I had a MMC at 7 weeks in April. First pregnancy, completely unplanned (I had a slightly out of date IUD), and it was assumed the miscarriage was likely the result of a massive genetic defect.
I’ve been having issues I assumed were hormonal for many years (facial hair, weight gain, acne, etc.) so thinking they could have also possibly contributed to the miscarriage, I asked my doctor about it. She suspected PCOS and ordered a hormone panel and some other blood tests.
I got all but one result back online (and the one that’s missing is a test for CAH which is a rare condition and I’d be legitimately shocked if I had it) and everything is in normal ranges. There seems to be maybe a bit of an imbalance - my LH was more than twice as high as my FSH, the ratio is supposed to be 1:1 or so, and my DHEAS was at the top of the normal range, but still - it was technically normal. I’m still waiting to hear back from my doctor, but it sounds doubtful that it’s PCOS.
Of course, I’m happy about this - PCOS is not a nice thing to have - but I can’t help but feel a little frustrated. And like an idiot for bringing it up at all when everything was normal. I wanted answers around the miscarriage and maybe to be able to prevent it from happening again.
My fiancé and I are planning to start TTC in about two years and really want kids. Hell, if we weren’t currently long distance I’d probably want to start trying for them now. I’m terrified I’ll have more miscarriages. Especially since my hormones seem to be a little off, but not in any way that can really be named, let alone treated. And I just gotta wait a couple of years to see if that’ll be a problem. I don’t know if I can handle another loss.
I had a MMC at 7 weeks in April. First pregnancy, completely unplanned (I had a slightly out of date IUD), and it was assumed the miscarriage was likely the result of a massive genetic defect.I’ve been having issues I assumed were hormonal for many years (facial hair, weight gain, acne, etc.) so thinking they could have also possibly contributed to the miscarriage, I asked my doctor about it. She suspected PCOS and ordered a hormone panel and some other blood tests.I got all but one result back online (and the one that’s missing is a test for CAH which is a rare condition and I’d be legitimately shocked if I had it) and everything is in normal ranges. There seems to be maybe a bit of an imbalance - my LH was more than twice as high as my FSH, the ratio is supposed to be 1:1 or so, and my DHEAS was at the top of the normal range, but still - it was technically normal. I’m still waiting to hear back from my doctor, but it sounds doubtful that it’s PCOS.Of course, I’m happy about this - PCOS is not a nice thing to have - but I can’t help but feel a little frustrated. And like an idiot for bringing it up at all when everything was normal. I wanted answers around the miscarriage and maybe to be able to prevent it from happening again.My fiancé and I are planning to start TTC in about two years and really want kids. Hell, if we weren’t currently long distance I’d probably want to start trying for them now. I’m terrified I’ll have more miscarriages. Especially since my hormones seem to be a little off, but not in any way that can really be named, let alone treated. And I just gotta wait a couple of years to see if that’ll be a problem. I don’t know if I can handle another loss. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J https://ift.tt/2zw2yi5
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