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In case it helps any others in a similar situation: My partner and I suffered from a miscarriage and then a seeming inability to fall pregnant again. All of th
by mattlondon 7y ago
In case it helps any others in a similar situation:
My partner and I suffered from a miscarriage and then a seeming inability to fall pregnant again. All of the tests we did came back fine - everyone just said "keep trying" but eventually we started to see "unexplained infertility" appearing in the medical notes which was crushing and terrifying.
To cut a long, emotionally painful, and expensive story short, we almost accidentally found out my partner has some quirk in their immune system: NK cells (CD16+, CD56+). This does not appear to be something that is routinely checked for.
A quick consultation at a specialist consultant, a small number of some very benign tablets along with 1 home injection (very cheap - perhaps £80/month) and two months later - after literally years - we were naturally pregnant.
37 weeks so far and everything is completely ordinary and normal - a huge relief compared to where we were several years ago.
If you are in a similar situation, please know that there may be a way out. It is a very dark road, but there can be light at the end of the tunnel. Talk about the NK cells with your doctor and see what they say - the NHS in the UK pooh-poohed it (despite being prepared to give us IVF at significant expense), but it worked for us when going privately, and the consultant's waiting room was full of pregnant women so we're not just a fluke I guess. I just hope that oen day this enters the mainstream so that people can try it before IVF and other invasive treatments.
If anyone wants to know the clinic we used in London, please email any user at e43.xyz (catchall will pick it up) or reply here