What questions should I ask?? ?? ♀
What questions should I ask?? ??♀️
Hi all! I have a consultation with my RE on Thurs to discuss my back to back miscarriages and our plans moving forward. I had 2 successful FETs both of which ended in early miscarriage. The first was in October at 6 weeks and the second was in January st 7 weeks. I’ve been working on a list of questions I should ask my doctor. I have already had the recurrent loss blood panel and we discovered I have a MTHFR gene mutation. The second transfer I was taking folate and baby aspirin because of the MTHFR in addition to estrogen and progesterone. We’ve been ttc for 9 years and have only been able to get pregnant through IVF. I am 35 and also have PCOS and I’m not sure if these relate to my problems or not.
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Are you on metformin for PCOS? There are studies that show women with PCOS who stay on metformin throughout their pregnancy have a lower chance for having miscarriages. I stayed on it the entire time I was pregnant with my daughter
Michelle ·
Мама дочки (4 года), беременна (10 нед.)
@chphelps, I used to take metformin before we started IVF but stopped because of the side effects. I’ll definitely ask my doctor about going back on it. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I tried clexane ( blood thinner) after my first loss to have my daughter.
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So sorry for your losses ? for me, they tested for natural killer cells, low leukocyte antibody detection (LAD), and a slew of other immune tests. I can check my results and see what was tested to know the specifics. Have your embryos been PGS tested? There may be a possibility that the ones transferred may not have been chromosomally ‘normal’.
Michelle ·
Мама дочки (4 года), беременна (10 нед.)
@babydreams I definitely am going to ask about blood thinners. I’ve heard lots of good things about both clexane and lovenox. Thanks for the suggestion!
Michelle ·
Мама дочки (4 года), беременна (10 нед.)
@flowers I’ll for sure ask about those tests. And we didn’t PGS test our embryos because there wasn’t any cause at the time and where I’m at it’s $5,000. But it’s definitely something I may look into in the future. Thanks for the suggestions!
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Try metformin ER or XR (can't remember the name for the extended release) and take it at night before you go to bed. It may take a week for your body to get used to it but it's gentler than the regular metformin
Michelle ·
Мама дочки (4 года), беременна (10 нед.)
My consultation is this afternoon... wish me luck!
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How did it go? Thinking of you!
Michelle ·
Мама дочки (4 года), беременна (10 нед.)
@cphelps it went great! He answered all my questions and calmed my mind. We’re planning in doing our next transfer on April 5th! And he’s wants to do a saline sonogram before then. He is adding lovenox blood thinners to my protocol. Also we decided to transfer 2 embryos rather than just 1. He said he is very hopeful for us and that we will have our 2018 baby! Thanks for checking in on me ☺️
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That's good news! Well I check back in April for a positive update!
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Great news ! I'm excited for you !!
Michelle ·
Мама дочки (4 года), беременна (10 нед.)
Thanks ladies! I’m excited to try again but I’m also super nervous. I just hope we get our rainbow this time!