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How much testing after first loss?

kellyrankkellyrank
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How much testing did you do after your first (& hopefully only) loss? I am torn whether to do more testing. I already had a bunch of bloodwork done & was diagnosed with a heterozygous Factor II mutation, but when I went to an IF doctor yesterday he told me that is not what caused the m/c since it was in the 1st tri & it usually causes 2nd tri losses (more great news!) 

I am just wondering how many people were recommended/chose to do a lot of testing. Thanks!

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Re: How much testing after first loss?

  • mama-miamama-mia

    My doctor said my insurance wouldn't cover any testing since it was my first m/c, so we opted not to test.  Kinda sucks, just wondering, though.  :(

    I'm really sorry for your loss.  

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  • pepomntpatpepomntpat member
    The only test that was done was to make sure my baby was a "normal product of conception" and not a molar pregnancy. 
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  • SonadoraSonadora member

    imagepepomntpat:
    The only test that was done was to make sure my baby was a "normal product of conception" and not a molar pregnancy. 

    This.

    My insurance won't cover testing until 3 losses. I hope I don't get to that point. 

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  • Court1Court1
    No testing, just the pathology report the other gals are talking about. 
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  • Erin RNErin RN

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    No testing, just the pathology report the other gals are talking about. 

    Same for me as well.

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  • Lissa832Lissa832 member
    Most doctors won't do any testing after one m/c.  Some will do it after two.  Most will do it after three.  Mine didn't do anything until after 4.
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  • AlpacaBunnyAlpacaBunny member
    I hope you don't mind me posting here with my siggy pic of my babies.  I try  not to post too often b/c I don't want to offend anyone, but I wanted to answer your question.  Most docs don't do much testing after a first loss.  Mine did though, they did the full thrombophilia blood profile on me and found I have PAI-1 issues and MTHFR.  They also did testing on our baby and found that she had Turner Syndrome.  So that gave us the main answer about why we lost that baby, it was a geneitc issue and then my pregnancy was also complicated by my blood clotting issues.  What other sort of testing did they offer? 
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  • Mrs.KristenMrs.Kristen
    our baby had kidney and fluid issues. insurance would not cover genetic on us so doc had a kidney u/s done on us for our own comfort to know we had no kidney issues but that's all insurance would cover. Our baby had pathology done (autopsy) etc still waiting results
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  • kellyrankkellyrank

    AlpacaBunny - Don't worry, the picture does not bother me...your kids are beautiful! Congratulations on your success!

    I have not gotten the pathology results for the baby yet which seems strange since my d&c over 3 months ago (sept 11th) I plan on calling the office tomorrow again to see if they came in & just have not called me yet. I believe I probably had the same blood profile done along with a few auto-immune disorder tests. They want to test me for a few more auto-immune disorders (ANA, thyroid antibodies, & celiac disease) as well as some hormonal things (FSH, estradoil, prolactin, TSH & mercury levels) They also want to do a chromosomal check (karyotype) on my husband & I. 

    The names of the tests came from the IF doctor. I am not sure what all of them are.

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  • Court1Court1
    To those posters who haven't received pathology back rather quickly, it's likely to just say "normal products of conception".  They would have informed you within a couple weeks if it was abnormal.
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  • ShandaBShandaB

    My loss was in my 2nd trimester so maybe things are a little different for us but we're able to get a full battery of testing.  Right now we're waiting for the autopsy results, which they said can take up to 3 months to come back.  The extent of testing is going to depend on what the autopsy results are. 

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