Successful pregnancies after recurrent miscarriage?

[MrsEG]

Hi ladies

As the title would suggest, I am currently miscarrying for the third time in a row. Naturally at 6 weeks in October, a MMC with D&C in Jan, and now again naturally at 5 weeks.

I feel like I am in limbo. At the hospital yesterday the nurses mentioned I can now be referred to the recurrent miscarriage unit for tests, but she warned me:

1. in 50% of cases the tests find there is nothing wrong
2. testing can take 8-10 weeks minimum

I was still numb yesterday and I know I need to give myself time to grieve. But I just don’t know what to do for the best - take a break from TTC while we are tested, or continue to try should we wait all that time only to be told we have just been unlucky? I am 33 and trying for our first, and would like more than 1, so I know time isn’t on my side.

I just wondered if there are any ladies here with similar stories who could offer any advice and if you have gone on to have successful pregnancies? I just don’t know what to expect at this point, and have no idea what to do.

There is a recurrent miscarriage protocol that IVF clinics use (and some EPUs / recurrent miscarriage clinics also do) when no issues are found — it’s a combination of prednisolone / progesterone / low molecular weight heparin with or without baby aspirin.

Suggest you research this and come armed with questions. Also ensure you get your thyroid tested (TSH should be under 2.5 for fertility and pregnancy and if it’s not this can cause early miscarriages; also ensure you get the antibodies test as part of this - you may need to push for this) and tests for clotting disorder. You may need to push for all these tests.

@Teddybear45 Thank you, Yes I feel like I may be pushing for much more than standard blood tests and may look in to going private. I’m just not sure what to do if the tests all come back fine, really not sure how much more ‘bad luck’ we can take at this point. But thank you again for this info and I will definitely be doing my research this week.