[tbenitez]

wanted to see if anyone thought there was any hope for me. A little about my history: I am 30 years old and my husband is 32. I have been pregnant 6 times including this time. I had one natural early miscarriage in 2000 followed by three healthy beautiful babies (born in 2001, 2005, and 2006), followed by one missed miscarriage/blighted ovum in which I had a D&C in 2008. My LMP was approx. 5/14/09. The thought of another miscarriage didn't cross my mind because I have had healthy babies and after having a blighted ovum last time I thought the chances were good this time to have a healthy baby. Well I never spotted in any of my other pregnancies so when I saw a little brownish discharge during a wipe this time around I scheduled an appointment with the doctor right away. I wasn't too concerned though because I had read that spotting is normal in some pregnancies and that every pregnancy is different. So anyway, the doctor did an ultrasound and said that she could see a sac in the uterus but this was when I was about 5 weeks along and that it was still early and it was blurry so she ordered blood work to ease my mind. She also had me go in a few days later for an ultrasound with the tech who had better equipment and more experience reading sonograms. The tech told me that she could see only a gestational sac with no yolk or fetal pole and that it looked like I was only 4 weeks along. I got my first positive BFP on June 10. Well since this pregnancy I had seemed to have a lot more symptoms than the others, ie: nausea, bloating, gas, sore nipples, etc etc, I was sure the HCG would come back normal and that I was possibly not as far along as I thought. To my surprise my levels came out so low and hardly rising at all.

The first 6/22-HCG 747,
6/24-HCG 853,
6/26-HCG 903.

I had cried for two days and I have already resolved myself to the fact that I will miscarry. I have had no further spotting and I haven't had any cramping except for the normal cramping that I felt during my other good pregnancies. The doctor called yesterday and wants to do another ultrasound Thursday, July 2nd. After reading the stories online I haven't heard of many women with HCG levels like mine who had happy endings.

Do you ladies think there is any hope for this to turn out good?

Also, any ideas on what can cause recurrent pregnancy loss or blighted ovums AFTER having had healthy pregnancies? What kinds of tests can be done to find out why this is happening to me all of a sudden?

[bunniswife]

Have you been tested for APS or Lupus? Those autoimmune diseases can pop up at any time causing recurrent miscarriage. Ask your RE to test you for antibodies that could indicate an autoimmune disease. Good luck with this pregnancy, you never know what may happen. Hugs

[Katyusha]

I'm very sorry for your losses. As you can see, I've had my share of pain, and I have not even noted 2 chem pregnancies that went nowhere.

I've been tested for everything...all normal. Have you been tested for rare blood clotting disorders? I don't understand all of the science, but maybe some of these appear later--even after normal births. Have you had an HSG (saline) to check for polyps, fibroids, any scarring? I'm just mentioning all that I've had done and all returns normal. In my case I am 40, my hubby is 65 (yes, 25 years difference, but he's healthy as a horse and has good swimmers)--it is probably bad eggs or old eggs. I'm assured that there are still good ones and that it is a matter of time. But after all these miscarriages and time and money running out I'm not sure. I have my next IUI tomorrow and I keep hoping.

Hang in there!

[maggiemay]

I know its been sort of a while since you posted, so I don't know if you are still looking for answers... but my doc has told me 2 things I think I would like to share.
1.) That having a baby can change our chemistry and can create some problems the next time... but
2.) research shows that if you have had children in the past, you are more likely to have a child in the future.
I hope you are healing with time.
Hugs to you.