Should I request testing?

[girliedreamz]

I would totally request testing!

Your story sound a lot like mine. I carried 3 healthy baby boys, with no issues at all. Even had natural home births with all three, so really model pregnancies. Then about a year and a half ago got preg and lost at 7 weeks. Had a chemical the next cycle, then the next cycle another bfp, only we lost that one at 11 weeks. After that, my midwife did a round of testing for genetic issues, possible deficiencies, etc. I wish I could say she found something that definitively pointed to why, but all my tests came back fine. She did say due to MTHFR I should probably be takgin baby aspirin when TTC again, but she also said that was unlikely to have been the cause of my losses. Maybe my age was a factor (38), maybe something else. Frustrating not to have answers, I know!

The good news? After waiting almost a year to TTC again after the last loss, I'm now due with a healthy baby GIRl in October. Fingers crossed she stays sticky, but so far so good.

Big hugs to you! It's so hard and not knowing why really sucks. I hope the tests can provide some answers.

[essnce629]

Girlie-- are you having another homebirth this time around? Both my boys were homebirths as well and after my loss I also found out I'm homozygous for MTHFR. I was wondering if a homebirth midwife would take me since I read people with the mutation should be on blood thinners the entire pregnancy? Are you on any? I'm taking baby aspirin 3 days a week right now. I can't imagine birthing in a hospital and had totally planned to have another homebirth before my miscarriage.

[MrsGoodies]

I would request testing but really there isn't much they can test FOR before 8-10 weeks when the chorionic villi are formed (that's when they can test the embryo directly and let you know of any chromosomal problems).

Very early loss like you have really is only guessing and tinkering with hormones.

That said I found testing both my losses at 12 and 10 weeks very helpful.

the first time Dr said it was old eggs - but nope. I had normal twin boys so the loss was blamed on a subchorionic hematoma (which they told me prior was NOT the cause of the loss.. then they backtracked after the normal karyotype)

the next time Dr said it was very low progesterone, not taking supplements soon enough etc....but nope. It was chromosome problem with the baby. no amount of progesterone would have helped. It only delayed things. Ii am especially glad I had this done because I was BLAMING MYSELF over and over for not having enough medications but really nothing could have been done. It gave me some closure and peace.

[girliedreamz]

Girlie-- are you having another homebirth this time around? Both my boys were homebirths as well and after my loss I also found out I'm homozygous for MTHFR. I was wondering if a homebirth midwife would take me since I read people with the mutation should be on blood thinners the entire pregnancy? Are you on any? I'm taking baby aspirin 3 days a week right now. I can't imagine birthing in a hospital and had totally planned to have another homebirth before my miscarriage.

I'm actually planning a hospital birth with a midwife this time. I had kinda tough labors with the last two—one of them mega long!—and I'm just feeling a bit skittish this time around with the losses and me being older. I found a really nice midwife group who are low/no intervention, so while I am a little nervous about the hospital in general, I feel like it's probably a better situation than the horror stories I've heard.

I am taking baby aspirin daily! It's both for the MTHFR, and I've had high platelet counts the last couple of times I've been tested, so my midwife thought this might help and it can't hurt.