Hi everyone,

I guess I will start with my story. On November 20, 2008 I was 24 weeks pregnant with my little girl Mikayla. I went to lay down and noticed she was not moving like she normally would have. I went into the doctor's office the next morning to check things out and ultrasound confirmed there was no heartbeat. I was beyond devistated. I had had no symptoms, felt fine. There was absolutely no warning.

I was induced that afternoon, and on November 22, 2008 my baby girl was born still. I had hoped there would be definite evidence at birth as to what had caused her to pass away but there was not.

We had studies done on Mikayla involving observations, a skin sample and tests on the placenta. But all test came back normal including chromosomal analysis. All evidence leads us to believe she was healthy. We chose not to have an autopsy since she was not disformed and ultrasound had shown that her heart and brain looked normal.

The only clue we had was a small blood clot in the placenta. The doctors will not say that it was enough to cause this, in fact one doctor didn't even mention it was there. But I could not ignor it since I found out after her death that there is family history of a blood clotting disorder call protien S deficiency. I saw a hematologist and had several tests done to rule out any problems with blood clotting on my part. I got the test results last week and all were normal. No answers there.

Anyway, my doctor is now refering me to a perinatologist. I am interested in what they may have to say but am unsure about what questions to ask. I was wondering if there was anyone who had a similar experience, a stillbirth with no apparent explination, who might have some advice for me. I should alos mention that I lost my first pregancy at 13 weeks, but I also have two living children.

I am having trouble dealing with having no explination. I would like to have another baby someday but feel scared about the thought of trying again with so many unanswered questions. How can I put another healthy baby into my body when I am not sure it is safe? I would apprecaite any thoughts.

Thanks

So sorry for your losses.
I'va had two mc but they were at the end of the first trimester. I don't know if this is of any help but my consultant has put me on low dose aspirin to avoid blood clots but I honestly don't know if that would have stopped the clot in the placenta I'm not familiar with this.
I really hope you get some joy and maybe answers from the specialist.
xx

I would suggest you read the book 'is my body baby friendly' by Dr Beer. Or have a look at this web site as his clinic is the leading one in the world on pregnancy loss. And seeing as its in Chicago you fairly near... (more than me anyway )

http://repro-med.net/

Im so sorry for your losses, you've had a very tough time. Im waiting for results of my tests (had 2 mc's last year first tri)and the specialty nurse says based on my history its likely its a blood clotting disorder..but i wont know until 20th feb and might never know if the results come back negative like yours...

All the best, hun.

Hugs, Omi xxx