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Hi, I will post my story here as well...it's hard to remember all of the details now but basically starting with a somewhat unplanned pregnancy in 2005 which I miscarried at 6 weeks (reasons unknown) I became obsessed with wanting to have a baby. Back then the timing was not right so it was all put on hold for a while. When I became pregnant again (and I always fell pregnant VERY easily) it was later in 2006 and that pregnancy showed a heartbeat but the baby measure 2 weeks behind from the start (and I knew when I ovulated due to charting and temping) so when I went to a scan at 11ish weeks there was no heartbeat and I passed the baby naturally not long after. Path reports didn't show much. After that it all sometimes becomes a blur, but I did find out that I had MTHFR as well, and was put on folic acid , baby aspirin and vitamins. I had 3 (if not more) chemical pregnancies after this amongst another loss at about 8 weeks. That time I did not go to the dr. until 8 weeks and they did an ultrasound to find the baby measured 5 weeks and there was no heartbeat. That time the path reports showed a trisomy 2 which is really rare and is incompatible with life. I was of course devastated. In all of this I started researching here, online and in books. I had 2 OBs, 2 perinatologists and also did acupuncture and went to a naturalpath. Eventually in October of 2007 when I really was ready for a break (I know, that 's what I always heard) I got pregnant once again and got the positive test 2 days before I was scheduled to see a fertility specialist at a university hospital about 3 hours from me. We took the trip and that morning before my appt. I woke to red blood and was hysterical when I went in to see him. He was wonderful and met with me for almost 2 hours while I cried for a lot of it. I had gotten copies of ALL of my medical records for the past 5 years or so and brought them along with a detailed document I typed up of what I'd gone through, dates, etc. what I'd been tested for and what I had heard I could be tested for. He took me seriously and we got a plan right away. I was started on progesterone high dose that day and kept on with my other protocol of vitamins, baby aspirin, etc. Then I went for my first u/s at 6 weeks it was good and again at 8 weeks. Then I got scared and asked to be on the Lovenox blood thinner since I had the MTHFR and he said yes to the lowest dose. I started the shots at 8 weeks and had a perfect pregnancy delivering my daughter late actually. She will be 1 year old in 2 weeks exactly. It happens, and I remember my OB telling me after that last loss to just not give up. I've been on this board for a long time now and I've seen MORE women than not go on to have babies . Cases where I thought that person would never have a baby after so many losses and tries and they all did. I spent hours on here reading everyone's stories and it comforted me. I met jademaiden (who posted this thread) on here and we really helped each other so much. I owe my daughter to her in part because she researched a lot too and gave me tons of ideas I'd never have come up with alone. Anyways, I don't know what worked exactly, how or why but something did. Maybe it was just luck or it could have been the meds or the acupuncture who knows, but I'm really glad I found this site.

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