Friday, August 6, 2010

I had two healthy pregnancies and now 3m/c. Could taking birth control have ruined my hormone balance?

After my second uneventful pregnancy, I was almost 30 years old and felt I was done with having babies. I went on two different birth control pills in an eight month timeframe. One was ortho-trycyclen, one was a progestin one. One caused my migraines to worsen, the other I wouldn't stop bleeding. So, off I went and got pregnant within two months. I m/c at 16 weeks. The heart had stopped. My hormones were out of whack all through it. Nightsweats, hot chills, weird stuff. My dr. said probably chromosome problem. Seven months later I was pregnant again. M/C at eight weeks. Bleeding started after intercourse. That was two years ago. Two months ago I finally got pregnant again, but spotted, and then stopped and then m/c at 61/2 weeks, bleeding started the day after intercourse. My period seems to always follow sex, too. When I am late I joke with dh that we need to get busy to get rid of my pms. Now I am in my late 30's and am trying again. Anyone else had m/c after birth control pills?I had two healthy pregnancies and now 3m/c. Could taking birth control have ruined my hormone balance?
Sorry for your losses I have also had 3 m/c's and 1 still birth at 37.5 weeks (that was a cord knot). I was not on birth control at any point with the loses but I know with my m/c's all 3 I had problems with my hormone levels. It seems that hormones levels being wacky is responsible for the loses in both of our cases. I'm sure your hormone levels being off could have come from the pill thing while mine was due to PCOS. Either way they are both hormonal related. What helped me was using Clomid. It works opposite of birth controll. It tells the body that progesterone and estrogen are low and your body in turn makes a ton of both hormones. It also makes your eggs really mature and you get a lot of eggs when you ovulate so your chances are increased dramatically. Clomid works for women who have simple infertility issues. I got preg. the 1st I ever used it. I'm 24 weeks now with a healthy baby and things are going perfectly. It maybe worth a try to ask about it. It's a pill so insurance covers it (except the co-pay) and many women have success using it. Hormonal issues almost always have to be treated with medication of some sort. Hope you have better luck next time.I had two healthy pregnancies and now 3m/c. Could taking birth control have ruined my hormone balance?
I havent had a m/c before but a good way to get your hormones regulated is to take chasteberry extract. it is an herb and all natural!
i am kinda in the same boat - i had 2 kids early in life and no issues at all! Now remarried and got off b/c after being on it for 8 years.... doc did some tests and my hormones were soooo screwed up that my body was going thru a fake menopause. Got off b/c and thought my body was back to normal after 4 months but got pregnant and miscarried for no known reason. don't smoke, don't drink, don't stress and dont take drugs. I am 32 right now and i am very afraid that this will continue. I also joke about getting my period after sex, if I'm late i tell my hubby that we should do it so i can get my period. I am assuming that your doc has done all kinds of tests to find out why you keep miscarrying. The symptoms you talked about sounds like what you go thru with menopause not a chromosome issue. I bought the book Natural Hormone Balance by Uzzi Reiss and it was like it was written for me, every crazy symptom i had was in there! Give it a try, cant hurt anything. Good luck to you! My fertility doc says its just a fluke that i had the miscarriage so we are going thru IUI next month, hopefully that will work for us. My heart goes out to you, i cant imagine the pain of 3 m/c!
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