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Cristina - How have you been?! I saw your post about getting the results of your panel of tests (has it been that long?! - probably seems like it to you, but to me it seems like time has flown by) I hope it is good news and will keep you in my prayers. Sorry I haven't posted for awhile. I think I am due to ovulate this week - sometime between Monday - Friday....we'll see. Dh & I have not been following the "every other day" plan as we had decided to do, but hey, we're still close! I like not being so obsessed, it makes it a little more magical I think. I am looking forward to hearing about when your day is coming???

Hello everyone! I must start off by relaying my sympathy out to both littlemaddona and nicola. I truly understand the emotional pain you are both going through and can only say that it does get better. I know your world feels like it is crumbling right there before you, but I promise that it does get improve. It just takes some time. The D & C procedure was very painless for me and helped me recuperate (I feel) faster from the miscarriages. Give it a bit of time and you too will feel relieved soon. We have all gone through similar experiences and can testify that the road to happiness does in fact exist. As for the latest on my end... well, I did get back all the results from my panel of tests. They all came back negative but one. It is called the Anticardiolipin - IGM. I was mildly elevated thankfully. I have been advised by my dr. to take the all too familiar baby asprin along with my prenatals. After two consecutive miscarraiges, two D & C's and then two months of waiting for cycles to pa__s, I have finally been given the "OK" to TTC!! I am very relieved to be at this point. I am feeling much more relaxed about trying again which I feel will help. I know when I ovulate next (on the 20th) so I am going to have fun with it and see what happens. So, that's the update! Nancy -- I think you are doing the very best thing by also not being obsessed with getting pregnant. Something about stressing out over it inhibits at times the chances of it actually happening. If you got pregnant before, your chances of it happening again are very likely as well. Good luck and keep us posted!! Will check back with all of you soon!

Feb 3rd I had my 2nd US to check dates. The baby didn't seem to have developed as it should have. I should have been about 8 weeks, but no heartbeat. I had no bleeding or cramping, but they said that it was bad news. My D&C was schuduled for the next Thursday. So, I went to do pre-op on Wednesday. We took one last look. To everyone's great surprise, the little baby has a heartbeat. Had the D&C been done without that last US, I hate to think of what I would have been doing to my child. They really don't know what has happened-- wrong on my due date, the baby developing at a slower rate, or just the power to God. It is still too early to say if all will be ok, but we are hopeful. They have moved my due date back 8 days to match the 3rd US measurements. I'll keep you posted.

well i went for my tablets yesterday. it was horrible, definatly the worst thing ive ever had done in my life. Was in hospital from 8 am, started the tablets with set the contractions going and i was offered no pain relief for 7 hours. About 8 hours in my waters broke but i still did not pa__s anything. I had to stay overnight where this morning they decided to do an internal. They said i was dialating and could see the placenta and everything just poking out from the neck of the womb so I had to go through half an hour of them pulling it out. Had a so much bleeding they were worried i mit hemorrage. Definatly not something i would suggest someone had done, i would definatly opt for a d +c if i had to again.

Nicola....I can sympathize with you. I too took the "tablets" mine were Cytotec/Misopropyl and I thought I was going to die. I was given them orally first and they did not expel all of the tissue so I had to go back and they inserted them v____ally and sent me home with Vicodin. It was the worst thing I ever had to go through. I thought my uterus was going to come out I was bleeding and in so much pain. It does get better and you forget about it but yes I am with you in that a D&C would be better if God forbid I have to do that again.

KP here, I misscarried early october. Cristina I wanted to say congrats on your tests and good luck! I got a BFP last week and we are very excited. Though we were preg a few months ago and realized that we weren't. Hopefully all goes well this time nut I just wanted women who are going through what I had gone through earlier to know that there is always hope for the future. I will keep you updated and hope I can be of some inspiration to someone.

SAMEEN, I HAD A MISCARRIAGE AT 8 WEEKS THERE WAS NO HEARTBEAT ON MY ULTERSOUND IN APRIL 14,2005.AND IT WAS THE SAME WAY WITH ME.BUT MY HUSBAND AND I WANT A SECOND DOCTOR TO LOOK AT IT.AFTER MANY DISAPPOINTMENT AND DOCTORS WE KNEW OUR BABY WAS GONE,BUT STILL I WANTED NATURE TO TAKE ITS COURSE AND LET IT HAPPEN ITS WAY.AND I MISCARRIED ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF WANTING TO BELIEVE EVERYONE WAS WRONG.AND NOW ALMOST A YEAR LATER I AM STILL TRYING TO GET PREGNANT AGAIN AND I AM THINKING SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH ME.BUT DOCTORS SAY I AM FINE TO GET PREGNANT AGAIN.BUT IF I WAS U GO TO ANOTHER DOCTOR AND ALL TO JUST GET CHECK OUT.AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS ON MY STORY PLEASE EMAIL ME AT LO5287@AOL.COM PLEASE. I AM WANTING TO KNOW IF I WILL EVEN GET PREGNANT AGAIN.

i feel fortunate to have found this forum. it really helps to know i am not alone. i had my first prenatal exam about two and half weeks ago (6w4d) and everything seemed normal. my obgyn found the heartbeat and said the measurements were perfect. i went to have my second check up today and thought it's just rountine. i didn't have any discomfort since last time and no spotting at all. but my obgyn couldn't find the baby and sent me to the hospital that has a more powerful ultrasound. they also had a hard time finding the baby and when they did, they couldn't detect a heartbeat. i am going back on friday to have another check up. i am so devastated. i am 38 and my hushand is a cancer survivor. i thought it was a real blessing that i eventually got pregnant. but guess that's not what god had in mind. i am not religious but at this point don't know who else to ask. maybe nature...

anita, im so sorry to hear what you are going through, ive done had to go through it all these past two weeks, they could not detect a heatbeat, i was supposed to be 13 weeks gone. I too did not have any pain or bleeding. It was so hard and will be for a long while yet. Ill be thinking about you. Good luck in friday

Sorry about your losses Nicola and littlemadonna. I hope you are doing ok. I've been out of town for work, but got some of the results back from the blood panels (thrombophylia and chromosome) and it turns out that I do have a defect in my MTHFR ("mother father" nicknamed) and they treat that with high doses of folic acid. I guess this deficiency can cause miscarriage. I hope this is it. Has anyone heard of women needing this? I wonder if now that I'm taking it if I can try again? Cristina, are you trying again? I remember you were going to wait, but I don't remember for how long.

Mary - I too got my results back from the panel and one of my results came back positive. I have been instructed to take baby asprin and have been given the green light to proceed with TTC (I ovulate next week which I am excited about). I waited out my 2 cycles so that coupled with the test results will allow me to begin to try again. There is someone that I met on this site who also was diagnosed with the MTHFR as you have. She is taking the appropriate medication for the diagnosis and I am pretty sure she mentioned that the folic acid was one of them --so it sounds like you are on track. One thing that I know is very helpful is that fact that at least you know now what could have potentially caused the miscarriage. For me, I know it was either the Anticardiolipin diagnosis or just mother nature telling me that it was not the right time for a baby. Either way, I feel that I have an answer to the dreaded question "Why did this have to happen to me?". If you are taking the folic acid supplements, you should be ready to try again unless told otherwise by your dr. Please keep me posted..... Best of luck!

My dr. did say I could try again, but I heard from another person that I should take the increased folic acid for at least one cycle before trying. I think I'm o'ing now (major ewcm!) and have been taking the folic acid for 3 days now... did your friend from the other forum say if she had to take the folic acid for awhile before ttc? thanks!

Mary-- To be honest, I am not quite sure how long she took the folic acid before she started to try again. I will check to see if she would mind coming back to this site to help you with your questions. Just out of curiosity, what did your doctor suggest to you in terms of how long you should be on the folic acid before TTC again? Please keep me posted.... :-)

I spoke to my midwife about trying for a baby again and how soon we could try and she said theres no harm in trying straight away as they only advise you to wait so you no your dates. She said there was no harm in falling pregnant again straight away and fertility is increased immediatly after miscarriage. Does anyone know anything about this, if it is true or been told otherwise.

Nicola, I think it depends how far along you were re: trying again right away. For example, I was only 5 weeks both m/c's so my dr. said there was no worry. From reading other people's posts who were farther along, sounds like they were advised to wait a cycle or two. . Cristina, my dr. didn't tell me to wait, he said I could ttc. I read somewhere that you should give taking the increased folic acid dose a full month,,,,but that's just internet reading (still, that puts questions in my head!!?!!?!)...

i should have 14 weeks but the baby was only 9 weeks