Recurrent early m/c - is there any hope?

[jaye]

Hi all,

Some of you might remember me from a while back - haven't been round much lately.

My story - in a nutshell - 4 years ttc, i/f completely unexplained, noone's really found anything wrong with us. Had three IUIs - nothing - then four IVFs - out of these had 3 positives, but all lost after only a week or so.

Went to see a miscarriage specialist - she can basically do a whole stack of tests. But I don't feel like they'll find anything, and she says she doesn't half the time. I feel like I'm getting really good care - I guess it's just one of those things.

My question to all of you out there: Is there any point in continuing with all this? To be honest, I'm pretty over it and ready to move on. I know noone can tell me what will happen to ME - but has any one else been through so many m/cs and gone on to have a full-term pregnancy? Can there be any other outcome but more disappointment for me? Is there any point to continuing all of this or should I just accept it and give up?

Thanks everyone.

Jaye.

[LittleP]

Jaye

I am so sorry about your situation, but yes there is always hope and a reason to keep going.

I had a history of excellent embryos and early m/c or no implantation so I was tested to see if my NK cells were higher than they should be.

The results came back showing a high level so during my next treatment I was put on an additional set of drugs to deal with these NK cells. Basically they attack any foreign bodies that enter our bodies and unfortunately they treat the embryo as a foreign body and their instinct is to fight it off.

There is a really good thread that was running a little while back highlighting these cells - I will try and find it and bump it back up for you.

I can't say that this would be your situation but it might be worth considering.

Hoping everything works out for you.

Little P

[Cla]

Not sure how relevant this is considering it was so long ago, but it does just go to show that anything can happen.
My mum had 4 miscarriges and was told she would NEVER carry a child full term. So the fifth time she got pregnant she didn't bother going to the doctors. Finally, after 7 months without m/c she thought she ought to go and see someone!
My sister was born 2 months later, then my brother, then me, then my little sister.
So, sometimes "never" doesn't actually mean that.

I hope you find the strength to carry on and wish you loads of luck.

Cla
xx

[jaye]

Thankyou both for your kind messages. NK testing is one of the things they will do next I guess. For now, I just need a break. But I really appreciated your messages and thoughts - and a little bit of hope.

Thanks once again,

Jaye