Two miscarriage in a row

[rjs12]

I’ve today discovered at my 12 week scan that my rainbow baby sadly stopped growing at around 7 and a half weeks- despite us seeing the heartbeat at a scan around this date. We had our first miscarriage in January so we are of course devastated that this is happening again. I can’t help but worry that there’s something wrong with me.
Looking for some positive stories to keep me hopeful that the next time will be different.

so sorry you are going through this, there is nothing harder. I have had 4 miscarriages in a row, I am now 22 weeks pregnant. I did loads of research, had to fight with my doctor for progesterone ( it’s one of the biggest reasons to miscarry ) I was prescribed these for 16 weeks and I believe it’s the only reason we managed to make it this far.

please be kind to yourself, I never ever believed it would happen for me. It totally took over my life, but it will. Just have to stay strong. Sending you all the love possible in your hard moments ❤️

I'm so sorry you're going through this OP. I had two miscarriages in a row, one at roughly 6-7 weeks and one at 11 weeks (MMC, baby had sadly stopped growing at 9 weeks).

I had no explanations or possible reasons why they had happened. I then fell pregnant with my son and the entire time expected to miscarry but he held on, pregnancy was relatively smooth sailing and he is now 2.5 years. Currently 10 weeks pregnant with hopefully my 2nd child. It's so hard to trust your body after a loss, especially after experiencing a missed miscarriage. I hope you get your rainbow baby soon x

So sorry @rjs12 x

I had 2 MMC: both looked as though they stopped developing around 9 weeks though with the first I'd had a scan showing a heartbeat at 10 weeks as I had a small amount of spotting, so it must have been shortly after that. I went on to have two very straightforward healthy pregnancies afterwards (now aged 10 and 8) with no intervention other than taking baby aspirin for the first one. Look after yourself and please remember that you are still more likely to have a good outcome next pregnancy than not. It's brutal but it helped me at the time to hear about people who had been through it too. Sending massive love.

This is almost identical to me , had a miscarriage Jan (11 weeks ) and currently going through a missed miscarriage discovered on our 12 week scan (baby died at 8 weeks.
Was meant to have a surgical d&c today but it got cancelled, going back tomorrow again , it's torture waiting .
I am wondering also if there is anything I can do to help next pregnancy or what to ask or request from DR . please if anyone has advice .
Myleene Klass has just been successful in a campaign to change laws to get more help for ladies going through miscarriages but when this will all come in , I don't know. Lots of love to you OP x

@rjs12 so sorry to hear you’re going through this. I have had 4 miscarriages (2 early, 1 MMC at 12 weeks and a chemical) I am now 24 weeks pregnant. This pregnancy I took aspirin and progesterone xx

I had two in a row too. Took baby aspirin throughout and my baby is now a healthy toddler. Hopefully things will work out for you too.

Thank you all so much for your lovely words and kindness. It is amazing having other people to relate to in such an awful time. Thank you for your positive stories, they have really helped me stop the overthinking. Sending love to you all x

I had two miscarriages in a row.

I lost the first pregnancy through a missed miscarriage - we found out at ten and a half weeks that the baby's heartbeat had stopped around 8.5 weeks, despite having had two earlier scans which had showed a strong heartbeat. I then got pregnant again and that pregnancy just had problems from the start - lots of spotting, embryo not measuring correctly for my dates, lack of growth of the baby and a very slow heartbeat so we knew that the pregnancy didn't seek viable. I started bleeding properly around 8 weeks with that one and had to have a D&C.

After both of the losses, I decided to try and throw everything we could at getting a successful pregnancy. I saw a nutritionist and started having acupuncture. I read 'It Starts with the Egg' and bought and took all the recommended supplements for egg quality. I also had a private online consultation with a fertility doctor and was prescribed progesterone, Clexane, steroids, aspirin and high dose folic acid to take once I'd got pregnant again.

Anyhow, I got pregnant again and my DD is now 17 months.

I found that the NHS wouldn't do anything until I'd had 3 miscarriages in a row, so we were fortunate enough to choose to go private. Having said that, a lot of people do have two in a row for no apparent reason, and then a positive outcome with a subsequent pregnancy. Wishing you all the best.

So sorry @rjs12 I can really relate as had two miscarriages in a row and currently 16 weeks pregnant. Not done anything different this pregnancy but thankfully all seems well so far. Fingers crossed will be third time lucky for you xx

Im so sorry to hear this ☹️
I had two miscarriages in a row year of 2019. Both early losses around 6-7 weeks.

My third pregnancy wasn't easy but she stuck and is a healthy 3 year old now.

I'm now 31weeks pregnant with baby number 2 and haven't had any issues so far touch wood apart from took a while to conceive.

As hard as it is try to remain positive you can do this 🩷

So sorry to hear this OP. Sending love.
I had 3 miscarriages in a row, had tests done (just on me, not DH) and all was fine.
I went on to two successful pregnancies.
Please don't give up hope. Sending you lots of luck!!

Hi everyone! A little update:

After deciding to wait for nature to take its course and let my body miscarry on its own, I sadly bled for a month straight which resulted in me going to hospital. I almost needed a blood transfusion but thankfully it didn’t come to that. I had an incomplete miscarriage and ended up having the remains removed there and then. This meant that although I had the confirmed miscarriage in July, I didn’t actually begin to recover until the 1st September!
Thankfully my period came on the second week of September and we started trying again. No luck with the first month which is probably a good thing as my body probably wasn’t ready.
Fast forward to my second cycle which started on 23rd October. I tested for ovulation from day 13 and kept getting negative results on the clearblue digital. Despite this we still tried on the week I was supposed to be ovulating. I tested for around 2 weeks straight then just accepted that my ovulation may not be coming this month. It was too expensive and it was disheartening so I accepted that we would try again next month.
On Wednesday it was day 30 of my cycle and my discharge was similar to what it’s like during ovulation so I though why not take an ovulation test (my ovulation did come a week late in my first cycle, yet I thought 2 weeks late would be unlikely). The result was positive!! (smiley face) but I was still not convinced. That’s when I got googling and came across someone saying they had a positive ovulation test and ended up being pregnant! I thought surely not- I didn’t even think I ovulated so surely I aren’t pregnant.
I decided to do a strip test and thought the test was negative until I saw a faint second line! I thought hmm maybe it’s just a dodgy test or something, I will try again tomorrow. I tested again yesterday and today and it’s still
quite faint but there’s definiely a second line! I have some clear blue tests arriving today and will test again tomorrow. I haven’t told my partner yet until I get a strong positive and I aren’t getting my hopes up again after my previous two MMC, but I just wanted to type out on here what’s happened as I can’t believe it!

So if you ever have a positive ovulation around the date of your expected period, do a pregnant test lol x

Sorry for the paragraph and thanks for reading if you got this far xx

Old thread I know... but I just wondered... how did you get on?

Hi! Thanks for asking! I’m currently 35 weeks pregnant! 😊

Amazing news.
I had two miscarriages a baby and then two more miscarriages and then a baby. Those babies are now 8 and 11 :)

SO so pleased to hear that.
Thinking of you and hoping these last few weeks and labour are a dream for you x

Thank you for your lovely words and well wishes! I still can’t believe it’s happening! X

@rjs12 I am currently 6 weeks pregnant after 2 miscarriages and so stressed and nervous.
I lost my first pregnancy at 5 weeks in December, then went through a MMC this March, baby measuring 6 weeks at 9 week scan.
ive been reading through so many forums to try and give myself hope after 2 miscarriages as I keep thinking this one is going to end the same way. This thread has given me hope (although I am still going to be worried at least until the first scan next month 😞)
can I ask if you did anything different the third time round?

massive congratulations too, so happy you have finally had a successful pregnancy

@Zoe1998 I know how it feels to read every forum and search for those positive stories! I would read so many saying they had successful births post 2 miscarriages yet I’d see one woman say she had 8 in a row or something very uncommon and I would convince myself that would be me!
All I can say is that although every woman is different and of course it’s not impossible to have more than two in a row, only 1% of women will have 3 consecutive miscarriages!
I found the miscarriage probability calculator helpful throughout my pregnancy and only really stopped worrying when I got to the 0% at 20 weeks (as that’s of course classed as still born).
I was prescribed progesterone pessaries by my GP and I don’t know if they helped or not as I guess I will never know.
I would ask your GP about them though as there’s a lot of success stories surrounding them :)
Good luck in your pregnancy and I hope everything works out for you! Those early days really are awful and so worrying. Sending love xxx

@rjs12 this is literally me… I start to feel a bit more hopeful then see a really horrific post that sets me right back again.
yes I’ve heard about the progesterone pessaries, however I wasn’t sure if it was too late as I’m already 6 weeks? When did you start them? I have my booking in appt with my midwife next Tuesday so will mention it then.

thank you for your quick response and wishing you the best for the remaining weeks of your pregnancy!

@Zoe1998 i didn’t start them until 7.5 weeks pregnant as my GP wanted me to have a private scan before taking them to confirm the pregnancy was viable. Kind of defeats the object of taking them to prevent a miscarriages but it eased my mind throughout the first trimester! Although I did have private scans at 7.5 weeks, 9 weeks and 11 weeks haha, window to the womb made a killing out of me🤣

@rjs12 Okay well that’s good to hear, I will definitely mention them next week then!
We have booked a private scan but not until 10 weeks, think I’m putting it off as I’m scared to go in case it’s bad news… Fingers crossed though and we will see what happens this time around :)

Hi again @rjs12 , I just wanted to give an update on this thread, I went for an 8 week scan today as I had a bit of spotting yesterday and we saw a baby measuring 8 weeks 1 day with a clear heartbeat, I am still in shock atm I don’t think it’s sunk in. We aren’t out of the danger zone yet but this is such a positive for us!!!

Aw @Zoe1998 that’s amazing news! The spotting must have been so scary. So glad you managed to get your early scan for reassurance! Hopefully the start of many more positive ultrasounds!! ❤️