Are there any other options than seeing an RE? My husband and I do not have the money to go see one. How to I get my OB/GYN to do more than he already has, which wasn't much. He said there was some sort of surgery to straighten out my uterus, but I have never heard of such a thing.
What do I do?
July 28, 2007
I'm 23, married and have had 2 miscarriages. One in January and the other in September of 2006. My OB/GYN says I have a tilted uterus and that's all he's told me. No solutions, no recommendation for other treatments. My husband and I started trying in May for a baby, and so far....nothing. I know that I can GET pregnant, but for some reason I can't STAY pregnant. I miscarried the first time at 12 weeks and the second at 6. All my husband and I want is a happy, healthy baby.
Hi Nicole,
No problem, but still doesn't mean that your Ob shouldn't be familiar with recurrent miscarriages. Surgery to "straighten out the uterus", no such thing and would be weary of this if this is what you were told, but most of us docs when speaking with patients have things lost in translation.
If you truly fit the criteria of recurrent miscarriage I would see a different Ob if not helpful or...
Here's a hint many of us REs will never advertise...There are some of us who offer "free consultations"...seriously (call up different offices and find out who we are). Simply make an appointment with that office, have the RE order all the labs/tests without charge, try to get pregnant on your own for a little bit with treatment that was ordered by the RE if necessary and without extra cost. If you require surgery, have it done by someone who you're insurance will cover and your straight without spending much money.
I do ask you to please, if at sometime you do get pregnant through the help of that RE without pumping in much cash into the REs practice which is very much possible (been there, done that), support his/her business by at a bare minimum by promoting the practice or through other means so that you too can help those who have helped you...
No problem, but still doesn't mean that your Ob shouldn't be familiar with recurrent miscarriages. Surgery to "straighten out the uterus", no such thing and would be weary of this if this is what you were told, but most of us docs when speaking with patients have things lost in translation.
If you truly fit the criteria of recurrent miscarriage I would see a different Ob if not helpful or...
Here's a hint many of us REs will never advertise...There are some of us who offer "free consultations"...seriously (call up different offices and find out who we are). Simply make an appointment with that office, have the RE order all the labs/tests without charge, try to get pregnant on your own for a little bit with treatment that was ordered by the RE if necessary and without extra cost. If you require surgery, have it done by someone who you're insurance will cover and your straight without spending much money.
I do ask you to please, if at sometime you do get pregnant through the help of that RE without pumping in much cash into the REs practice which is very much possible (been there, done that), support his/her business by at a bare minimum by promoting the practice or through other means so that you too can help those who have helped you...
Hi Nicole,
It really shouldn't cost you anything to visit an RE that offers free consultations who can Rx you some simple medications, such as Clomid, and have the RE give you a lab slip for recurrent miscarriages...really, this truly can be the case but would find out who offers complimentary consultations first by simply calling different offices in your area and can all be done in one "free consultation".
It really shouldn't cost you anything to visit an RE that offers free consultations who can Rx you some simple medications, such as Clomid, and have the RE give you a lab slip for recurrent miscarriages...really, this truly can be the case but would find out who offers complimentary consultations first by simply calling different offices in your area and can all be done in one "free consultation".
July 28, 2007
A tilted uterus is of very little clinical significance, except that some believe that when it's tilted back, could be an indirect sign of endometriosis, but again, not even close to being diagnostic.
Nicole, you fit the criteria, if you've never had a baby before, of a person with recurrent miscarriage and there's a whole slough of tests that can be done to make sure there isn't something that's creating these losses, from looking at your uterus, drawing lots of blood for clotting propensities (thrombophilias) and more than anything, looking for antiphospholipid antibodies.
I would recommend that you consult an RE for further evaluation and for the RE to follow you through and am hopeful you will soon have a happy, health baby