Miscarriage Caused by Rubella

and_peggy

I miscarried a few days ago. It's been a very tough and traumatic week, as i'm sure many of you can understand. Today a nurse from my doctor's office called me to check in, as well as inform me that I tested positive for Rubella. I'm rather confused as I was vaccinated twice as a child, and never had any signs or symptoms that I have this. Obviously, this is frustrating because it's a two edged sword. Everything I know about it says that Rubella is very dangerous for the baby and typically leads to stillborn, or major birth defects if you have it at the time of getting pregnant or before 8 weeks. On the other side, although extremely rare to have as an adult, it is likely to cause miscarriage if you have it while pregnant. If I would have known before my pregnancy, I maybe could have prevented this. Has anyone else experienced this?

rachrobertson

I am sorry for your loss. I don't have advice on the rubella but that sounds crazy, especially since we are vaccinated as a child and again around 12 y.o I think.

Babylovecali

I am so sorry for your loss. I have heard Rubella can cause miscarriages but that is odd you had no symptoms of it. Usually people do. Sometimes the MMR vaccine loses its effectiveness as you get older and your body can become non-immune and you have to get another MMR booster vaccine. Typically at your first prenatal visit they test you if you are immune or non-immune to Rubella. Since the MMR vaccine is not safe during pregnancy, it is given postpartum if you are non-immune.

Are you sure the nurse wasn't saying you were positive for Rubella antibodies which means you are immune and your body is able to fight it off on its own?

Sunami88

I was 12 weeks pregnant when I was expose to Rubella. At 14 weeks the symptoms showed up and I had to terminate my pregnancy at 15 weeks. I was never vaccinated. I am sorry for you loss as I know how hard it is.