I’m 37 now and 3 miscarriages in after having my first child easily 4 years ago. Ive been referred to a fertility clinic and I’m doing tests but I’ve read only 50% of people find the cause after all the testing 😞 feeling defeated already and I can’t tell if it’s because there’s really not much hope or I’m just being too negative. please share your journey/ experience good or bad
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I had two first trimester and one second trimester loss before having my son last year. We never found a cause, but my pregnancy with my son was pretty unremarkable. Often, first trimester losses are due to embryos that the body recognizes as incompatible with life. Have you and your partner had any genetic testing?

i had 3 miscarriages in the space of just over a year and then whilst waiting for testing fell pregnant and had my son (i was prescribed baby aspirin and progesterone) and currently 30 weeks pregnant with twins and not needed any interventions to get to this point

Currently 24 weeks pregnant after 3 consecutive losses all before 9 weeks, so not a live birth yet but this is the furthest I've got. I went to the NHS recurrent miscarriage clinic and privately looking for answers and none were found, however I think I potentially figured it out on my own (with the help of some people on these groups). I used to spot before periods which I was always told wasn't an issue as when progesterone levels were tested on the standard CD21 and even in early pregnancy they were always normal to high. However I think they were dropping drastically in that period around implantation, causing the spotting and causing any pregnancy to not be able to get off the ground. Even when progesterone was introduced week 5/6 of pregnancy I still lost them - only starting it from CD21/a few days after ovulation this time made the difference. No spotting and baby is still here and growing. Probably not relevant to you but just wanted to share. Wishing you the best of luck.

thank you that actually might be an issue for me, I don’t spot before periods but I do have a very short luteal phase which could indicate a progesterone issue, It’s good to know I should take it from right after ovulation if I try it next time

I had three miscarriages in first trimester. My second loss the hospital offered to test the placenta for abnormalities as they were suspicious of scan and I did get a diagnosis of triploidy for that baby. The others were not tested. I had care at recurrent miscarriage clinic and only thing that came back positive was slightly sticky blood which I now take aspirin for. Whats really interesting is we went private for male testing. We got lots of expensive tests that showed low morphology, and high dna fragmentation. The embriologist said that coupled with my age (36) means my older eggs will find it harder to repair the fragmentation in the sperm dna and that will be a leading cause of miscarriage for me. My partner went on proxeed for 8 months, we were suggested to do IVF with zymot. But got pregnant naturally, using a fertilily which I think was key. Now at 10 weeks praying to get over the 12 week mark with no issues. If this ends in miscarriage I think ivf with zymot is next step
The midwife told me to remove it on day 5. I had my c section Monday morning so does that mean today or tomorrow?
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I see lots of babies on social media already holding their head and mine only lifts it briefly for a few seconds on tummy time and for a second when holding her upright.
Also she’s not rolling yet.
Just turned 3 months .
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Has anyone given gripe water to their 3 week old? My little boy appears to be struggling with trapped wind. He’s currently on aptamil and absolutely guzzles it like he’s never been fed but then I find he struggles with winding following a bottle and also is now only going for poos every two to three days which I think is also making him uncomfortable. TIA x

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I’m currently 33 weeks pregnant and I keep having pains in my back/side and it’s exactly like a cramp and it feels as if that part of my back seizes up and tightens and I can’t get rid of the pain, has anyone else had this and if so do you know how to get rid of it 😫 it’s been like this for over a week now, I can’t do anything without it getting triggered, I feel like it may be from the position baby girl is in but I feel so helpless I’m in pain literally everyday 🥲
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I found out a few weeks ago that my placenta is currently covering my cervix. I’m hopeful that this will move as baby grows but looking for what others experiences was in this position. Did your placenta move as baby grew? Did you find you was able to give birth naturally? Or did you have to have a c-section? Trying be as prepared as possible for the potential outcome. Ideally I don’t want a c-section personally as I’ll have a 15/16month when baby will be here but I’m understanding that it might have to happen.

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Had my growth scan today (38+5 weeks) and baby girl is at a EFW of 8.7lbs 😅 The lady doing the ultrasound was amazed at how big she was asking if she’s previously been measuring big, asking if I have GD (which I don’t), said baby has a chubby belly so my placenta must be doing a really good job, that she’s very very low down, her legs are very very long and said “wow you must be feeling that, this baby is going to be a bruiser”.
Throughout my whole pregnancy she’s been measuring big and I’ve always taken her efw with a pinch of salt as they’re not 100% accurate and have been quite excited to give birth but after the sonographers comments today I just feel so nervous and anxious for labour. I’m in constant pain because of how low she is, my 🐱 has swollen and the lightning crotch is unbearable to walk/sit/lay down. Did anyone else’s baby measure big during their ultrasound appointments? If so, how was it in labour? Will they suggest a c section for me because of her weight? I want to go all natural as I have sciatica so don’t want an epidural incase it messes up my back more and I really want to push.
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