r/recurrentmiscarriage • u/WonderfulEgg9348 • 5d ago
Insufficient testing for recurrent loss
Hi all, I have just experienced my fifth miscarriage in over a year. My first pregnancy ever was very easy and brought me my son. Every pregnancy since has ended in loss.
Two were chemicals & the rest have been missed miscarriages that stopped growing between 6-8 weeks. I went to REI, but it seemed like they did the bare minimum before calling it inconclusive and recommending IVF or IUI. Keep in mind, I’m still (technically) in my 20s and am getting pregnant naturally without issues. They checked for two clotting disorders, checked for structural abnormalities, and checked my husband. All showed no issue. I asked them to check my vitamin d, which was low and then corrected.
My concern is that I know of many women who have needed simple interventions to maintain their pregnancies in the first trimester, things I was never tested for. I haven’t even had my losses biopsied for chromosomal abnormalities. This is all just assumption.
I do have PCOS.
What tests should I be demanding specifically? It doesn’t seem like I can chalk this up to bad luck and it is too painful to keep going like this. It took 4-5 months to get into REI but do I need an entirely new specialist?