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My Little Miracle, By Mum Who Had 18 Miscarriages
Daily Mail
February 19, 2010
After suffering 18 miscarriages, Angie Baker hardly dared hope that her 19th pregnancy would be successful.
But thanks to pioneering treatment, she is a mother at last.
Yesterday, as she cuddled her tenweek-old daughter Raiya, she said: ’She’s my little miracle. I can’t explain how I feel. I’m overwhelmed. It seems like a dream and I still have to pinch myself. She’s perfect in every way.’
Miss Baker, 33, from Peacehaven near Brighton, had her miscarriages over 13 years of hoping for a baby. She even discussed the possibility of adoption with her partner, Lee Gibson, a martial arts instructor.
But after the 17th disappointment, a friend read a newspaper article about Dr Hassan Shehata’s work at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Surrey.
Miss Baker was referred to him and a test found she was suffering from a common problem, thought to affect about 15 per cent of women. She had high lev-els of a subtype of white blood cell, known as Natural Killer (NK) cells, which are responsible for protection from viruses.
Because her NK cells were too aggressive, rather than protecting the pregnancy they mistook the foetus for a foreign body and attacked it.
Dr Shehata’s treatment, using steroids, is pioneering because it starts before conception and the doses involved are higher than previously used.
However Miss Baker’s troubles were not over. She became pregnant for an 18th time but it was then discovered she was diabetic, and the high sugar levels caused by the steroids resulted in another miscarriage.
Fortunately Dr Shehata was able to adjust her levels of insulin and the next pregnancy was successful. Raiya was born on December 9, weighing 7lb.
Dr Shehata said: ‘The emotion that goes with every miscarriage is huge. Every time it’s heartbreaking. A lot of people would give up so it’s an amazing story in itself that she persevered.
’She’s always smiling and that makes life easier. She’s a dream patient.’
Dr Shehata, who sees patients from all over the world, said he had read about only one other case where a woman had had as many as 18 miscarriages before a successful birth. His team usually treats women who have suffered three or four miscarriages.
Dr Shehata said the team of six doctors at the trust has treated about 1,000 patients both on the NHS and privately since beginning the process in 2004 and said his technique resulted in an 80 per cent success rate for women suffering from high NK cell levels.
However he stressed that it would not help all women suffering recurrent miscarriage.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, which regulates fertility treatment, advises that there is ‘little scientific evidence to show these treatments are beneficial’.
IN young women, one in six pregnancies ends in miscarriage, rising to more than half in those over 45.
Most happen in the first three months and many women do not announce a pregnancy until past this milestone.
Half of miscarriages occur because of chance chromosomal abnormalities which trigger rejection by the body.
Other causes include infections and some specific illnesses such as rubella (German measles).
Fibroids in the womb can cause the problem, or a weak cervix, where the neck of the womb will not stay closed during pregnancy.
Immune problems may be a factor, when the mother’s antibodies fight the pregnancy.
‘Every time it’s heartbreaking’
Originally published by Daily Mail Reporter.
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