Charting - TTC after recent MC

Wow LA we are like parallel sisters! I too have no problem with conception, but implantation/carrying seems to be the problem. Which B6 are you taking, and what will that do? I wonder if you should pm Shezzey and ask her to email you the links she sent me today about NK cells and immunology. Or pm me your email addy and I can forward it to you?

Have you had antibody screening lately? How many mc's have you had - from what my friend Claire tells me, the one studying all of this stuff as she is a blood nurse, we should have the screening done after EVERY pregnancy, esp as we are rhesus negative, and especially if our DH or DP are positive...

Do you sometimes think we know more than the experts, just cause we take the time to talk to others, and to do research on the web?

Hi girls

I thought I might join you in this thread Maebeebaby great idea to start a thread for those of us ttc;in after m/c. I have been following your posts recently and was sad to see you have m/c'd again MB, I understand your loss and frustration.

Lostamber & Hila I am so sorry that you have both m/c'd as well, it sucks big time. I hope that your next pregnancies are the ones that stick.

Well Im not very good at putting whats in my head down on paper but will try and tell you my story, for those that don't know.

Me (40) and DH (37) have been ttc'in for approx 2 years now. Our first +ve was in July 08, it was a sixty odd day cycle and I had given up taking my temps cause I was getting so frustrated at the length of my cycle. I m/c'd naturally 2.5 weeks after my +ve. I got my next +ve on 14th September, it was the very next cycle. I was very excited about this pregnancy and had a good feeling about it, my hcg's were doing what they should and were up at the 50,000 level. We went off to the gold coast for a holiday for about ten days and when we came home were very excited to go to our scan at about 9 weeks. And at that scan there was a perfect little baby with no heart beat measuring 8.5 weeks, we were gutted

Two weeks later I had to go over to the hospital for a d&c. My next pregnancy was a total surprise in May 09 just as we were about to start IUI treatment with FA in Hamilton. This pregnancy I m/c'd approx two weeks after our +ve, as this was our third FA got us a review apptmnt straight away as we now were finally diagnosed with recurrent miscarriages. It totally sucks that they won't investigate until you have had three, although because of my age they had already started some of the testing.

So now we have had all of the tests and nothing comes back with any concrete reason whey we are m/c'in all the time. It could be my eggs, and DH has morphology issues and they have now put me on low dose aspirin because I guess it can't hurt and there could be a blood clotting issue that hasn't shown in the tests. At the initial scan when you have your first appt with FA it was discovered I have polycystic ovaries, so that makes ovulating regularly more difficult for me.

Since the last m/c in May we have done three monitored clomid cycles all bfn's, one unsuccessful IUI with clomid and gonal f. And now we are doing a couple of natural cycles over xmas and it is really nice to forget about all the drugs and scans and needles etc... for a wee while anyway. Pheewww that was long.

Where to from here, we are going to one more IUI and after that IVF is our only other option to try other than continuing to try naturally. We feel that time is against us but we will continue to try for at least a couple more years, and hopefully we will get there in the end.

Maybeebaby I have a couple of geegees too, I will try to post a pic of them, they are 17 & 19 so are in semi retirement but we still ride them on the farm and they love all the attention they get. I love my appy's

lol sorry about the novel

I too had trouble with the blinkies.

Wow Appy you are going through it all too huh.

Something you wrote made me want to comment though, about the aspirin - I have recently read that on its own, aspirin does nothing. It needs to be accompanied by heparin. I think it's on one of the links on my blog, but can't be certain? Anyway, may pay to check with your doctor.

I have found an article in a magazine called 'Making Babies' which was a $9.95 one-off I found in Paper Plus a few months ago. There is an article in it called "I've Got Killer Cells" and honestly, It is like reading about me - the lady went through the same things as I have have (recurrent mc's, through natural conception and fertility clinic), and she started jumping up and down DEMANDING tests for NKC. I am convinced I need these tests. Today I am going to photocopy this article and write a letter to my specialist, who I am seeing on the 18th January. I want the tests done for NKC, and they need to be done between day 25 and 30 of my cycle. This will give him time to book me in, because when I see him I think it will be Day 18 of my cycle. The treatment for NKC seems fairly simple - a steroid called Clexane, and for some it is accompanied by aspirin and heparin.

I will try to scan this article also, and put a link on my blog to it sometime this week.

MrsHopeful I am loving your chart!!!

:)

Edited by SnuggleBear

Sorry, just lurking... You can get a BT to see if you have formed the antibodies with the Rh-/+ve thing... Im -ve and my DH is +ve, I got the AntiD when I MC at 6 and a half weeks, but when I went to A and E this time at 6 and a hlaf weeks with bleeding they wouldnt give it to me... So my MW got me tested and it was negative (thank goodness), so if you are worried they can see if you have formed the antibodies already (gosh that was long winded huh! (I hope it made sense?))

Yes DH is positive here too. Have had them after my m/c's but from what I read recently, it is most likely that it is only our blood in that first trimester anyway

I am having a bit of a rotten day today. I'm irritable, tearful, angry, and just being stubborn. I've come off my meds cold turkey, and refused to eat anything today too. I don't know why, just in a funk. I walked into a tattoo parlour too and priced up what I want. Was going to get it done today due to my reckless mood, but realise I have bills to pay and no income until I find a job now (not that the money I do have is enough to cover all of my bills anyway) *cries*

Hi girls, hope everyone has had a nice day, lovely weather here

Lostamber, hope your ok, things will get better and I know you will have that bfp sometime soon. But I also know how hard it is when everyone else is getting their bfp's and we are m/c'in. Not easy

Here's my link on FB if any of you want to add me fb linky

Here are the links I sent MB if anyone is interested in how our immune systems can affect pregnancy and implantation....

Awesome Shezzey, where are we going wrong with the blinkies BTW?

LA, this is why I 'created' this thread, as I really wanted somewhere we us mc'ers could all come with something in common, and try to help each other find out the why's and what's about our mc's... and even if we don't, just to simply vent to others in the same situation, well that all helps huh.