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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, I am another poster who has been posting here a bunch recently about immune issues.  I had 2 children previously through IVF- I had a chemical pregnancy before each kid, and then I just had 2 chemical pregnancies back to back with PGS tested embryos before I went to an immune guy.  He found elevated cytokines (those are the TNF alpha cells, right?).  My natural killers were normal, but TNF alpha were high.  I actually had started with Lovenox before my second pregnancy because after my second chemical pregnancy I had a clotting factors panel done and they added Lovenox to my protocol (and I got a BFP with my DD).  I used Lovenox for the 2 recent chemicals, and then I just for my last frozen got a BFN using prednisone and intralipids.  As I stated in my other posts, I may have gotten my BFN because my embryos were twice thawed, and this last frozen didnt survive the thaw with as many cells as they'd like (prob too much stress from a second thaw), so it's hard to know if the immune protocol didnt work, or if it was the embryo, or me.

long way of saying, bottom line:  it's all a crap shoot.  If you've had 3 miscarriages in a row (seriously?  back to back?  how many weeks were they?) i'd ABSOLUTELY try the immune protocol.  for me, i was more dubious because I had 2 kids and 2 healthy pregnancies before without any immune protocol.  But if you're trying to conceive for the first time, and had 3 miscarriages in a row, ti's worth a shot.  For me, I like to throw the whole kitchen sink approach at it if you're going to all this trouble, and if a reputable doctor has given you reason to believe it would be helpful, I'd do it.

my doctor isn't big on the immune stuff, but he doesn't discredit it.  He was happy to refer me to a separate RI and then incorporate his protocol into my treatment, through the RI, while doing the FET through my clinic.

Hope this helps!  (although reading it back, not sure I gave any good advice!)[/quote]

PP, is this a local doctor you are working with who is willing to incorporate an RI's protocol?  Who is it and who is your RI?[/quote]

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