So, a couple weeks ago I went to my Dr, who referred me to a Perinatologist in Maternal fetal Medicine. He ran a bunch of blood work trying to find the cause of the 18 week old miscarriage. He said there were knots in the placenta, which means something with the blood clotting. He tested for a bunch of viruses that could have caused it, and a blood disorder known as Thrombophilia, and APS (Anti- phospholipid Syndrome) . Outcome of those would be: IF I get pregnant again- 2 shots of Heparin in my stomach 2x day for 9 months. Lots of risks with thinner blood like, bed rest, premature birth (and everything that goes along with that) and stillborn. He said if everything comes back normal, just bad luck (again?) or he missed something.
So.....the conclusion. Got my blood work back last week, and everything came back normal. So, what does that mean? Nothing really, I guess. If I get brave and try again, I guess I am now considered "high risk" so more visits, but nothing to watch for. So, that's that. It is nice to not have anything wrong, but at the same time, it would be nice to know how to prevent something bad from happening again. We'll see.
