I'm having a miscarriage - did my doing exercise/sports cause it?

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wackoscooba

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I got an ultrasound at 8 weeks based on LMP, and it showed the embryo was 8.1mm (or 6 wks and 5 days) with a 3mm yolk sac and 128bpm heartbeat. The doc said maybe i was off in my counting, because I was slightly irregular in my period. This was the day I found out I was pregnant, and the past 2 months, I've been working out hard (trying to lose weight) by cycling in the gym for about 6 hours a week and doing light weights. Then a few days before my ultrasound and finding out I was pregnant, I went surfing and wakeboarding (i'm a beginner, so you can imagine how many hard tumbles and face-plants I did while wakeboarding) I dont normally drink, but it was also my birthday during this "sports trip" so i had 2 beers and 2 shots of vodka.

On my 2nd ultrasound at 13 wk 1 day from my LMP, it showed no yolk sac, no heartbeat, and 20.85mm (or 8 wks 5 days) I'm now waiting for a natural miscarriage, which should happen in the next 2 weeks, or else theyll do a D&C.

My doc claims its probably a chromosome abnormality by bad genes mixing together, and has nothing to do with my excessive sports/exercise when I didnt know I was pregnant. Not sure if thats true or if she's just saying that to make me feel better. Any input?
 
Honestly most of the time you can't pinpoint the cause. I personally don't think your excercise during pregnancy did it. Women who are already active and get pregnant tend to stay active and that helps with having a healthier pregnancy. I had a miscardges about three years ago that for the first few ultra souns there was the baby then at the next one there was no baby. I wait for the spontianious miscardge, that was hell just waiting for it to happen. When it did it got worse and i wound up having to have the D&C. They usually say if your past 10 weeks of pregnancy its better to go ahead and have the d&c its your choice i hope i helped to put your mind at easy some. I know not much can put your mind to rest anyways. I hated when ppl tried to give me words to help it annoyed me more then annything
 
a miscarriage normally happens because of an abnormality. so your doctor is right. while there are instances when women make themselves miscarry, it would take more than what you were doing to actually happen.
i truly believe miscarriages happen because it's part of Gods plan but that's just my thought on life, everything happens because it's part of his big plan
 
That's really doubtful. I've heard that most miscarriages are babies that wouldn't live outside the womb once born (i.e. serious chromosomal defects). Look at it this way--if a woman can be addicted to crack and give birth to a live (albeit unhealthy) baby; women can chain smoke and drink hard liquor and give birth to babies, etc., more than likely exercise and wakeboarding didn't cause your miscarriage.

I'm really sorry for your loss. :(
 
There is no saying that if you hadn't of done that, you wouldn't have miscarried.

Our bodies are made to protect babies, to grow them and to nurture them.

A miscarriage is an incredibly painful thing to endure (just did myself in February) and most are caused by abnormalities. It's our bodies way or getting rid of something that couldn't grow.

My miscarriage was caused by heavy lifting when we were moving. I started bleeding at 7 weeks, but still had a heart beat. The bleeding got worse and I lost the baby. The thought is that the baby was healthy, and I did something to cause a tear or rupture in the placenta.

Since your baby stopped developing and there wasn't any bleeding, it sounds like your womb was incredibly strong and protected your baby. Instead, it stopped growing, which could have been caused by a chromosome disorder that just wouldn't allow it or made it unable to continue to grow and develop.

I am really sorry for your loss.
 
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