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TTC After a Loss
Rachaeleigh
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genetic testing?
Rachaeleigh
member
Hi ladies. My follow up appt is approaching (next fri). Thank God! The Dr will obviously be checking me and she also said she'd have the genetic testing results from what was removved during d&c. Anyone get any useful info from those types of results? Just wondering what to expect. Thanks!
4 Losses (2003, 2008, Apr 2012, & Oct 2012)
All RPL and IF testing with multiple REs = normal
5 IUIs = BFN
All AL are welcome
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Re: genetic testing?
DH and I both had full work-ups after my second miscarriage. He was completely normally, and they found I had slight hypothyroidism, so I'm taking meds for that now. Still waiting for the karyotyping results part, but my doc told me they almost never find anything. Good luck!
BFP #2: 1.30.12 - missed m/c found on 2.27.12 - D&C 3.1.12 @8w
TTC since 11/2009; Lap/HSG/Hysteroscopy: 5/2011 (endometriosis - removed; endocervical polyp - removed; high pressure in bilateral tubes - cleared)
BFP #1: 8/4/11; DS1 born sleeping on 11/16/11 at 19w1d
BFP # 2: 5/7/12, EDD 1/10/13, DS2 born 1/4/13
BFP # 3: 11/8/13, EDD 7/17/14, mmc 10wks
BFP # 4: 5/16/14, EDD 1/15/15, praying for our 2nd rainbow baby
I had genetic testing done and found out that our baby had trisomy 16, which is one of the most common chromosomal causes of first trimester mc. DH and I recently had karyotyping done and the results came back normal. Both of these tests together give me confidence that our first loss was truly bad luck. I do realize that we are very lucky to have these answers. Good luck, I hope you get some answers to put you at ease.
What they typically run is chromosomal testing on the baby. With my second miscarriage we found out that the baby had tetraploidy; a weird, thought to be "fluke" occurrence....very unlikely to re-occur. It was helpful for me to hear that so I knew that it wasn't anything I had done....or wasn't likely to re-occur.
From my experiences, the worst part about the follow up appointment is the waiting room with all of the pregnant ladies.....I started bringing a book and headphones. I hope that yours goes well!
I had genetic testing done on my second miscarriage and we found out that our baby was a girl, and had Down syndrome. We then went to a genetic counselor who showed us the karyotype of our baby girl, and we discussed random vs inherited situations. She determined that this was a random spontaneous occurrence.
Unfortunately this now increases my risk of another chromosome abnormality in future pregnancies and increases my Down syndrome risk higher than my age-related risk (I'm only 29).
It was comforting to get an answer for why we lost our baby, but the implications of higher risk in the future is kind of hanging over me now, which I don't like. Plus I was on the fence about knowing the sex of the baby and I'm still not sure how I feel about finding that out. I will say that the genetic counselor was very well informed, very thorough and did a wonderful job of presenting the information and answering our questions. It was about as positive an experience as it could have been under the circumstances.
Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!