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Re: GW midwives' management of miscarriage and their personalities, people do not say this often, but I actually REALLY liked Marsha. She helped me through the second miscarriage, which was pretty scary. Many on here do not like her as much as the others, but I thought she was great. Whitney was actually fairly cold and I didn't get a great vibe from her. I spoke with Nora on the phone a bunch during #3 and that was okay too. The first spontaneous miscarriage was frightening, but it was pretty clear that there wasn't much they could "do" for me other than see me when the process was complete, check my hormone levels and make sure I was doing okay psychologically, which they did. The second one was a little more confusing and I came in for an ultrasound to confirm that the pregnancy was actually ending. I was given misoprostol to complete it at home, which was awful and I do not recommend. #3 was more like #1 and didn't require management. Nora and Marsha were both really great about responding to my phone calls or messages in the online system. Marsha in particular was also great at INITIATING contact, which I found unusual and super reassuring.

We were sort of taking the approach that 3 miscarriages (at 7 weeks, 9 weeks and 6 weeks, respectively) is not outside the range of "bad luck". They didn't suggest testing anything until the second one. I asked for the autoimmune stuff because I was concerned that maybe I had the same illness my mother does. Everything came back normal. After the second miscarriage, my husband and I put the brakes on and the third pregnancy was not really "planned" - I wasn't on BC but we also were not having sex regularly and literally only one time during my fertile window. When that pregnancy ended, we both realized that we were kind of relieved and separated. We (and our older child) are all doing great in our new lives. 
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Thanks a lot.  I am the PP who asked you-- I had mine with Whitney and she was very attentive and caring.  I find her a little colder than others, but have the utmost respect for her experience, and she did give me hugs and initiate contact just to check on me.  She said now that I have had two miscarriages, she will be my primary person and I should email her as soon as I have a positive test next time.  But they didn't suggest testing anything, as my labs were normal and I had had a Day 3 lab between pregnancies that was also normal.  What did they suggest for you to test?[/quote]

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