...And one more makes FOUR...More Angel Babies Than Earthly Babies

THIRD LOSS...THIRD BABY...IN A ROW... FOURTH LOST TOTAL...SEVENTH PREGNANCY...6.5WEEKS

 1 miscarriage, followed by three live births, followed by three miscarriages...

I am 31. In 2009 I miscarried at 9 weeks, blighted ovum. A year later, after one  cycle of clomid I became pregnant and carried IUGR to 37 weeks baby boy 4lb 14 oz. 6 months later I became pregnant with my second baby boy carried to term 39 weeks and six months later became pregnant with my third boy at 40 weeks. My three healthy sons are 15 months apart. Did what I consider stupid and got the implanon put in my arm after the third. We discussed waiting two years to try again but by one year we were ready to try, took it out, and it took seven months to conceive. I miscarried at 11 weeks. This was in March.

4 months later I conceived and miscarried again at 11 weeks in September. This time blood work was drawn for TSH antibodies, blood clotting factors, etc. Baby was tested and it was a boy, with Trisomy 15. was told I have mild hypothyrodism. Put on T3.

Dr. recommended laparoscopy and hsg which we scheduled. A month before surgery we cancelled because I've never had endometriosis symptoms, really don't think I have it, and didn't want invasive surgery. We decided after fixing my thyroid and getting it regulated, and the fact that it was a chromosome abnormality and nothing could have been done, we cancelled pending surgery and decided to give it another go. I found out on Christmas day I was pregnant. HCG went from 115 to 384 in about a week, then in two days it went to 386. At this point I knew I was doomed. Ultrasound same day showed nothing. Friday.No sac, no baby, not even the black ovum thing where pregnancy would be. My OB made me wait over the weekend and the desk lady over the phone told me to take my progesterone shot just in case. WHAT?! I've been through this before, I knew that was pointless. So I didn't. On the following Tuesday my HCG was 364 and Wednesday I started cramping, then bleeding.

This third miscarriage was short lived and I miscarried last week, at 6.5 weeks. Funny thing is this pregnancy I actually felt pregnant. My progesterone (last two pregnancies was 8 and 13 consecutively) was 30! (I was on progesterone shots all three). So it was a surprise, to say the least. Dr. ordered my T4 to be drawn and it was low, so Dr. prescribed synthroid 50 mcg in addition to T3. 

My sister in law is a pediatric endocrinologist and has always been skeptical of T3 prescription. I went to my family practice doctor to check labs (behind obs back) and sure enough, found out my tsh was  .03.  YES POINT ZERO THREE. low is like .4 . Also found out after 4 months of T3 prescription, my t4 was still the same at .55.  Had family practice doctor request ob records. I never did see the Thyroid labs from four months ago until this week, after the miscarriage. Lo and Behold... MY THYROID LABS WERE ALL WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS!!! My reverse t3 ratio was slightly low but my T4 and TSH and FT4 and everything was perfect. My numbers were grreat. SO immediately tell my sis in law and she says to stop taking T3 immediately and see an endocrinologist. SO i did. And that Dr. told me to stop everything, don't take thyroid meds, I never had an issue in the first place and now the medicines (my dr.) has caused me to develop hyperthyroidism.  My OB still does not know I am not taking either of their prescribed medications nor that I received second and third opinions. 

NOW I Have to wait for my thyroid to regulate itself back to normal and pray that's possible. Can't say for sure with my history, but seems to me this pregnancy definitely didn't make it because my thyroid was whacked up. 

 I can find a lot of info on recurrent miscarriage but very  little on recurrent miscarriage AFTER repetitive live births. So what gives? 

4 main causes of miscarriage:

1. Uterus structure, abnormalities (Counting myself out as I've carried three to term)

2. auto immune, NK cells, etc. Again, carried to term but can you later develop this???

3. blood clotting factors (supposedly labs were negative, and I did take baby aspirin with all my pregnancies).

4. Chromosomal: Yes, I did have that proven as one pregnancy was but what about the rest? Is 31 really starting to get old for bad egg quality? Maybe I'm naive to think I still had a few good years left? 

Truth be told, I looked at my OB records that were faxed to my family practice doctor and discovered none of the miscarriage lab work was in there, aside the thyroid panel. Why wouldn't that be in my file? Curious. ANd why did they put me on T3 when I didn't have a thyroid issue to begin with and no one supposedly prescribes that anymore? 

I am on woebenzyme N now. In the previous successful and non successful pregnancies I took baby aspririn, folic acid plus prenatal, b6, b12. I am adding D to this one, I've taken coq10 on and off and am taking it now, also DHEA. While I'm awaiting to get pregnant again, i'm doing red raspberry leaf tea, I will be cutting back on caffeine. 

I have around 30 day periods and they are generally pretty light. My Luteal Phase seems good. I never needed progesterone during my three healthy pregnancies and the only times i ever took shots was when I miscarried which might just be coincidence but I'm skeptical. I've vowed not to take shots again I can barely handle them and do take suppositories and this time around I am getting the progesterone cream. I feel like my OB clearly doesn't know what they are doing even though they are supposed to be the best and I'm in the market for a new one. Even after three in a row I still don't feel like surgery is necessary. I'm willing to go through more miscarriages to catch a good pregnancy.

Wish I lived in London, I'd go to the miscarriage clinics. anything like that in US? 

I had a relative tell me that maybe it's a sign God has completed our family and we should stop trying. Don't tell people in my situation these things. This is not helpful. Not at all. You think I'm going to give up? No. This only makes me more determined. Also, if you've had one miscarriage, don't tell me you know exactly how I feel. You don't. Not even close. Just FYI.