pregnancy number 5, no live births

Abbey Louise Campbell

4 Posts
Reply Posted on: Jan 11, 2015 at 8:09am
(I am reposting in the questions forum after accidently posting in the wrong one)

I am 22 years old and my fiance is 31. I have had 4 1st trimester miscarriages so far:

1st - 13.5 weeks, missed miscarriage, measuring 9 weeks, 3 days. Took 1 dose misoprostol and spent 1 week in hospital, had to be assisted with forceps.

2nd - 4-5 weeks, spontaneous miscarriage. No treatment required.

3rd - 10 weeks, missed miscarriage, measuring 9 weeks, 2 days. Needed 10 doses of misoprostol, spent 1 week in hospital.

4th - 4-5 weeks, spontaneous miscarriage. No treatment required.

Now 6 weeks pregnant with baby no. 5, as you can see there seems to be a recurring pattern and I don't want 5th baby to end up the same as 1 and 3.

The problems that I know about and have been diagnosed with are as follows; Uterus Didelphys (pregnancies always occur in right uterus), interstitial cystitis, rhesus negative blood type (Fiance has positive blood type) I also suffer with depression and anxiety although I am not sure this has any effect on my pregnancy losses.

I am under the care of a miscarriage clinic and we have both had our bloods taken, I am not sure what tests were done but apparently all my tests came back negative and if I have a blood clotting disorder it has not shown up, My 3rd baby was sent of for testing and was found to be normal with no defects.

I am at a loss as to what might be wrong with me, I have been taking low dose asprin (75mg) daily at 12pm each day with this pregnancy only, along with folic acid (pregnacare) and omega 3 capsules as instructed by my consultant. Although I have read the latest research papers and feel fobbed off due to the research showing that asprin has no effect on live birth rates compared to placebo in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage.

I am beginning to think that this pregnancy will too end in miscarriage and that I will be unable to have children at all. Maybe it is due to one of my current known conditions.

Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.
Abbey Louise Campbell

Dr. Braverman

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RE: pregnancy number 5, no live births Posted on: Jan 16, 2015 at 8:02am
Did I respond to you yet on this?
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