i have had 3 miscarraiges and my doctor has taken blood to check the chromozones i need advice?

Question

i am having trouble with staying pregant and myself and my husband really want a baby. my consultant said he would carry out some tests and asked me and my husband to give blood so that they can check the chromozones but i don't understand and i felt embaressed to ask him about what this means in all my pregnacies i have lasted up to 10weeks. in each pregnancy the feteos had died and my sac has contunied to grow to a certain stage and is only discovered by having a scan.

Answer 1

My advice would be to go back to your doctor and dont be embarrassed to ask him - he will be more than happy to explain what they are doing and why - he would want you to be reassured and not worrying to help you get pregnant in the future.
But I will try to explain a bit about chromosomes -

ok - chromosomes are your DNA split into manageable chunks. You have 46 of them in every single cell of your body. Cells are the smallest part of your body and make up all your tissues - so you have things like muscle cells, heart cells, brain cells and skin cells.
You also have "sex" cells. These are found in your ovaries and form your eggs. Your husbands are found in his testes and form his sperm. In eggs and sperm the DNA chunks are halved to give each egg 23 chromosomes and each sperm 23 chromosomes. When you have sex and the egg is fertilised by your husbands sperm, the tiny embryo will have the full 46.

DNA is like a chemical blueprint to build a human. And it is very long, coiled up into chunks - the chromosomes. It acts as an instruction sheet to make muscles, blood, traits such as eye colour, hair colour, skin colour etc. Each of these traits has its own instruction sheet called a gene. And humans have about 30,000 genes all part of DNA that is coiled up into 46 chromosomes.

The doctor will want to check your chromosomes to make sure that you and your husbands DNA does not have any problems that might be causing the pregnancy difficulties. They will want to check for genetic diseases that either of you may have that dont affect your health or your husbands, but when you are trying to make a baby, the problem shows up.

Examples of a chromosome problem could be Downs Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis or Sickle Cell disease. These wont necessarily interupt a pregnancy.

Good Luck.

Answer 2

YOU DID NOT state your age I do know the older women get the poorer there egg quality meaning they might get pregnant but the baby will not live and will die off early due to the egg being poor quality. This happened to me i had a pregnancy that stooped growing at 7 weeks the SAC still grew till 10 weeks when i lost the baby. The sac and tissue was studied and found to have FORMED FROM A POOR EGG the chromosomes had some deformities. Have you had any of the miscarriage babies tissue studied that can give a real + reason 4 the loss. Your chromosomes or your husband could also cause repeat losses. You doc will be able to give you better answer you can also ask 4 a test to see what quality your eggs are.

Answer 3

The Dr is most likely checking for any chromosonal abnormalities that you and your husband may carry and be passing to your babies. Some diseases are recessive, but if two recessive parents both pass on that gene, then it will show in the child- like cystic fibrosis.

Check this out:

If two parents have brown eyes (dominant color B), but carry the recessive gene for blue (b), they have a 1 in 4 chance of having a child with blue eyes.

Mother Bb
Father Bb

Offspring BB (brown), Bb (brown), Bb (brown), or bb (blue)

The same principle works for diseases and other abnormalities. Don't be embarressed to ask questions. Find out what your doctor is looking for. The better informed you are, the better able you are to make good decisions. Besides, genetics is a complicated thing. I'm sure your Dr. will be glad to answer any questions you have.

Answer 4

I agree with both of the people above me. There has been lots of people who just can't physically have a child. And when they do (either their first or second) it is in their late 30's or 40's because of the difficult process it took for them to actually carry a baby to full term.
I can understand how difficult it is for you and your husband wanting to have a child. I would say to keep trying. But, if you got that love in your heart to want a child that badly, adopt. There are a lot of children out there that are just born who mothers do not want anything to do with them. This does not mean that once you adopt, that you can stop trying.
So, keep trying and praying and follow all of the advice that your doctor and specialist gives to you. And, when all else fails, adopt a child.
I wish you nothing but the best for you and your husband and I know whether you have a natural birth or if you adopt, you and your husband would be great parents. :-))

Answer 5

When he says he's checking your chromosomes, it means he's looking to see if there is a genetic (inherited) reason for your repeated miscarriages.

There's a lot of reasons you could be having problems, but the fact you CAN get pregnant is a good sign that they will eventually figure out what is happening and you will be able to have a healthy baby.

The testing can be scary and time consuming but be patient. Only your doctor and the right tests can come up with a reason. Modern medicine has a lot of good solutions for people having difficulties. Odds are you'll get what you want.

Good luck.

Answer 6

well your doctor is probably making sure that the reason you are having miscarriages is not because of your chromosomes.... your genes have everything to do with how your baby grows... well you or your husband could have the possiblity of having a recessive or dominant gene giving your baby a geneic disorder.... lucky for women's body that most of the time when the baby is abnormal with some sort of genic disorder, the body miscarriages the baby.... for example this occurs alot for babies with down syndrome.... but there is always that possiblity that you just cant have a baby... then if you still want one bad then adopt.... good luck and i hope you get the child you always dream about.

Answer 7

This forum is no good for questions like this, you either get total idiots answering, or well meaning people with some knowledge answering.

if you are really serious about wanting a child you need to swallow your pride and go back to the consultant with a list of questions you need answering.

Dint be intimidated by what you don't know, ignorance is not stupidity, if you don't know it is good enough that you want to find out, the consultant will acknowledge and appreciate this

Answer 8

The crux of the matter is, do you and your husband have compatible chromasomes, if you do not, your body will see the baby as an invasion and it wont grow, my sister had five miscarriages, then she married someone else and had two kids without a problem, not that I am saying you should ditch your husband! there is a range of stuff they can do these days, like suppress your immune system so your body wont attack the foetus, stuff like that, dont worry, if you are worried call the consultant, its his job to explain, he should have done it at the appointment!

Answer 9

After my wife had two miscarraiges we had to go through some tests as well.you should not feel embarrassed about anything and ask questions. whatever you dont understand and whatever comes to your mind.that way you will get to know more and understand more.I remember the doctor told us that miscarraige is more common than you think.about 25% of women have at least one in their life.our problem was sorted in the end.we had a boy and he is healthy and fit and intelligent and lovely.hopefully you will be alright too.

Answer 10

IF YOUR HUSBAND WANTS A BABY TELL HIM WHAT THE DOCTOR SAID OR TAKE HIM TO YOUR NEXT VISIT AND THERE IS NOTHING TO BE EMBARRASS ABOUT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON AND YOUR HUSBAND SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU


GOOD LUCK I HOPE THAT REAL YOU HAVE A HEALTH BOY/ OR GIRL