Hi Sue,
I saw that your scan this morning went OK?
So I am not sure exactly why you are asking but anyhoo - this is my experience.
I had 3 miscarriages in the space of 7 months last year (@ 8 w, 5w and 6w) so they were all early and all occured naturally. That doesn't change the fact I was in bits and thought I'd never manage to have a healthy pregnancy
GP referred me in November 2011, we had our appointment in Jan 2012 and got results in March 2012.
We went to UCH in London and the main things they tested for were
1) Womb abnormalities -
internal scan for me
2) My blood -
blood test
3) My Egg quality -
blood test
4) Chromosome disorder -
blood test for both me and OH.
They also looked at my hormone levels, my antiboidies, my thyroid and a few other things. I had two internals on certain cycle days and I gave 14 vials of blood in one sitting (it wasn't that bad
). I also had to go back for a few more blood tests on various cycle days.
They did advise us that only 30% of
recurrent miscarriages have an actual cause and that for most couples it is purely down to rotten luck!
I was also advised that if there was a problem with any of the above I'd need treatment. They said treatments could be:
1) Womb abnormalities -
If I had cysts or anything wrong I could need surgery to correct
2) My blood -
If I had sticky blood I would need a series of injections
3) My Egg quality -
this could lead to IVF
4) Chromosome disorder -
this could lead to IVF.
We got our 4th BFP the day before we got our results and as it turned out we fell into the 70% that just had rotten luck!! Our tests showed no reason at all for our losses.
The consultant said there was no reason for this pregnnacy to be successful and he gave me a prescription for high dose Folic Acid (I had to ask for this)
I hope you don't need to have any of these tests?
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