miscarrying girls?

Question

I put a question on a few minutes ago about weather miscarriages can be caused by not being able to carry girls. Some answers were harsh one saying it was insane and gender has nothing to do with miscarriages. I would like to clafify a few points. Two of my babies were scanned at 11 weeks which showed they were both normal with strong heartbeats and normal size. However at 12 weeks their hearts stopped beating and I had to have an operation to have them removed. After this the babies were tested at the hospital and no abnormalties were found. So please dont tell me miscarriages are because they are not viable or due to abnormalties. The hospital suggested it was more to do with my body treating the pregancy as a foreign body. I do know of cases personally of women not being able to carry boys, but have never heard of it about girls. But thankyou to those who anwsered wishing us luck.

Answer 1

hi.i cannot believe what awful thing people would say..when they never had to experience miscarrying a baby. my sister Samantha had 2 painfully miscarriage and both girls it had nothing to do with the gender.. the emotional trauma i watched my sister go through is awful. reason she did doctor said that her wall was narrow if wants a baby again she has to on bed rest 4, 9 months now she has 2 beauties.. one Her Name Jame just had a baby girl no problems Little one we named her Nichole.

Answer 2

I due wish you all the luck in the world and I will pray for a safe conception/delivery for you....but it's still insane! If your body was "rejecting" the fetus that is known as an Rh factor. You should have been tested for it during your first appointment and if you weren't treated then yes your own body would attack the fetus. Again, the Rh Factor has nothing to do with gender, it has to do with your blood type and family history. I guess you were calling me "harsh"....I'm not. I just think that is a ridiculous claim for anyone to make. I work at a health insurance and out of curiosity I went and asked a doctor we have on staff part time for P.A. purposes.....he said the same thing and he does OB with family practice and his wife is an OB/GYN only.
Also, I was showing a comparison....just because you only delivered boys doesn't mean your body can not carry a girl. I just can't believe you could buy into that type of a claim seeming like such a responsible person. Ask your own OB if you have so many problems thinking this is true.

Answer 3

As far as I know medical knowledge does not believe that women can miscarry only girls. That doesn't mean it is true though. It is true that women some miscarry boys because their immune system attacks them.

However, and I don't mean to go against what you believe, it is possible that these girls were not viable, we have such a small understanding of the human genome that there could be problems we can not detect.

There are also studies that suggest having a baby boy first makes you more likely to have miscarriages in subsequent pregnancies regardless of the gender of the subsequent fetuses.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5094676.stm

I don't know if that is true in your case.

Don't give up hope though! Keep trying you never know what may happen next. Really two miscarriages are not that uncommon. A friend had two miscarriages this year and she already has 4 children. No reason could be found for her miscarriages either, as far as I know.

Answer 4

I here what you're saying about being viable and abnomalities, but remember that doctors are scientists using the tools that they have. I don't think we know much about genes at this point, so there may have been something wrong and we just don't have the tools yet to know what. Isn't 12 weeks too early to know the sex? I can't pretend to know what your loss feels like, but I imagine that stress would make your situation worse. Relax, enjoy baby making :o), and worry when it's time to worry. If you never end up with a girl, just remember when your kids are in their teens and you see your friends teenage daughters ripping each others hair out over a pair of shoes or a boy, them spending hours in the bathroom or on the phone, how luck you are to have boys :o).

Answer 5

I'm so sorry to here what you went thought. I've got a friend and she has miscarriaged 5 times but she was 20 weeks when she went for her scan she asked what sex they was and they was all girls after her second miscarriage she got pregnant again and this time it was a boy and she carried him right up to 41 weeks he is five years old now so yes it could be because you can not carry girls. i hope it all goes well for you in the future xx

Answer 6

Sorry people were being rude. Here is a pretty good website with info on miscarriages: http://www.medicinenet.com/miscarriage/page2.htm
Sometimes there is just no discernable reason why. Wasn't meant to be. I searched the internet and found nothing about not being able to carry females. Best of luck.

Answer 7

actually it is usually the opposite, you are mor elikely to miscarry a male fetus as a female is an XX, most miscarriages are based on a genetic malformality, because famales have the double X if there is a chormosonal issue the other X can sometimes compensate making women in turn the genetically stronger sex.

Answer 8

I agree, some of the answers on the previous question were rather harsh and uncaring. Miscarriages , for whatever reason , and time, are never easy and I hope they never have to go thru it.
Good luck and good health,
Jan :-)

Answer 9

Your welcome and I really hope everything goes well for you and you get some answers. I was telling a true story and I am really happy that you wanted to clarify that point. I wish you luck in finding answers and I am sorry for your losses!

Answer 10

maybe it was cause of RH incompatibility. I am sorry to hear about your losses and i wish you the best of luck with your future pregnancies.