Hormone testing before TTC again?

[Pariah]

I've had one MC. We want to start TTC again, and I was considering using this site to do progesterone and estradiol tests. They're not really expensive, so I thought it wouldn't hurt. I'm very healthy in general, and I can only find that my MC was caused either by the very large amount of coffee/caffeine I was consuming for nearly the whole few weeks that I was pregnant (which I wouldn't have done at all had I known I was pregnant). Or, I read that breastfeeding can indirectly effect progesterone levels which would cause an early miscarriage.

Or it could be something else entirely that I'll never be able to identify...those are just two of the potential causes that applied to me in the reading I've been doing.

I guess I looked up the hormone testing so I could avoid TTC if that is in fact the issue...I would hate to go through another MC...so I guess this is my fear coming out. I've given up caffeine except the rare piece of dark chocolate, so that isn't a concern this time around.

What are the odds of breastfeeding causing problems? I've known many mamas who have breastfed and got pregnant (intentionally and not) who had perfectly healthy pregnancies...so this seems like it would be rare to me, but I don't have any official stats on that. I've never had any hormonal problems, nor do I have any symptoms of hormonal problems except the one early MC. My periods have always been the same, no abnormal spotting, and regular.

[veganmama719]

Pariah, I doubt it has anything to do with either your hormones or BFing. M/C is very common, sadly. Something like 25% of recognized PGs end in m/c.

If it makes you feel any better, I was still BFing DD (who was 12 months old) 7 times a day when I got PG with her little brother.

I know when you are an information junkie like me (and maybe you too!) it is terribly hard not to search desperately for a "why".

Sometimes, it's just bad luck. Your chances of going on to have a perfectly normal PG now are very high.

I am so sorry for your loss.

[Pariah]

I know when you are an information junkie like me (and maybe you too!) it is terribly hard not to search desperately for a "why".

This is SO me. I research everything to death...I HAVE to know. I guess with something like this that was so bad to deal with, I want even more to have some sort of answer. Leaving everything open-ended isn't something that I do.

:hug Thanks for your reply.