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Anyone diagnosed with MTHFR? Need a perinatologist recommendation
I posted this on TTCAL yesterday and definitely want a second opinion. I want to see a perinatologist who believes there is a link between MTHFR and miscarriages. I thought it might be a long shot to happen to find someone on here who has dealt with this AND has a perinatologist who would agree with my opinion on the issue. The one I saw was at Norwalk Hospital and I think she is a doctor that comes down from Yale.
I have compound heterozygous MTHFR and was seeing a perinatologist for a consultation today. Right before we went in, I said to DH that the last thing I want to hear is that there's no need to do anything and that's just what the perinatologist ended up saying. I know that she should be the expert, so why do I feel like I know so much more about it just through reading people's experiences on here and on other websites??? She said to get my homocysteine level checked and if that's fine, there's no need to do anything. But I thought they can fluctuate all the time, especially during pregnancy! She said if it's high, I should just take more folic acid. Why is she suggesting that if there's no connection to pregnancy problems? I basically told her that I don't feel like I can sit around and wait for another miscarriage before feeling like there's a connection. I can't believe how many stories I've read of people with MULTIPLE miscarriages who were later diagnosed with this problem, then went on to have healthy pregnancies. How could there not be a connection? If you consulted with a perinatologist about this, can you tell me what they told you? Are they putting you on something just to humor you? Or did they express the idea that there is a connection between the two? I told her my friend was put on baby aspirin for her pregnancy (for one gene mutation) and she said, "We wouldn't recommend doing that for MTHFR." I plan on getting another opinion. I said to DH tonight that I don't want to keep looking until I find a doctor who wants to medicate me. I just want to find a doctor who feels like there is a connection between the two. Sorry for my long rant. I'm just frustrated. I had so many questions that I ended up not asking because I'd feel like an idiot since she doesn't think it will impact my next pregnancy.