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Re: 5 miscarriages: Is there anything else we should be doing?

From: Kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 13:13:48 -0500 (CDT)


At Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Dr. wrote: >
>You may try testing for Diabetes and anti-insulinic antibodies. Another
>possibility is to check for cervical incompetence.
>
>At Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Kim wrote:
>>
>>I had 3 early miscarriages, then went to a fertility specialist. He
>>removed a growth from my uterus and put me on Parlodel to stop lactation
>>which I had no idea I had. Iwas released to try again 2/4/92 and was
>>pregnant by March. Hormone levels for that pregnancy were good, but I
>>had an enlarged yolk sack and the heart beat was really slow. I
>>miscarried on Mother's Day. The doctor just told us to try again. I
>>learned I was pregnant on August 12, but learned by Aug 15 that my HCG
>>and Progesterone were going down rather than up. I started bleeing on
>>Aug 19. Again, the doctor told me just to try again and didn't even
>>want to see me in his office. My husband and I have had chromosome
>>testing and taken a round of antibiotics. I was also tested for lupus
>>and had a few other blood tests, but everything has come out normal. I
>>am not satisfied with just "trying again" and again and again. It's not
>>that easy. Are there other tests we should be having or any procedures
>>we could try? I want to be as aggressive as possible. My fertility
>>specialist comes highly recommended and is highly respected in his
>>field, but he doesn't seem too interested in finding the problem and
>>fixing it. Any suggestions?
>

Should these tests be performed on just myself or my husband as well? >
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