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red_beam
Oct 9, 2010, 07:23 AM
My problem is I had two miscarriages ( 1 last yr and second one this yr,just last week),I am 30 yr old female and my husband is 33 yrd old.
I was trying to conceive from last seven months and eventually when I felt pregnant, I had just one spot of blood on my 6th week of pregnancy and was sent for a scan and baby was fine , then from 7th week , I started spotting and streak started and my GP said sometimes females do experience spotting and they didn't took any action.
When I went for my first official scan in NHS(national health scotland) in my 11th week, they said baby's heart beat got stopped at 8th week and they gave me a pill to miscarry it as it was a loss pregnancy, my first miscarriage was on 12th week and I miscarried naturally last yr.
My medical history :
My height is 4'10 feet, weight 65kgs and have underactive thyroid ( last results as per my GP NHS-scotland they said its ''NORMAL''l)
Last two thyroid results are :
06/09/10 - T4 17 ( 13-230
TSH 1.45 (0.3-40)
16/03/10 - T4 21
TSH 1.09

Now I don't understand these results but they say it was normal, I don't know why I misscarried then.
I am taking 100mcg of Levothyroxine from last 4yrs but still have all the thyroid symptoms ( like irregular cycle , can't think properly, feeling cold , very dry and itcy skin)
When I felt pregnant I started taking folic acid and that's it.

I also had one problem which still persists , I have very bad and severe itching in my vagina , which started a year ago, it is so bad that now there is discoluration and sometimes while I pass urine or have intercourse its uncomfortable , itching is not inside but outside of the vagina.. and none of the doctors are able to find out a reason or remedy for this, they keep on giving me this cream for THRUSH which doesn't seem to work , I have seen 4 different GP's until now and I don't know if this was a reason for the miscarriage... my GP's have done several blood tests and swabs check for STD's and all... and no infection has been found yet...

DoulaLC
Oct 9, 2010, 08:12 AM
My problem is I had two miscarriages ( 1 last yr and second one this yr,just last week),I am 30 yr old female and my husband is 33 yrd old.
I was trying to conceive from last seven months and eventually when I felt pregnant, I had just one spot of blood on my 6th week of pregnancy and was sent for a scan and baby was fine , then from 7th week , I started spotting and streak started and my GP said sometimes females do experience spotting and they didnt took any action.
When i went for my first official scan in NHS(national health scotland) in my 11th week, they said baby's heart beat got stopped at 8th week and they gave me a pill to miscarry it as it was a loss pregnancy, my first miscarriage was on 12th week and I miscarried naturally last yr.
My medical history :
my height is 4'10 feet, weight 65kgs and have underactive thyroid ( last results as per my GP NHS-scotland they said its ''NORMAL''l)
Last two thyroid results are :
06/09/10 - T4 17 ( 13-230
TSH 1.45 (0.3-40)
16/03/10 - T4 21
TSH 1.09

Now i dont understand these results but they say it was normal, i dont know why I misscarried then.
I am taking 100mcg of Levothyroxine from last 4yrs but still have all the thyroid symptoms ( like irregular cycle , can't think properly, feeling cold , very dry and itcy skin)
when I felt pregnant I started taking folic acid and thats it.

I also had one problem which still persists , I have very bad and severe itching in my vagina , which started a year ago, it is so bad that now there is discoluration and sometimes while I pass urine or have intercourse its uncomfortable , itching is not inside but outside of the vagina..and none of the doctors are able to find out a reason or remedy for this, they keep on giving me this cream for THRUSH which doesn't seem to work , I have seen 4 different GP's until now and I dont know if this was a reason for the miscarriage.......my GP's have done several blood tests and swabs check for STD's and all....and no infection has been found yet....

So sorry to hear about your miscarriages. I know it is difficult, but I did want to assure you that when you starting to have some spotting in the 7th week, it is quite common, and your doctor would not have been able to do anything to prevent an impending miscarriage at that stage.

It is possible your miscarriages had nothing to do with the thyroid problem, especially since it appears it is well managed with the medication. It is usually not until someone has had three miscarriages in a row that they may look into it further to determine if there is a specific cause.

Hypothyroid and yeast infections often go hand in hand. Did they discuss any diet changes that might be beneficial? Have you used anything else other than a cream for the external itching? Do you know what other infections they looked for other than yeast?
Do you by any chance tend to have a lower than normal body temp?