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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster here.  I have repeat implantation failure and I got immune testing and was found to have immune issues big time.  I'm struggling with secondary infertility though.  I have one child who I got pregnant with easily the natural way.  When he was 6 months old we started TTC again.  Fast forward two years later, plus several failed infertility treatments later, and I never had another pregnancy (no miscarriages or chemical pregnancies).  All my testing and my DH's testing was completely normal except for mild decreased ovarian reserve, which several REs weren't even sure I had (because my AMH tests and my AFCs never matched up).

But it made no sense to me that I got pregnant on the first try/healthy pregnancy and delivery and then started TTC when my son was 6 months old and nothing at all for two years.  Then I remembered that several times during implantation time I would get weird flulike symptoms out of the blue (shaking chills, stomach cramps, nausea) for three hours and then it would all go away.

So I got all the immune testing done and it showed that my immune system is completely overactive and I have high/abnormal results for everything.

So I would suggest getting the immune testing done.[/quote]

Wow, what a difficult time for you.  Thank you for sharing your story.  So do they think you developed immune issues after the first pregnancy, or just got very lucky somehow with having your first child?  I have a long history of doctors trying to figure out if I have an autoimmune disease because of recurrent joint pain among other things, but nothing has ever been found for sure (definitely not RA, nor lupus or fibro, etc), but hearing these stories I'm wondering more and more if there's something latent that wouldn't impact my life but is majorly impacting my fertility.  Definitely going to pursue testing.  Thanks for this information.[/quote]

PP here. I've seen 6 REs.  The 5 who do not believe in immune issues thought that I have some level of sub infertility regarding my decreased ovarian reserve issues (which are mild) and that I just got lucky getting pregnant on the first try.  (I find this hard to believe and don;t agree with it).

The RI I saw thought right away that I had repeat implantation failure because of the history of no pregnancy at all over 2 years and the fact that my FSH level is very good, which suggests I have good egg quality.

I got testing done and was found to have severe immune issues--basically an allergy to pregnancy caused by my first pregnancy.  I have no personal/family history of allergies or autoimmune problems of any kind and my thyroid has been checked multiple times and is good.  I'm baffled quite frankly.  But I do know that all my treatments have failed and I have never been pregnant other than my one successful pregnancy.

After a year spent grieving the expanded family we will never be able to have, DH and I decided that we are not going to pursue immune treatments and that we are going to just have an only child.  I have accepted that this is the way it is and the immune issues make sense to me given how things have gone in the last two years of TTC but I still cannot believe I got pregnant on the first try then two years of no pregnancy at all in 24 cycles.  But I am unwilling to keep trying infertility treatments after the physical/emotional toll they have taken on me.  We will continue to TTC on our own each month but our chances are 1% of pregnancy at this point so I'm not buying pregnancy tests anymore, and we are emotionally moving on from infertility.[/quote]

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