Okay, I know it has been a while since I last posted, but I haven't had much to say. It's been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster lately, but hopefully things will finally be looking up! I had my last doctor's appointment on May 30 and that is when my doctor drew lots of blood to check my clotting, if I have any abnormalities, etc. that might be causing my miscarriages. The results came in yesterday and this is what she found...I have a MTHFR mutation, which in simple terms means that this mutation affects how my body uses folic acid. My body needs more folic acid than a normal pregnant woman would need. Because of this, I have to take (I started yesterday) four times the normal amount of folic acid and a baby aspirin each day. This should make it possible for me to carry to full-term! This is such great news. I was so afraid that I either had LOTS of things wrong that would make it really hard or impossible to have a baby or on the other end they would find nothing and we would just have to try again without any help. Either of those findings would have been heart-breaking. Luckily, what was found is something that can easily be worked with and more common than I realized. I have heard of several people (since I had my miscarriages) that have this same mutation and have taken the extra folic acid and baby aspirin and have had healthy, full-term babies. Actually, we have a family friend that went through this recently and is now 18 weeks pregnant, so this gives me hope! Obviously each time a woman gets pregnant it is a gamble and you just don't know what might happen, but at least we know this will help our chances and makes us less nervous to try again.
Please continue to pray for us and we'll let you know how things progress...obviously I won't be announcing any pregnancies until we are a little more "in the clear" next time. I may be letting everyone know I'm pregnant and what we are having at the same time :)
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