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Early pregnancy, endo pain, missed miscarriages

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I'm really hoping someone may be able to relate to this, or have some words of wisdom, because I'm at a loss...

I have been pregnant three times (twice in the last nine months and once in 2018), all of which have ended as missed miscarriages at 8-10 weeks, with development having stopped at 6-8 weeks. In all three pregnancies I've experienced what I perceive to be an awful endo flare-up between around the 4-8 week mark (pain, vomitting, sleeplessness, etc), which by my calculations coincides with when the heart(s) stopped beating. The GPs and gynaecologist I've seen have all been slightly baffled and told me the MMCs aren't due to my endo because "endo should get better in pregnancy". I feel completely fobbed off.

I've been referred to the Tommy's recurrent miscarriage in Coventry and have had a lot of blood tests that I'm waiting on the results of. I am really hoping that Tommy's will treat my concerns seriously, because I can't help but believe that it is the endo/inflammation causing the MMCs, or at least a big contributing factor.

Has anyone else experienced endo pain in early pregnancy? Is there anything I can do or teats I should be asking for? I'm taking various supplements, exercise regularly and follow an antiinflammatory diet. I was taking progesterone during my latest pregnancy and will be straight back on it next time, too - assuming there is a next time!

Thank you.

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Hello sorry to hear about this experience your having , give yourself credit for trying takes a strong soul to put yourself through it so you must commend yourself for that, I’m sure you will get the outcome you want it’s a good sign your able to conceive so that is still in order , I am not an expert but with endo I believe I am having suffered with it for years so what I would suggest is finding out your blood group and researching what can help in pregnancy what I mean by this is for example, my blood group is rhesus negative so In order for myself to stay pregnant I would have to visit the maternity ward from literally before pregnancy and throughout and ask for an injection called Anti-D which stops my blood fighting with the baby’s blood thought this might help sharing my experience I had with you in case you happened to have the same blood group. Best wishes . Jo Jo

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