscarriages. Constantly worried and need success stories/hand hold

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Butternutbee · 07/01/2019 16:34

Hi all, I’m really in need of a hand hold and some success stories of women who have successfully had a baby after 2 consecutive miscarriages.

I had my 1st miscarriage in December 2016 then my 2nd in February 2017. Both times I conceived the first month trying but both pregnancies ended in the 6th week. With both I had sore boobs, extreme fatigue and lots of cramping. Then suddeny the sore boobs and fatigue vanished but the cramping got a lot worse until a day or so later I lost the pregnancies. After the 2nd loss we didn’t try again for a while as I wasn’t emotionally ready. We decided to try again this summer and after 6 months of TTC we finally got a BFP last week. For the first day or 2 after BFP my boobs looked huge and felt really sore and I felt absolutely drained. But a week later on and my boobs only feel ever so slightly sore and look/feel smaller and I’m not having any fatigue. I’ve had mild cramping which started a couple of days before I got the BFP and is on and off throughout the day. The cramps are about the same as mild period cramps (I had the same type of mild cramping most days with the first 2 pregnancies).

I know that it’s a 1% chance of having 3 miscarriages in a row, but it was a 2% of having 2 in a row and that happened so I’m really worried. I know that having 2 previous miscarriages puts me at a higher risk of having a 3rd. I also have a short luteal phase, endometriosis and I’m over 30... all factors that apparently raise the risk of miscarriage.

I’m currently 4+2, which I know is really early for symptoms but I’m worried because the symtoms i had last week have all but gone this week.

So my question is this... is there anyone out there who had 2 consecutive miscarriages and went on to have a successful pregnancy, and if so what differences did you feel in the early weeks (if any)? Any replies would mean so much as I’m going out of my mind with worry Sad

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Butternutbee · 10/01/2019 16:53

Thank you all so much for your kind responses. I truly do feel for every one of you that’s been in this position before and I’m sorry for all of your losses. I’m trying my hardest to just take each day as it comes. 4 weeks 5 days today. I’ve never previously made it past 6 weeks and 1 day so let’s see how things go this time. Sending hugs to all of you xxx

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Tobebythesea · 10/01/2019 17:26

It’s so hard, isn’t it? I had two miscarriages last year at 7 weeks. I’m now pregnant again - 8 weeks. My symptoms come and go which scare me but I asked for an early scan at the EPU and had one on Monday and there is a heartbeat. Not out of the woods yet but I’ve also been given one in a fortnight.

I have everything crossed for you. I keep telling myself it’s a different pregnancy than the other two and it is.

Butternutbee · 14/01/2019 21:20

Sorry Tobebythesea I only just saw your message. I finally started to feel more chilled out about things and had adopted a “what will be will be” attitude, then today I’ve been experiencing really sharp pains in my lower pelvic area towards one side. So I’m back to full on panic mode. My GP have scheduled me in for a call from the midwife tomorrow and my local EPU have kindly booked me in for an 8 week reassurance scan. Previously I only made it to 6 weeks in both of my pregnancies and I’m 5+2 now, so I feel like I’m in the danger zone if you know what I mean? I keep setting myself goals and my immediate goal is to make it past 6 weeks. Then I will aim to make it to the reassurance scan. It’s so hard though isn’t it? I don’t seem to be able to concentrate at work for more than a minute before my mind wonders back to my worries Sad

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