Fortilian #	Age at at Conception	Infertility Diagnosis (if any)	Method of Conception	Eggs, Vintage or Donor	Embryos, Vintage or Donor	Loss Multiples?	Week Loss Occurred	Reason for m/c -- stillbirth -- termination	Used Therapy/Support Group?	Still ttc?	Comments
1	40	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8	blighted ovum	no	yes
1	41	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	6	age	no	yes
1	43	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	10	age	no	yes
2	41	endo, high FSH	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8*	trisomy 15	no	no	Fetal demise at 8 weeks, spotting started at 11weeks;ultrasound showed no h/b, d&c done day after spotting; became pg naturally 9 months later age 42, delivered normal baby @43
3	40.5	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8	blighted ovum	no	yes	Conceived 1st daughter 3 months after m/c
3	42.5	age-related	injectibles+intercourse	vintage	n/a	no	4	chemical pg/unknown	no	yes	Conceived 2nd daughter 2 months after this m/c
3	42.6	age-related	injectibles+intercourse	vintage	n/a	no	4	chemical pg/unknown	no	yes	Conceived 2nd daughter 1 month after this m/c
3	44.2	age-related	injectibles+intercourse	vintage	n/a	no	4	chemical pg/unknown	no	yes
3	44.4	age-related	injectibles+intercourse	vintage	n/a	no	6	unknown	no	yes
4	39	unknown	natural	vintage	n/a	no	5	unknown	no	n/a
4	40	unknown	natural	vintage	n/a	no	6	unknown	no	n/a
4	41	unknown	gonal-f + intercourse	vintage	n/a	no	8.5	unknown	no	n/a	Currently 21w6d pg. (8/9/00) at age 43, a surprise pg, natural cycle 11 mos. after we stopped trying
5	43	age-related	DE/IVF	donor	n/a	no	23	hypertension, placenta previa	no	yes	I had hypertension starting at week 17 & placenta previa. I had a C-section at week 23 when I started hemorrhaging (otherwise I would have bled to death). My baby was only 17 oz & he died. He wasn't growing because the placenta wasn't working correctly due (probably) to the hypertension & he wasn't getting enough nutrients, so he would have died in any case.
6	45.8	unexplained, poss. weight issue	natural	vintage	n/a	no	10	unknown	fortility!	yes	Had another m/c at 2 months in 1974, reason unknown
7	40	male factor	natural	vintage	n/a	unsure	7	unknown	no	yes	I had a 20 year old DS at the time and had not become pg for 18 yrs. The pg was a total surprise to us.
8	37	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	17	unknown	yes	yes	At 17 wks. no heartbeat, estimated fetal demise at 14 wks.
8	45	none, possibly secondary infert.	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8.5	still awaiting chrom. Tests	yes	yes	Est. fetal age 7.5 wks. Between first and second losses, I had a high-risk pregnancy due to my health resulting in birth of my 6 y.o. Daughter. She was born when I was 39. Want to ttc but fear another miscarriage.
9	37	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	9	unsure-comments	no	yes	Suspect maternal virus with high fever and severe cough caused hemorrhage and loss of fetus. No fetal testing done.
9	38	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	12	unsure-comments	no	yes	Possible blighted ovum, or fetus reabsorbed when finally had u/s at 12 wks.; m/c naturally day after fetal demise discovered
9	39	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	5	unknown	no	yes	Easiest m/c because it was so early
9	40	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	12	unknown	no	yes	Couldn't test fetus because we froze it not knowing to keep it at room temp for lab testing. Subsequent fertility tests on me have shown all results normal except low progesterone in 2nd half of cycle.
10	38.0	thin uterine lining, poor respose to stim. meds.	IVF/surrogate (fresh cycle)	vintage	vintage	no	13	unknown	no	currently pg.	Did karyotyping of placental tissue. Showed normal boy. Reason for demise unknown. Tried four times to transfer embies to this surrogate, this was farthest we ever got.
11	40.4	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	7	unknown	no	no
11	42.0	male factor	IVF	vintage	vintage	triplets	8	no heartbeat	no	no	3rd triplet currently 3-year-old
11	42.0	male factor	IVF	vintage	vintage	triplets	11	ectopic	no	no	Removed, with tube, via lap; 3rd triplet currently 3-year-old
12	43	high fsh, perimenopause	natural	vintage	n/a	no	7	trisomy 16	no	yes	Conceived w/no drugs, no herbs, no acupuncture, no diet change; bled 6th week, had d&c 7th week
13	44.8	unknown	natural	vintage	n/a	no	10	unknown	yes	yes	Fetus stopped growing at 5.5 wks; cause possibly chromosomal.
14	39.11	high fsh	clomid + IUI at LH surge	vintage	n/a	no	20	possible cord accident	no	yes	Amnio at 14 wks. showed normal male.
15	42	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8	blighted ovum	yes	yes	Saw counselor 1 yr. after m/c; wonder what purpose of survey is; did not see it in MVED list I read every day.
16	37.10	recurrent m/c, age-related	fertinex + IUI	vintage	n/a	twins	9	1 twin blighted ovum, 2nd twin hb stopped at 8 wks. Possibly from pressure of large bloodclot of blighted ovum	no	yes	No genetic problem detected in fetus, had 2 m/cs @ age 36.
16	40.11	recurrent m/c, age-related	IVF, baby aspirin, heparin, LIT	vintage	n/a	no	6.5	No heartbeat	no	yes	No genetic problem; 3 previous m/cs, then one successful pg. With heparin, baby aspirin & LIT at 39. Now 30 weeks pg with IVF, heparin, baby aspirin (no LIT) at 41
17	39.5	male factor, blocked tubes, immune issues	IVF + ICSI	vintage	n/a	no	7	ectopic	no	yes
17	41.2	male factor, blocked tubes, immune issues	IVF + ICSI	vintage	n/a	no	8	possible clotting factor	no	yes	Genetically normal fetus; had child next try with immune/clotting medications
18	42.5	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	32	amniotic infection, e-coli bacteria in lungs & ears; cause of (common) bacteria to ascend from my GI tract to membranes unknown	yes	no	Saw therapist several times within a year of stillbirth; amnio normal, pg. normal until infection; have 3.5 y/o biological son and just adopted a 6 mo. old Russian daughter
18	43.5	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	13	Unknown	no	no	Fetal demise at 10 wks, u/s showed at 11 wks, d&c at 13 wks; chromosomal analysis showed normal boy; h/b seen 2x, hormone levels good.
18	43.9	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8	Unknown	no	no	D&c day after u/s showed demise; hormone levels had not been good; chromosomal analysis could not be done.
18	44.3	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	7	Unknown	no	no	No u/s done yet, natural m/c, no chromosomal analysis done.
19	42	endometriosis	natural	vintage	n/a	no	6	ectopic	no	no	Surprise pg, wasn't ttc; had completed family after 10 yrs. Of infertility treatment, although this somewhat made me want another!
20	42	unexplained	medicated IUI	vintage	n/a	no	10.5	unknown	no	yes
20	43	unexplained	medicated IUI	vintage	n/a	n/a	4	unknown	no	yes
21	40	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	approx. 9	ruptured ectopic	no	yes, but..	RE had said I was perfectly healthy; 2 previous m/cs at age 25 with different DH: 1st at 10 wks, cause unknown, chrom. normal; 2nd at 12 wks, cause unknown, due to insensitive doctor, no tissue analysis
22	42	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8	unknown	no	yes
22	43	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	5	ectopic suspected	no	yes	Bled @5 wks, methotrexate @7.5 & 8.5 wks, hCG took 4 weeks to go down
23	41.2	male factor	IVF/ICSI/AH	vintage	n/a	twins	6 to 10	unknown	no	yes	Fetal demise occurred between 6-10th wk; other twin now 3 y.o.
23	43.4	male factor	IVF/ICSI/AH	vintage	n/a	no	6	unknown	no	yes	Assumed to be chrom. problem as hCG #s did not rise normally
24	38.9	unexplained possible immune issue (no maternal blocking antibodies, high % of NK cells)	natural	vintage	n/a	not sure	5 to 6	unknown	no	yes
24			IVF	vintage	n/a	not sure	5 to 6	unknown/immune	no	yes
24	39.4	possible immune issue (no maternal blocking antibodies, high % of NK cells)	natural	vintage	n/a	not sure	5 to 6	unknown/immune	no	yes	In process of surrogacy with my 40 y.o. eggs!
25	40	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	18	trisomy 21	no		Amnio at 15 wks. showed trisomy; terminated at 18 wks.
25	41	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	10	trisomy 8	no		CVS/US at 10 wks. showed trisomy, fetal demise at 7 wks.; d&c at 10 wks; at 42, using gonal-f & IUI, had a son!
26	41	scar tissue, blocked tubes, age-related	IVF	vintage	n/a	no	5	"old eggs"	no	no
27	40	none	natural	vintage	n/a	unknown	6	unknown	no	yes
27	41	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	10	unknown	no	yes
27	41	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	5	unknown	no	yes
27	42	none	clomid + intercourse	vintage	n/a	no	8	unknown	no	yes	Took 100 mg. Clomid cd 3-7
28	43	severe male factor, poor responder	natural	vintage	n/a	no	7	unknown	no	no	had daughter via IVF/ICSI at 38, another at 41 naturally, surprised to be pregnant
29	39.5	female: PCOS w/poor ovulation, luteal phase defect, damaged agglutinated fimbraie, poor/thick cerv. mucous, failure to release follicle, ANA, APA, at times high prolactin. male: initially none, then had failure to fertilize, double varicocelectomy, non-optimal count and motility, 5% normal morphology	IVF, baby aspirin, heparin	vintage	n/a	twins	9	unknown for one twin, trisomy 16 for other	share w/family, friends, spouse, read books	yes	Twin 1: saw h/b at 7.5 weeks, none at 8.5; Twin 2:never saw h/b, none atat 8.5 wks; had d&c at 9 wks.
29	43.5	Same as above	IVF w/ICSI, co-culture, aspirin	vintage	n/a	no	7.5 (u/s showed sac stopped developing at 5.5)	unknown	same as above	yes	It's hard to try so hard so long to only have losses; I don't know how others endure other types of losses, later on in pg., or other situations. My heart goes out to all who've had losses, for whatever reason. We would have opted not to have amnio had we gotten that far; I know others feel differently and try to understand.
30	38	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	6 to 7	unknown	no	yes	These 2 losses were back-to-back, never found out reason for them
30	39	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	6 to 7	unknown	no	yes
30	40	none	IVF	vintage	n/a	twins	31.5	stillbirth due to cord accident	yes	yes
31	39	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	n/a	molar pregnancy	yes	no	Moved to adoption at 42, now age 45.
31	40	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8	trisomy 16	yes	no
31	41	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8	unknown	yes	no
31	42	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	12	unknown	yes	no
32	39	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	30	severe pre-eclampsia	no	yes
33	43	ovulatory dysfunction	natural	vintage	n/a	no	5	unknown	no	yes
33	43.6	ovulatory dysfunction	natural	vintage	n/a	no	5.5	unknown	no	yes	Still ttc (halfheartedly)
34	40.9	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	20	Downs syndrome	no	yes	Conceived 2nd month of trying; loss occurred 2/14/93.
35	40	age, tubal problems	IVF	vintage	n/a	no	8.5	trisomy 18	no	yes
35	41	age, tubal problems	natural	vintage	n/a	no	8	tubal pregnancy	fortility	yes
35	42	age, tubal problems	natural	vintage	n/a	no	7.5	implantation failure	fortility	yes
35	43	age, tubal problems	natural	vintage	n/a	no	17	triploidy	fortility	yes	Last FSH was 17; cycles getting shorter, intermittent anovulation; wish I had started this venture sooner. Still ttc naturally.
36	41.0	age-related	natural	vintage	n/a	no	11.5	unknown	no	yes
36	41.9	age-related	clomid + IUI	vintage	n/a	no	9	unknown	no	yes
37	44.4	low ovarian reserve,	2 IUI's, @ 12 & 36	vintage	n/a	no	chem. pg; beta zeroed at 33 days post hCG	unknown, but not uterine blood flow problem; may be chromosomal though not sure	no but use fortility, see therapist anyway, which helps	yes	I was disappointed but not surprised at the outcome of this pg. Had 2 previous treatment cycles, but this one was most optimal. 1st cycle CCCT + IUI, but surged before IUI; 2nd cycle, 1/2 of DH's sample missed the container, my levels and stim was good for the cycle; This cycle was uneventful, so hopeful for next attempt.
38	41.1	blocked tubes	IVF	vintage	n/a	twins	19	incompetent cervix	yes	yes	I never heard the term "vintage" when referring to eggs/embies--sounds like fine wine! I love it!
39	39	APA, other immune	clomid + IUI	vintage	n/a	no	5.5	possibly APA & very low progesterone levels	no	no	Have 2 kids, one by ZIFT and one by IVF.
39	42	same as above	IVF	vintage	n/a	no	4.5	same as above	no	no
40	38	unexplained, hormonal	natural after several	vintage	n/a	no	8 to 9	unknown	no	yes	The depression following the m/c was cathartic for me and DP and followed by us making major changes in our lives. We both realized the extent to which we'd put our lives on hold. When we had our (now 1.5 year old) son we were extremely cautious to buy baby items and did not put them in the house until we actually brought him home.
41	44.2	none	natural	vintage	n/a	no	13	unknown--not age related, in 10% of unknown causes, per RE	no	yes	I've had 5 m/c's not related to age; ttc #2 for sibling for my darling 2-yr.-old son, who was born about a year after this m/c, conceived via IVF
42	41.6	"unexplained" with endometriosis + one ovary	IVF	vintage	n/a	not sure	5	unknown, hCG levels were low	no	yes	Had child since this m/c; now ttc #2; this was a biochemical pg.
43	41.6	none	did 3 clomid cycles, then had HSG test, conceived naturally 1 mo. after HSG	vintage	n/a	no	6.5	unknown	no		M/c was a missed AB, had d&c afterwards; Had son 6/5/00, conceived after another HSG
44	39	unknown, possible age-related	unmedicated IUI	vintage	n/a	no	5	unknown, or "old age" per RE	no	yes	Had m/c's at ages 28 (8wk) & 31 (11wk); no testing done to determine cause of m/c's, just told "bad luck." If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all; had extensive infertility and immune testing done, never found any problems with me or DH; have done 8 unmedicated IUIs this year alone; 2 failed IVF's with total of 30 embryos, many of excellent quality; doing one more IVF in Oct., then moving on to donor egg, sick of infertility treatment!
45	40	FSH 13.4, one	natural	vintage	n/a	no	19	trisomy 13	yes	yes	Fortunate in therapist--this was a very difficult loss complicated by chronic illness; AFP normal, level II U/S & amnio @ 16 wks. showed problems, progesterone had gone from 34 to 17 between wks. 8 & 11 so given progesterone suppositories; probably would have m/c'd early if had not been given progesterone.
46	41.11	none	IVF	vintage	n/a	not sure	4	unknown	no	yes	Chemical pg.; suspect it was singleton as 1st beta was 50; would love to hear of subsequent birth stories after chem. pregnancies from other fortilians
47	39	endometriosis	natural 1 mo. After	vintage	n/a	no	12	insufficient placenta due to improper implantation; genetically normal girl	yes, indiv. and couples	no
47	39	endometriosis	natural	vintage	n/a	no	7	unknown, suspect chromosomal abnormality	yes, indiv. and couples	no	Recently had a baby!