when you miscarry you are told that it was most likely a chromosomal disorder-how do they know?

Question

i had a miscarriage in october,and my friends who have miscarried have said they were told the same thing-but how do they know its a chromosomal disorder?they dont do tests unless you repeatedly miscarry,and if they are so sure then why are you told to avoid certain things when you're pregnant-e.g.raw egg because of the danger of miscarriage-i dont know that it wasn't because of the bit of dog-poo i didnt quite clean off our buggy wheels and gave myself toxiplasmosis for example.
I am not beating myself up,i am trying to make sense,i didnt have fever-which is a risk factor,or have a sauna-high core temperature is a risk too, but i was running-got very hot then-why did they tell me that was not the cause- yet personal trainers are given advice about pregnancy and heart-rate......was the dr. just trying to make me feel better?
How do they know, is there a sign on the scan that they look for,or does the medical community really not know a lot about miscarriage?seriously?

i also wonder why the body doesnt miscarry all foetal abnormalities then..e.g.downs syndrome..
wierd that there are so many abnormalities with severe implications for the child-syndromes that are not highly unusual,i've worked among families with mentally disabled children.....am i one of the lucky ones that didn't even get the choice?
it was my third pregnancy so i am very lucky i know having 2 perfect children.

Answer 1

Im sorry to hear about your loss, I was told the same thing when I lost my baby, I didn;t miscarry automaticly I continued to carry my baby until they deteceted at my routine 18 week utlrasound that the baby had no heartbeat, The baby was only the size of 13 weeks and I had already had 2 scans so knew my dates. It is a low risk of miscarriage and nothing is proven that dog poo can cause miscarriage but its been linked to miscarriage.
If hte baby stops growing on its own then its more then likely a chromosone disorder, this will happen within the first 12 weeks give or take as this is the time the baby develpos all the chromosoned functions and organs. If miscarriage is after this period then its more then likely not something to do with the chromosones as they have developed and the baby is just maturing.
If reoccuring miscarriages then it could be because of a number of things like an incomplete cervix and at a certian age of pregnancy the cervix gives way and can't hold the pregnancy in. INormally been a first miscarriage they don't do tests because of the high numbers of miscarriage, its like 1 in 5 pregnancy miscarry. This is not accurate its just an aprox. It happens because the man has millions of sperm that can make their way to the egg and not all sperm carry all the chromosones to make a healthy baby so its our bodys duty to reject the baby that would more then likely to have a defect if carried to full term, that is why you have more risk of carring a down syndrom baby over the age of 35, the body is older and finds it harder to detect problems.

I carried a healthy baby full term, falling pregnant only 2 months after my D&C, So its possible and don't blame yourself it wasn't ment ot be. I wish you all the very best and I hope you have a healthy baby soon enough. Good luck.

Answer 2

That is the common explanation because chromosomal irregularities are the number one reason why fetuses miscarry.

Think of it this way - it is nature's natural selection process that is ensuring that the baby you give birth to is going to be as healthy and vibrant as possible. When your body detects that there is a chromosomal error (maybe one too many or one two few, or different parts mixed up), it is naturally programmed to know that the baby is not going to be healthy and it will spontaneously abort (ie - miscarry).

If we go back to a small lesson in an intro to biology class, you might remember that there are little check points in your cells that they go through to make sure everything is in tip-top shape. If there is a problem that the checkpoints notice, like the DNA has been improperly copied or something, the cell will just die on it's own. It's just part of its programming, and it is a similar to a miscarriage.

There is no test you can do, your doctor just told you that was the likely cause, because it more than likely was the cause.

Answer 3

I think sometimes medics find it hard to say 'I don't know' when asked a question and so they go with the most likely scenario. It's worrying though because you can't help thinking at the back of your mind that if there's some abnormality it'll be repeated in future pregnancies.
I miscarried at 12 weeks in January and no explanation could be given. It took a while to accept that I'd never get the answers I wanted. I've gone on to have a healthy pregnancy and am now at 36 weeks. It can happen and I send you every good wish that it will be the same for you. Good luck!

Answer 4

I feel for you. I had 3 miscarriages back in the 1960s; only one pregnancy had been confirmed by the doc, but I know my body and the other times I was definitely pregnant too.

In 1969/70 I carried my first child to term; he was - and still is - my well-loved firstborn. Three years later I was pregnant again and once more started to miscarry. I was told that 'this is nature's way...' and all that. But the doc in hospital put a Shirodka stitch (not sure how to spell it) around the neck of the womb, and the baby stayed put. In 1974 my beautiful daughter was born. She was perfectly healthy and had obviously not been a 'damaged foetus'. 30-odd years on, my kids - adults now of course - are still the light of my life.

Doctors are not right all the time. Don't blame yourself, as sometimes these things happen and we don't know why. I sometimes wonder about the 'children' I lost - but I don't accept any blame for their loss.

My advice to you? Just live - enjoy life, love your family and your friends - and love yourself too. Take care, I wish you the very best for the future.

Answer 5

I'd say its an educated guess on their part. Imagine all the women before that have had the tests carried out, a high majority of results probably came back as a Chromosomal disorder. So unless it shows a reacurrance in sudsequent pregnancies, where it could be something more serious, they will put it down to that.
At the end of the day they're probably doing you a favour, because it would be harder to deal with the miscarriage in your own way when your worrying about being poked and prodded by a team of doctors.

Answer 6

If there is a defect, for what ever reason the body aborts as an automatic function. This ensure that a pregnancy which would fail at some time does not go to the full term. As you are probably aware miscarriages occur more often than is realised.
Best of luck in the future.

Answer 7

I do feel for you, Ive been through that myself and the only comfort I got was a very dear friend telling me that in a nutshell it just wasn't meant to be.
I'm not sure if finding the answer will help but obviously if it keeps happening there must be a genuine reason for the loss. Sometimes there is no reason other than that and I do know how frustrating it can be when you ask yourself why.

You often are left to blame yourself for not looking after yourself but i think its more complex than that. If it's meant to be its meant to be so thats the way I look at it.

Answer 8

22 is larger than 24 it is larger than 27 it is larger than 30 it is larger than 35. Does that mean we would desire to continually all have toddlers youthful with the aid of fact that's maximum suitable? of path no longer. And what 30 year previous feels too previous to have a new child? human beings age swifter as quickly as they have had infants. that's in basic terms a effortless previous scientific certainty. So a woman having her 5th new child at 30 and questioning that's complicated will by no potential be interior the comparable boat as a 30 year previous having her first. Older mothers and fathers even tend to have greater desirable funds and are statistically greater desirable knowledgeable. those issues are stable for a new child. And with the possibility of a 30 year previous giving beginning to a new child with beginning defects being so small, I ask you this... what's a stable reason to no longer have a new child in one's 30s?

Answer 9

Is it your first pregnancy?
It is quite common to not carry when its your first.
I couldnt carry my first either.
They blame it on alsorts now a days because there is just no way of telling and they are far too busy to do a biopsy on a miscarriage to find out what it was.
Dont twist yourself up trying to work it all out, its a very common occurance.

Answer 10

I believe, it is nature's way of aborting the little thing because it would not have made it to its full and proper form, therefore saving you from going through all that time and pain for nothing but heart ache, my wife and I went through it many times, its heart breaking but what can you do, I wish you well.