I'm an undiagnosed recurrent miscarriage sufferer, who finally had success!!! Yeah!!! This blog outlines my journey from the beginning of the successful pregnancy.
I blogged during this time because a natropath gave me optimism. She told me that my body couldn't tolerate folic acid, which is something I had been previously taking - religiously. (40% of all people have the gene that can't tolerate folic acid, both my husband and I have a double gene).
I'm unsure of the exact number of pregnancy failures we had, I think it was 11 miscarriages and 4 failed IVFs (some of the miscarriages being IVF). So a total of about 14. Over 9 years. It was frustrating as we had no idea what was wrong. I visited over 20 fertility specialists in 4 different countries to discover I had a clean bill of health. No serious illness, or obvious reasons as to why. And every year that went by made me a year older. At the time of this pregnancy I was 40.
I had known about my homozygous MTHFR gene mutation for a long time. A number of the specialists had identified it saying it did cause miscarriages, but was very common and was negated by taking folic acid. This naturopath then told me that folic acid was my enemy, she told me to take bioactive vitamin B (5-methylfolate) instead. That's what this whole blog is about.
http://holisticprimarycare.net/topics/topics-a-g/functional-medicine/1353-mthfr-mutation-a-missing-piece-in-the-chronic-disease-puzzle
http://mthfr.net/mthfr-mutations-and-the-conditions-they-cause/2011/09/07/
http://chriskresser.com/folate-vs-folic-acid/
Hi! Great information and congratulations on your miracle baby! I was wondering if you could share the name of your naturopath doctor? Also, do you remember how many milligrams of methylfolate you took in preparing to become pregnant? Any help would be greatly appreciated! (I have had seven miscarriages. I have mthfr C677T and Factor V Lieden thrombophilia.) I may not be able to see your response from this post. You can find me on Facebook (Kristy Rudine) and leave a message for me if you like. (If you do FB.) Or, you could email me at rodandkristy@juno.com Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the information, and sure thing. I'll email you.
DeleteI have had 4 healthy babies at 31, 33, 39 and 41, and at 42 just lost one at 11 wks with a MMC (baby died around 7wks 5 days)
ReplyDeleteCan I ask, without getting tested, even though I am sure I am fine, can anyone take the 5 methyl folate just incase, rather then the typical supermarket folic acid?
Would that be a safer bet?
And also, i read an article saying there is all different kinds and its confusing to find the right one so what exactly would we be looking for?
Yes, 100%. It is what folic acid turns into in your body, so it has exactly same end state. I think reason people take folic acid rather than 5methylfolate is because of $, and they don't know.
DeleteThings to look out for is 'methyl' this means bioactive. I'll get you the link of the product I use, you can order online.
http://www.healthpost.co.nz/biobalance-liposomal-vitamin-b-complex-bblb.html
DeleteHere is the product I use.
http://blog.healthpost.co.nz/2014/new-generation-b-complex-best-pregnancy-vitamins/
DeleteHere's a good link explaining why/how the methyl B vitamins are so good for pregnancy.
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