Recurrent Loss.... need some help

Hey everyone! I haven't posted much about my journey ttc #2, but I've been having a really rough time. (A little background for those who don't know me, we have MFI and DS was a result of our first fresh IVF cycle, we had 11 frozen embryos from that cycle). I'm at the end of my 4th FET cycle and I'm getting the feeling this is going to be another chemical, making that 3 out of 4 FET's ending in chemicals. The first FET was BFN. I go in for a beta tomorrow, but my tests are all super light and not getting any darker... I've been down this road before and it's exactly what happened the last 2 times.

Anyway, if this ends up being another chemical, what should I do next? We finally have insurance coverage so I could do another IVF or we still have 5 frozen embryos to use. After last cycle they made it seem like it was an embryo issue, that the embryo just wasn't chromosomally normal or something like that. But it just doesn't make sense to me, I got pregnant the first time around with BOTH embryos that were put back and lost one at 8 weeks... since then I've put SIX back total and all of them are abnormal?? I'm wondering if the problem is with me now, but I don't know what tests to ask for or meds to ask about.

Re: Recurrent Loss.... need some help

I really can't give advice about your specific situation- but I do know that Dr.Braverman specializes in multiple losses. You might want to try giving him a call and see what he recommends!

Check out his website! Dr.Braverman

You can watch his video on the homepage too. He's great!

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i agree that if you have repeat chemicals you should see Dr. B. his specialty is immune rejection of pregnancy. he does testing and protocols that most other REs dont do.

were your embies frozen on day 3 or day 5? im not 100% sure of this, but if they were frozen on day 3 i THINK you may be able to have them thawed and do genetic testing on them before transfer. if they are day 5 you wont have any opportunity to test them genetically. but chemicals in general tend to be issues of immune or thrombophilic rejection and not chromosomal. chromosomal issues tend to present more with embies that dont mature to blast OR first trimester miscarriages, not necessarily chemical CPs. your 8week loss could have been chromosomal (did you have testing done?), and it could have just been random, as many chromosomal issues are.

either way im sorry you have to go through this, as if infertility itself isnt enough.. repeat loss just makes it all that much harder. good luck!!

Message edited 12/29/2010 8:45:29 PM.

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Posted by FlowerWife

i agree that if you have repeat chemicals you should see Dr. B. his specialty is immune rejection of pregnancy. he does testing and protocols that most other REs dont do.

were your embies frozen on day 3 or day 5? im not 100% sure of this, but if they were frozen on day 3 i THINK you may be able to have them thawed and do genetic testing on them before transfer. if they are day 5 you wont have any opportunity to test them genetically. but chemicals in general tend to be issues of immune or thrombophilic rejection and not chromosomal. chromosomal issues tend to present more with embies that dont mature to blast OR first trimester miscarriages, not necessarily chemical CPs. your 8week loss could have been chromosomal (did you have testing done?), and it could have just been random, as many chromosomal issues are.

either way im sorry you have to go through this, as if infertility itself isnt enough.. repeat loss just makes it all that much harder. good luck!!

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I have no experience but just wanted to give you some and Megan !!!

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Most testing will be covered by insurance. Many treatments will be covered, but not all. One helpful site is Dr Beer's site he is the pioneer of immune testing for RPL. It is very common for people to have a perfect 1st pregnancy and then have issues with losses teh second time around.

Dr Beer

GL FM me if you want to get more specific

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Posted by DRMom

Most testing will be covered by insurance. Many treatments will be covered, but not all. One helpful site is Dr Beer's site he is the pioneer of immune testing for RPL. It is very common for people to have a perfect 1st pregnancy and then have issues with losses teh second time around.

Dr Beer

GL FM me if you want to get more specific

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I can't offer and help but I wanted to offer
My SIL is going through recurrent loss issues and they found out she's got MTHFR (?) so hopefully treating that will result in a full term pregnancy for her.

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Posted by PennyCat

I really can't give advice about your specific situation- but I do know that Dr.Braverman specializes in multiple losses. You might want to try giving him a call and see what he recommends!

Check out his website! Dr.Braverman

You can watch his video on the homepage too. He's great!

Thanks

I checked out the website and it looks good, I know he gets a lot of good reviews on here. It's a little overwhelming thinking about all the possible immune issues, etc..

Does anyone know if he accepts Empire insurance? Or if the testing is generally covered by insurance?