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[quote=Anonymous]Really sorry for your losses OP. Have you been tested for recurrent pregnancy loss? And if I were you, I would be calling my nurse at SG demanding that my HCG be tested immediately upon getting a positive HPT due to the past CPs. Remember that they work for you!!

I also agree with all the PP who are encouraging you to have thyroid testing--do it with a regular endocrinologist, even if your RE at SG tells you there is no need to. I lost trust in my GW RE, in part, over this very thing and wound up switching clinics earlier this year--I had 2 chemical pregnancies and a miscarriage at 7 weeks in an ~8 mo time span. Although they were all natural conceptions, I was already seeing an RE at GW. She ran recurrent pregnancy loss tests on me that included testing for anti-phospholipid antibodies, which can lead to clotting (came back negative). However, she insisted that my TSH being above 2.5 was not a problem because I was negative for anti-TPO antibodies. She also refused to run tests to rule out inherited thrombophilias because she didn't believe it to be "standard of care."

I sought out second opinions from an endocrinologist, a hematologist to run the inherited thrombophilia tests (I had another indication to see a hematologist anyway), and eventually a maternal-fetal medicine specialist to weigh in on the plan the other two specialists suggested (since we had finally established that we could conceive naturally). The endocrinologist tested me for other antibodies besides the anti-TPO one, plus some additional hormones my RE had never looked at, and also sent me for a thyroid ultrasound based on physical exam findings. I don't have the antibodies but the u/s indicated a problem w/ my thyroid. Ultimately I wound up on Synthroid (which incidentally seemed to help me lose a few pounds) and a daily baby aspirin, with the plan to start Lovenox immediately after my next positive HCG. We conceived by IUI 6 weeks after switching to an RE at Dominion Fertility, and so far all's good with all of these changes in place.

Bottom line: There may, in fact, be more tests than can be done, and if your current RE isn't going to help you get that, then seek second opinions and change clinics.[/quote]

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