What can one do differently

I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks exactly. It was Thursday. Blame the universe, blame life but don’t blame yourself. You did nothing wrong. It wasn’t your fault. Be with your loved ones and give yourself permission to grieve. Some things are senseless and out of our control.

I’ve had two miscarriages in a row and the second one was a lot less traumatizing. I am working with a home birth midwife and she took my bloodwork as soon as I saw two lines on a test. We monitored progesterone and HCG. My progesterone was low and so she got me on supplementation. We kept monitoring it and it wasn’t going up even with supplementation and so I figured I was likely going to lose the pregnancy. And I did. But at least I knew it was coming this time. And at least I did what I could to try to save it. Progesterone is about the only thing you can control. I’m about to start trying again and this time I’m taking raw quality support vitamins and CoQ10. I also have an appointment with a doctors to chat and see if there are any other tests that I might consider doing. Sometimes people find out they have a clotting issue, a thyroid issue, or a uterine thickness issue that is keeping them from being able to carry a pregnancy. And sometimes it’s a sperm issue 🤷🏻‍♀️

*egg quality support vitamins. I’m using the needed brand.

Apparently CoQ10 is great! You’re doing all the right things 🙏

There’s a few things that can help prevent it like taking progesterone suppositories from a few days after your ovulation till a negative pregnancy test or 10w pregnant. That’s recommended for women with multiple miscarriages. You can test the quality of your eggs or check if there’s any chromosome abnormalities. CoQ10 is great for egg quality if you’re over 35. You can do a full blood panel and check if any of your hormones are out of whack. For example abnormal Thyroid (tsh) can cause a miscarriage. Take a good prenatal to make sure your eggs are well nourished. You can start taking baby aspirin (low dose aspirin) which can help with blood flow, the uterus lining and in case you have a blood clotting disorder you don’t know about as that can cause a miscarriage too.