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Old 07-26-2006, 09:52 PM
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I have unexplained IF and have been taking vitamins, herbs, you name it forever and not pg. Vitamins will not cure IF. Taking vits. and getting pg is probably coincidence or in VERY rare cases people have vit. deficiencies that can contribute to IF but think of all of the starving malnourished emaciated women in poor countries who pop out tons of kids- they are obviously deficient in vits. and fertile.

Usually "unexplained" IF really means undiagnosed IF because if you look deep enough (deeper than most doctors are willing to look) you can almost always find a reason. For me after being labelled "unexplained" I investigated immune causes of IF and pg loss and did a full immune work-up and it turned up several immune problems which are treatable. I am now moving to IVF with immune treatment. But my point is that "unexplained" sometimes just means that the doctors have not looked deep enough.

If you want to investigate possible immune causes you can start by looking at The Alan E. Beer Center for Reproductive Immunology and Genetics and there are many other clinics that do reproductive immunology as well. I can give links to others if you are interested.
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38 yrs. old, TTC 2 years, 8 mos.
2 miscarriages (unexplained)
Immune IF (elevated NK cells, etc.) Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, atypical PCOS, MTHFR
First IVF August (w/ ICSI & PGD)
8/25 transferred 3 embies, 4 embies frozen
Finally BFP!
First U/S 9/21- Twins! (lost a triplet)
pre-term labor scare starting week 23- bed rest
Twins (Benjamin & Issac) arrived healthy on 4/11 at 35 weeks, 2 days
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