anyone have a second trimester miscarriage?

[khanna]

I am just wondering if anyone has had a second trimester miscarriage and if you found out why it happened. We are still waiting for our autopsy reports to come back. We went in to see the doc and he said to be prepared to hear that they just don't know why. Is/was that the case with most of you girls? Just wondering...I don't know if it is easier. Wondering if you can have a healthy baby after all of this and not know why it happened the first time, or wondering if your discovered problem will cause it to happen again....thanks

Kiana

[marsij]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I haven't had a second trimester loss, but my sister has. (Actually, it was her first m/c.) She found out a couple years lateer it was prpbably due to a blood clotting disorder. (MTHFR) She's since been put on blood thinners with every pregnancy.

I hope you find the answers to all your questions soon.

[mommy2mark]

I am so sorry for your loss. Many woman go on to have healthy babies after an unknown loss.We lost our son around 20 weeks in April of 2005. A definite cause was never found. I had surgery a couple months after he was born to remove a large dermoid cyst on my ovary, but they Dr. did not think that was the cause. The autospy came back fine and the genetic testing was inconclusive. We did a bunch of other testing and the only thing found was MTHFR (hetero) which most Dr.'s don't see as problem. I take extra folic acid as a precaution and was on baby aspirin for the 1st 12 wks. After over a year of trying after our loss we ended up doing an IUI and then IVF. My Dr. told me at the time that it was very likely we would never know why he died. My fear with that is if they don't know what went wrong how will they prevent it this time. I think it is pretty common not to find out why. Good Luck to you!

[wloublue]

Again, I'm so sorry for your loss.

I know you can go on to have healthy children after a loss, even if you never learn why. I know several women IRL and you will find many on MAM as well.

In our case, we just had genetic testing done, and there was no reason found. It took almost 6 weeks to get the results. That was hard.

We have not been able to get pg again, but that does not have anything to do with our loss, just bad luck.

[mommieofaangelboy]

I am very sorry for your loss. I recently lost my little girl at 19 weeks. and she was my fourth baby all the other pregancies were healthy but of course i am almost 35 now.
I never found the reason she passed away her gentic testing said she was a healthy little girl. i have called even the doctor who took the ultra sound at the hosptial to go over pictures. i know its a hard time. i spent alot of engery feeling like something needs to be done . and i just hate when they say dont know the reason. i did find out i have a low thyroid though i am going to a speicalst in may. maybe you should ask for auto immune disease tests? im sorry for your loss. it is like nothing you could ever imgaine.

[zoeysmommy4ever]

I had a second trimester loss. I lost My Zoey at 17w2d.It was due to an incompetent cervix.
There was nothing wrong with her at all it was my body that had the problem not her. I pray you find out something anything to help you in your journey through grief.
((HUGS))

Kiley

[Trevon&Nevaeh'smommy]

im so sorry for your loss. i lost my son at 23 weeks. i don't look at him passing as a m/c. he was a fully developed baby and had he been born a few weeks later with no complications, he could have lived. how far were you? i would definately see a geneticist and a RE to make sure it won't happen again