Recurrent miscarriages

[Bump12]

I was wondering if anyone been in a similar situation or had any advise.

I had a septate uterus which was corrected end of June and I had 4 early miscarriages.

I ended up falling pregnant again after surgery but ended at 6 weeks.

I do fall pregnant with ovulation induction as don’t ovulate (pcos) but do fall pregnant easily.

We thought we would go for ivf next as only thing we haven’t tried and was wondering if that would increase our chances or live birth (if they can choose good quality eggs) or if that does not make any difference once you fall pregnant?

I am 33 and would appreciate any advise.

Thank you all in advance xx

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Hey, I am sorry for your losses. I am in a similar boat in that I have lost 6 pregnancies now. I also had a heart shaped uterus and they blamed that for some of them so I had that corrected but sadly I continued to miscarry.

Have you had any other tests? Like blood clotting etc? Have you had any investigative surgery like a hysteroscopy or MRI?

I would definitely refer myself or be referred to a repeat MC clinic to rule out any of these things before embarking on IVF.

Re IVF - you could argue your chances of a successful pregnancy are increased because they are selecting the best embryos and can do some genetic testing to check if there are chromosomal issues etc but that sort of depends on how successful IVF is (eg if you only get a few embryos they will likely just put them all back and not bother with testing etc). I guess what I am saying is I wouldn't see it as a magic fix necessary to getting pregnant. I have lost 3 natural pregnancies and 3 IVF pregnancies so didnt really make a lot of difference for me. I was a lot older than you when I started though.

Good luck x

[pink_lemon]

Hello Bump12, I am sorry for your losses. I as the previous answer suggests, I would try more tests before you try IVF. Ivf could be helpful if your losses were due to genetic abnormalities (which could be unlikely 4x in a row at your age) as your embryos can be tested before they are put back in during the ivf process, but other than that, it is more helpful for people who cannot conceive. Did you have any of the miscarried embryos biopsied to see what could have caused the miscarrige or rule out genetic fault? I would probably start with a recurent miscarriage specialist or two to get more opinions.

[DianeArnold Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Hi Bump. So sorry you have had to endure so much. I assume that they have checked your cervix too, that it is strong? Hope any investigations can come up with a cause for the losses. Thinking of you. Diane

[Snow345]

Hi, i am so so surety for your losses and you having to go through all of this. I would definitely go for more tests before starting the ivf journey.. It could be anything from genetic issues, cervix, NK cells in the uterus, immunity so definitely get tests done to rule out things.Good luck.

[Bump12]

Thank you so much for all your answers. I have had all possible recurrent miscarriages tests and everything has come back as negative. The only thing was the septum and that was removed.

After my septum surgery there was only a sac which just didn’t grow so I’m assuming it was maybe a chromosomal problem but I guess can never tell for sure.

That’s why I thought would IVF help?

But thank you for all your responses it really does help to know xxx

[Holliebx in reply to Bump12]

Hi bump

I too have had 9 multiple loses , and did all the tests with recurrent miscarriage clinic over 2 years , all came back normal .

I chose to do the genetic testing via ivf to see if it could be genetics . Out of 4 eggs tested , 3 were genetically abnormal , and only 1 tested normal . I’m not sure if this could be a factor to all my previous losses but we are transferring the genetically normal one next Monday , so I suppose only time will tell 😬🤞 but I know how frustrating it all is when you just want to try find an answer to why it happens so much .

If you ever need any advice or help DM me , as I am at one of the clinics you previously enquired about on latest post ❤️❤️ xx

[Bump12 in reply to Holliebx]

Hi Holliebx, So sorry to hear about all your losses and I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you this time 🤞🤞♥️♥️ And will DM you xx