Miscarriage and Insulite

[hopin4amrcle]

Hi Dr.,

I started taking Insulite in January of this year to try and concieve a child. I have been diagnosed with PCOS in the past but show only lack of period as a symptom. I found out that I concieved a child on April 20th. I stopped taking the Insulite slowly by taking it every other day. A week or so later I started to have bleeding this was when I was all done with the Insulite. I miscarried two days later. What do I do to prevent this from happening again? The doctors could not tell me much about what happened because when they did the blood tests they were normal cause I was on the Insulite when they did them. Should I just take the Insulite up until 12 weeks or longer if I get pregnant again because I do not want to go through the terror of having another miscarriage. Please let me know what I should do??

[drshana]

[QUOTE=hopin4amrcle;2204]Hi Dr.,

I started taking Insulite in January of this year to try and concieve a child. I have been diagnosed with PCOS in the past but show only lack of period as a symptom. I found out that I concieved a child on April 20th. I stopped taking the Insulite slowly by taking it every other day. A week or so later I started to have bleeding this was when I was all done with the Insulite. I miscarried two days later. What do I do to prevent this from happening again? The doctors could not tell me much about what happened because when they did the blood tests they were normal cause I was on the Insulite when they did them. Should I just take the Insulite up until 12 weeks or longer if I get pregnant again because I do not want to go through the terror of having another miscarriage. Please let me know what I should do??[/QUOTE

Dear friend,

Thanks so much for writing in. I'm so sorry to hear about your recent miscarriage.

It is difficult to determine the cause of miscarriage much of the time. The causes of recurrent pregnancy loss are: genetic, endocrine, anatomic, inherited, infectious, immunologic and unexplained.

It was previously thought that 50% of recurrent pregnancy losses were unexplained. We now know that many of these cases are due to sub-clinical hormone abnormalities. Sub-clinical means that it may not show up on routine hormone testing and therefore goes untreated.

PCOS is a syndrome of hormonal imbalances and the miscarriage rate is indeed higher in women with PCOS. There is a connection between insulin resistance and miscarriage, at least in women with PCOS. In fact, women with recurrent pregnancy loss much more often have polycystic ovaries on ultrasound. While it seems obvious to some that cysts on ovaries will prevent a normal pregnancy, there are many theories about this.

Insulite Laboratories recommends that you work with a reproductive endocrinologist who can help you determine what impact your hormones are having on your miscarriage rate.

It is safe to continue trying to get pregnant while you are using the Insulite PCOS System. However, if you do get pregnant, we recommend that you discontinue taking the Insulite PCOS System supplements during your pregnancy, and then resume the supplements after you are finished breastfeeding. The reason is that, while we know that the Insulite PCOS System is safe and non-toxic in general, these supplements have not been tested in any clinical trials specifically on pregnant women or infants.