IVF after recurrent miscarriages - is there hope?

[melaniettc]

Hi all! I just found this forum & am so happy about it! I'm 32 / dh 33 - we have 1 daughter 17 months old. I had 1 miscarriage prior to her birth & 2 in the past 4 months. Scheduled an IVF consultation but don't know if it can help with women with recurrent m/c's? Any input or success stories?? I'd love to hear from you!

good luck to all! Melanie

p.s. I posted this on IVF board yesterday & got 2 replies within hours. It made me feel so wonderful - the first time I haven't felt all alone in this infertility mess! Thank you so much!

Me 32 / DH 33
m/c's 2/2002 5/2004 9/2004 - all within first 7 weeks
1 dd born happy & healthy 4/2003

no apparent explaination for recurrent m/c's

[Dolly]

Hi Melanie, welcome to the board - sorry to hear about your losses - I hope you find it as big a support as I have over the last year.

I have lost 4 pregnancies in the last 20 months - 2 ectopic and 2 miscarriages. I'm afraid I can't really answer your questions, but when I had lost 3 pregnancies we had some tests (me and DH - what exactly they were for I can't remember - they actually came back all clear so we are none the wiser - they say this is usually the case).

Have you had any tests done yet? You shouldn't have to go down the IVF route to get some investigations done - I think most GPs/hospitals do this after 3 losses.

I think when you have your first consultation they should be able to let you know if they think they can help - but this is a costly business and maybe you need to be referred to a recurrent miscarriage clinic rather than an ACU.

I'm happy to help in any way I can - so if you have any questions - fire away.

good luck

Dolly

[melaniettc]

Hi Dolly, thank you so much for your reply - it means so much to me. I am sorry to hear of your losses as well. We had a whole round of fertility testing done prior to our dd's birth - with all good results. We are now going for some sort of chromosome testing but I don't have much hope its going to give us any answers.

I do, however, have some info on a procedure called PGD - this is when they test the embryos for genetic viability before they put them inside of you. In my clinic they perform this for women with a history of recurrent m/c or failed IVF cycles. This procedure is new but has shown some great success in reducing m/c rates. Maybe this can help us.

Are you planning on trying another IVF cycle? I can't imagine how hard it is but I guess I'm about to find out, huh?

Thanks again for your reply & the best of luck to you? melanie

[ogr1]

women have gone on and have had children after many mc.
my own ivf doctor him and his wife and alot of mc and now they and twin sons.
woppa had alot of mc and now she has a beautiful daughter

there are lots of women that have had mc and have made it.

try and hang in there and when your ready you should put your little angles on the babies loved and lost that dagny did
becky