Recurrent Miscarriage:  Noemi and Ding

Thirty year old Noemi and her husband Ding have been trying for six years to have a baby. They managed to get pregnant easily at first, but lost the baby after seven weeks. It took another full year for Noemi to become pregnant again, but this pregnancy also ended in miscarriage. Noemi then had an operation to remove fibroids and two benign cysts that might somehow have contributed to the failed pregnancies. She became pregnant for the third time – only to lose this baby as well.

By this time Noemi and Ding were really frustrated and even more desperate to have a baby. Giving up was never an option, so their GP referred them to the recurrent pregnancy loss clinic at Fertility Plus. After testing both Noemi and Ding, the clinic could find no explanation for their pregnancy losses. This meant no specific treatment could be offered, and it took them an emotional year and a half to conceive again.

Once pregnant, Noemi decided to take part in the SPIN Study, which is aimed at improving pregnancy outcomes for women suffering from recurrent miscarriage.  She was randomised for the study and took aspirin and heparin throughout her pregnancy.  Noemi and Ding's first precious baby was born on October 31st 2006 - a little girl named Isabella Sophia who weighed in at 3030 grams.  Isabella is the first baby born through the SPIN Study in New Zealand.  Noemi hopes that her involvement in the study will help other couples avoid the heartache of recurrent pregnancy loss that she and Ding have suffered.

To read about the SPIN study, please click here