PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: 3rd miscarriage

Re: 3rd miscarriage

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:30:53 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Catherine wrote: >
>I just had my 3rd miscarriage Monday evening. I had been on
>progesterone suppositories because an endometrial biopsy showed leutal
>phase defect. I was 9 weeks 3 days into the pregnancy. My first
>miscarriage was 9 weeks 2 days. I was about 4 weeks with my 2nd
>miscarriage. Since my first and 3rd miscarriage ocurred virtually at
>the same point, does that zero in on a possble cause? Also, my husband's
>sister dealt with infertilty for years and years and ran the gamut of
>tests and never got pregnant. From what I understand, both her and her
>husband had a fertility problem. Could there be something in my
>husband's family----something that caused his sister to never get
>pregnant and causes me to have miscarriages?

Unfortunately, the timing does not pinpoint a cause. I would recommend sitting down with your physician and going over the recurrent pregnancy loss evaluation. There is a long-shot potential for a connection between your husband's family and your issues, but it is a real long shot... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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