Hi, I am 30 years old and have had four miscariages in the last two years (no live births). During my first pregnancy, at seven weeks, I began to bleed heavy and pass clots. I was put on bed rest for the following six weeks (bled entire time), but miscarried at 1thirteen weeks. It was very painful, both emotionally and physically. I had an hsg and was told that I may have a bicornuate uterus. In January I had a hysteroscopy/laparoscopy and found that it was only a uterine septum and that the surgery corrected the problem. In April I got pregnant again, had basically the same thing happen, started bleeding at six weeks and continued until I miscarried at eight weeks. My doctor wasn’t concerned, stating it was probably just “bad luck”. In October I got pregnant for the third time, all was well until around eight weeks. One Friday afternoon while at work, I began to bleed. I went straight to the doctor. My ultrasound showed nothing there. My doctor examined me and was able to retrieve the fetal tissue from my cervix. This miscarrige happened very quickly. Now, it was more than just “bad luck”. My doctor tested the fetal tissue for defects and those tests all came back ok. It was a heathly girl. My husband and I began the genetic testing that my obgyn offered and it was found that I had a clotting factor, prothrombin gene mutation. I began taking a baby asprin daily and was told that once I got pregnant again that I would also be taking heparin injections and progesterone suppositories. The end of January I got pregnant again. I began all of the medications, 5000 units of heparin injections twice a day and two progesterone capsules twice a day. I knew that this time everything would be ok. Everything had been going perfect up until five days ago. On Wednesday (exactly eight weeks) I went for my first ultrasound. I was very excited to see the baby.I was feeling great and had no bleeding whatsoever!! Well, my scan showed that the baby was measuring six weeks and was told it wasn’t good. I had my hcg levels tested Wed. and Thurs. and they were 11,000 on Wed. and dropped to 9,000 the next day. On Friday my doctor called and told me that I would be miscarring soon and as I write this letter, I sit here and wait for the process to begin. I feel ok, haven’t had any cramps or bleeding, nothing but emotional pain. I thought that this time, and with all I’ve done, that I would have a positive outcome. With this, I ask of you to please help me in determining what is going on. My doctor told me that there was nothing more that he was able to do for me and he would send me to a fertility clinic.
Is there any help out there for me???? I feel like I have hit a brick wall and that there is no hope. Thank you for taking time out to listen.
Sincerely, Marie