Comments on: Statistics

By: Sami

Sami — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:18:34 +0000

We recently lost our baby boy at 20 weeks over Thanksgiving weekend. It was the most tragic and horrific experience of my life. My husband and I are working through everything together and I appreciate his support so much. I want to commend you on this website. As a healthcare professional, knowing and understanding a lot causes a high level of anxiety. Your website has a way of calming me down. It’s realistic yet empathic. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are helping so many people and without this resource, I’d be in a much darker place. Wishing good thoughts and multiple babies for everyone.

By: Gemma

Gemma — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:55:29 +0000

I have had two miscarriages in 8 cycles. One a chemical pregnancy at 7 weeks and second at 9.5 weeks with what appeared to be a healthy pregnancy (doubling hcg and progesterone at 47) but the fetal pole stopped growing and didn’t develop a heartbeat. I am hoping that both of these were caused by random chromosomal issues and we are trying again. I am having some blood tests for low progesterone as I came off the pill and found that I had a 9 day luteul phase. This has now readjusted to 11 days with a 28 day cycle. My skin is the worst it has ever been but its not linked to polycystic ovary syndrome. The hospital won’t do the full set of tests unless I have a third miscarriage but have said that I can access progesterone, baby aspirin and 5mg dose of folic acid next time I get pregnant. I am waiting for the results of the blood tests. I am paranoid that my progesterone is low and I won’t develop a strong enough corpus luteum and will miscarry again. Its difficult not knowing if my miscarriages were random or caused by something specific. I have some progesterone cream but don’t really want to use it – I’d prefer to see what happens. I have faith that this is a natural process and I need to settle in for the long haul and let my body figure it out. At the same time, I am taking 1200mcg of folic acid and 75mg baby aspirin to do what I can and having regular accupuncture, eating, exercising well etc. What a confusing and emotional rollercoaster.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:22:58 +0000

Close to ten years ago I had a ectopic pregnancy that resulted in the emergency removal of my left fallopian tube (it ruptured). Over the course of 2-3 years I became pregnant and miscarried 4 times. It’s been nearly 7 years and I have not been pregnant. Today I took a home pregnancy test and it was positive. I went in for the Beta HCG test and will return again on Wednesday. I’m just wondering what the likelihood that this time things might be okay? Long shot…I’m hopeful but it’s sort of subdued hope.

By: nancy

nancy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:50:47 +0000

well i have reached breaking point, i have tried for a baby for over 3 years now and with all my three pragnancies i miscarried. My first pregnancy i had a still birth in early labour when i was 4 months, my second i miscarried at 3 months and my recent pragnacy i miscarried this week at 3 weeks. I feel hopeless; as i thought it would be easy for me and my partner to conceive because he is 24 yrs old and i am 23.

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:42:15 +0000

Hi, I’ve had 4 miscarriages in a space of 1 year or so. After my 3rd miscarriage I was given tests but they were all negative, and I was told that my miscarriages were down to badluck. I am currently 12 weeks pregnant and terrified. I am on high dose folic acid and low dose aspirin. I have never got this far before and I keep thinking I will miscarry. Even today, I couldn’t find the baby’s heartbeat with my doppler and I think I have lost it. It is horrible feeling like this. I just want to enjoy this pregnancy, but I can’t…how can I if I don’t even know if my baby is alive inside me….

By: Patricia Maynard

Patricia Maynard — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:46:34 +0000

I have 3 living healthy children, I am 29 years old and I just had my first misscarriage last month. Now I am pregnant again early one and found out I have overian cyst in both my overies what shoule I do. Should I go ahead and have an abortion before I lose this child or have my health get worse and maybe ever if the child would have deformaties or something would be wrong with the child if I could have it? Please need advise as soon as possible. Thanks

By: shel

shel — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:16:59 +0000

Hi I have had a still birth at 5 months. It was the worst thing having to give birth to our dead baby boy. This was our first pregnancy and the tests done all seem to be negative. What could have caused this? Is there a chance of this happening again? Or can one go on to have a healthy baby? Thanks

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:39:21 +0000

I keep reading these over and over again. I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks 3 days and I will be 5 weeks pretty soon again. I just want to get to six weeks. I think then I will be able to breath easy and not worry so much. It’s weird, because 10% seems so small when you’ve never had a miscarriage, but once you’ve had one it seems like you are doomed to have another. It’s so scary! This is the last time I’m trying, I’m done being worried and scared like this, it’s terrible

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:37:04 +0000

Hello I am 20 years old and I am now 11 weeks pregnant. I had a miscarriage at 19 weeks and 6 days (1 day short to be called a stillborn)!! My miscarriage was odd I had no waters and no blood and had a amazing little boy called Kai. I was only 16 years old when I lost my son and it was a different man then this pregnancy (however my ex has just had a healthy boy 3 days ago at 8.1). I refused at the time to let them do an autopsy so I do not know the real reason for loosing him. As at the time I was constipated and thought I was going to toilet when I push out a tiny foot! As a result my doctors questioned a weak cervix and are measuring my length soon to see if I need a stitch this time round. I
am terrified that history will repeat itself and would like to know if the stats are different for a second miscarriage if the first was almost 20 weeks!! My GP just thinks that it was rotten bad luck and I’ll be fine this time, but I can’t help but worry. Please help me!!

By: taryn

taryn — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:12:41 +0000

Hi. I’m writing because back in 2007 I miscarried and did not know I was pregnant. I miscarried w/ my ex husband. I am now engaged and my fiance and I got pregnant. I was 6 weeks along and I miscarried. My blood type is O negative and my fiance’s is O positive. At the E.R., I was given a shot called RhoGam. I’m not sure if I miscarried because I never received this shot the first miscarriage or not. Also, I’m not sure if having a different partner has a factor in this or not? I used to have trouble w/ my ovaries (I had cysts almost as large as my ovaries), but at the E.R. they told me my ovaries looked beautiful and they could see no cysts. My fiance and I want to try again right away. Do you think my chances are better now that I have had the RhoGam shot and that helps prevent my body from fighting off the baby’s red blood cells if it just so happens to be RH positive? I am just so devastated at this loss. It is so hard to explain the love I had for something growing inside of me that I had never met. I just want answers. Thank you and I look forward to your feed back.