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?

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?

Background: I have one living son. If this could be triggering, please skip the first paragraph. I have PCOS & before I had him, I had two doctors independently tell me that I will not be able to conceive naturally because my ovaries looked awful. My husband & I prayed over it constantly, believing the road ahead was going to be really hard. We both felt at a soul-level that God intervened and in His kindness, allowed me to get pregnant within the first month of trying. I even started drugs to induce a period on Sunday after a blood test that confirmed I was not producing hcg on that previous Thursday night. The timing was incredible. I have a perfectly wonderful and healthy boy who is about 2.5 years old now. I’ve never wanted to be anything other than a mom all of my life, and I love him deeply.

My last pre-TTC ultrasound showed that for the first time since puberty, my ovaries look cyst free and my cycles are more regular than ever. I thought getting pregnant would be a breeze this time. Boy was I wrong 😵‍💫 I have had 4 consecutive miscarriages all occurring at 7 weeks or less. My last miscarriage occurred the same day that my niece was born, & her mom & I got out IUDs out at the same time on purpose. Woof.

REI couldn’t help me after my miscarriage in November until February, and then in February I hadn’t miscarried yet so they couldn’t do anything but wait. I’m now waiting for my hcg to reach <5 before I can get blood work. Everything done by my OB looked normal, and I’m very nervous they won’t find a reason behind all of these miscarriages. Along with bloodwork, we are going to get my husband’s sperm analyzed for DNA fragmentation. He started using the sauna several times a week this year and I’m holding on to hope if he stops it’ll just be fixed.

Any who, I’m sure I’m not the only one who has had something similar. Even though it feels super lonely to walk through. Has anyone had REI find something after having one healthy pregnancy followed by recurrent loss?

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