MFM Specialist

soon2bmrsdaniel · June 2013

Were any of you referred to a MFM Specialist after a miscarriage? I lost my twins at 18 weeks and had a D&C. This was 3 weeks ago on 6/4/13. I had my f/u with my OB last week and she said that everything seemed normal and there wasn't really an explanation as to why I lost the pregnancy. She said that because it was twins everything goes out the window. She also said that while I needed 6 weeks of pelvic rest, that we could start trying again as soon as we are ready. I want to get checked by the MFM before we try again just to make sure there isn't anything wrong.

Did any of you see an MFM after a miscarriage? If so, what can I expect?

princezjk · June 2013

I haven't seen a MFM, yet, but plan to before TTC again. You might want to visit the TTCAL, there may be some folks over there that can provide you with insight, too. I am so sorry for your losses and wish you luck with your MFM appointment.

Kris721 · June 2013

****rainbow pg metioned********

We saw a perinatologist when i was 18-20 weeks pg (can't exactly remember when). After our anatomy scan, she sat down with us and we made a "game plan" for the rest of pregnancy. Even though Having another still birth would be really unlikely, they still wanted to relieve as much anxiety as they could with the pregnancy. I ended up taking the glucose test twice, once at 20 weeks and again at 28 weeks (passed both times). Was told to see a cardiologist at the local children's hospital for a fetal cardiogram (my first daughter was born with a heart murmur and According to the autopsy report, Logan had a large hole in his heart- not the cause of his demise though) I also was scheduled for weekly Non Stress Tests from 34 or 36 weeks. They also induced me a week early.

i don't have any ticker for her because I mainly come on this board, but my rainbow baby was delivered safe and sound on Feb 15. She was perfectly healthy.

Mjmksb04 · June 2013

We had a pre conception appointment with a MFM doctor and he went over our medical history and went into detail about what our game plan would be when I do get PG again. I felt very reassured and confident with the information he gave us, so I was glad we did it.

shandorfml2 · June 2013

Our OB did some blood tests on me, and ran some tests on my daughter. Everything came up negative. Did your doc run any tests on the twins or yourself? My doc will moniter me more, though she says I was healthy and another stillbirth would be unlikley. I will be induced at 37 weeks.

GL and sorry for your loss...

soon2bmrsdaniel · June 2013

Thanks everyone! No, she didn't run any tests on the babies because they were under 20 weeks and our insurance wouldn't have paid for it. I know that sounds awful, but at that moment when they were asking, I just said no. Possibly because I was still drugged up from the D&C. They did examine the babies and said nothing was visibly wrong with them though.

Dixon813 · June 2013

I was seeing an MFM throughout my whole pregnancy (I had triplets our girls were identical and had Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome) I go for my follow up with my regular OB/GYN and plan to ask about continuing to see an MFM now and during the next pregnancy...

bunnybun4 · June 2013

Our baby just had a fluke blockage in her brain that wasn't caused by anything...it just happened.

I recently had a MMC of twins at 8 weeks and my OB told me there was no need to see a MFM for that pregnancy because there wasn't anything really wrong with Bunny...however I had TONS of extra monitoring just because they were being super nice to me to curb my anxiety. Since I didn't really make it to my milestone (19 weeks) I don't know how much more monitoring I would've gotten for that. but I was going to ask for 2 anatomy scans...

I would talk to your OB and get their opinion. ((HUGS))

buggirl72 · June 2013

soon2bmrsdaniel:
Thanks everyone! No, she didn't run any tests on the babies because they were under 20 weeks and our insurance wouldn't have paid for it. I know that sounds awful, but at that moment when they were asking, I just said no. Possibly because I was still drugged up from the D&C. They did examine the babies and said nothing was visibly wrong with them though.

It does not sound awful at all. What you were going through at that moment was horrendous. I had my son at 20 weeks and for me, the last thing I wanted was for anyone to hurt him in any way.

As far as your original question - I had a preconception appointment with an MFM. I have other issues that put me in a high risk category but she did tell me that a late second term loss would have got me the referral on its own. It made me feel much better about TTC knowing we had a game plan in place.

(((hugs))) and I'm sorry for your losses.

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