Supportive chat for people with MTHFR.
Have you been diagnosed with MTHFR? If so, feel free to share your story here. I will start by sharing a little about mine...My husband and I have tried for several years to get pregnant. I unfortunately miscarriage 5 times along the bumpy road....most were early on, within the first 2 months so the doctors didn't think anything of it and said it was common. One pregnancy I lost when I was close to 5 months but they still didn't have an answer for me. Im a healthy person, I don't drink or smoke, I don't do drugs, I eat very healthy, I'm into nature and natural living so products in my home are plant based rather then toxic, I do a moderate amount of activity in my daily living, etc....I was taking my prenatal vitamins and drinking plenty of water....didn't have abnormal stresses in my life....so why? Why couldn't I carry a healthy baby to term? Finally I got pregnant again after over a year from the last miscarriage and I was desperate....I went to my regular GYN the second I knew I was pregnant and begged her to help me. We sat down and went over everything from top to bottom....what was my daily routine, what do I eat, what do I do, etc... but I left with still no answers other then these things just sometimes happen. Well of course I was in tears when I left yet empowered and determined to figure it out and carry this amazing gift to full term. I started researching and came up short. One day my GYN calls me and asked me to come in. She wanted to do a test on me but didn't give me much information as to what it was. She just said routine screening....but I could tell it was more then that. Since I had been going to her for a very long time and trust in her fully I allowed her to take my blood and run the tests. A few days later I get a call from her informing me she figured out what the problem might be....at this point I was about 6 weeks pregnant. She informed me my test came back positive for a genetic disorder called MTHFR. I of course was terrified instantly and asked a million questions. She was patient with me and answered them all. She then told me to get to the pharmacy right away to pick up my prescription and to start treatment immediately. So I did. I was concerned I had waited too long and there would be side effects to the baby because I wasn't already on treatment. My GYN'S name is Nicole Gwelli. She is my Angel. She was so patient, supportive, and understanding. She turned my care over to a high risk OBGYN but any time I needed her I could call.
Well anyway, so once I began treatment which is nothing more then a very high dose of vitamin B complex, high dose folic acid, and 1 baby asprine per day along side of my prenatal vitamins, I was still a nervous wreck wondering if damage had been done to my innocent baby. As time went on we finally got to the point when the doctor informed us it was a girl and her spine had closed up successfully and her brain and heart all looked healthy. We would have loved her no matter what and would have been grateful for our little blessing but of course it was a relief to know she was healthy. I'm now 32 weeks pregnant with this bundle of blessings....it has been a bumpy road but we are so super excited to meet her and getting anxious. As for me, I will have to remain on treatment the rest of my life and our little girl will need to be tested as well. I'm so grateful for Nicole. She truly cared and for that I am blessed.
Well anyway, so once I began treatment which is nothing more then a very high dose of vitamin B complex, high dose folic acid, and 1 baby asprine per day along side of my prenatal vitamins, I was still a nervous wreck wondering if damage had been done to my innocent baby. As time went on we finally got to the point when the doctor informed us it was a girl and her spine had closed up successfully and her brain and heart all looked healthy. We would have loved her no matter what and would have been grateful for our little blessing but of course it was a relief to know she was healthy. I'm now 32 weeks pregnant with this bundle of blessings....it has been a bumpy road but we are so super excited to meet her and getting anxious. As for me, I will have to remain on treatment the rest of my life and our little girl will need to be tested as well. I'm so grateful for Nicole. She truly cared and for that I am blessed.
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Anencephaly is a neural tube defect kinda like spina bifida except it effects the skull and brain..when the neural tube closed her head didnt form all the way..so at birth her brain was exposed..theres a 100% fatality rate for these babies..so i knew the whole pregnancy that she wouldnt live i just couldnt abort a baby that i wanted so badly!! i left it in Gods hands and he carried us through and she changed my life. It is a very rare thing to happen but it hit close to home for me a girl i went to highschool with had ababy with the same condition almost a year ago...they cant find an exact cause for it,sometimes its genetic,in my case they said its possibly from MTHFR...but most the time theres no cause it just happens.If you have anymore questions im more than happy to talk about her..hername is Brandi Faye
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