Recurrent miscarriages during the first trimester is a classic, classic sign of adrenal fatigue.
This is Dr. Lam, founder of DrLam.com.
We deal with many people like that, they have 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 miscarriages or more, and usually
doctors don't pay attention to why. Let us examine this more closely. When you have adrenal
fatigue, reproduction is not the top priority as far as the body is concerned, so often
times low libido and missed periods are common, but if you want to get pregnant despite what
the body is telling you and you are fortunate enough to be pregnant and you are able to
go through the implantation, then the next challenge is how to have the womb stick and
adhere to uterine wall without it coming off.
In the first trimester is where this happens. The first trimester is a critical time for
implantation to be successful and secure. The hormone that is responsible for doing
this is called progesterone. Now, in the case of adrenal fatigue the progesterone tends
to be low relative to estrogen, and so, the amount of progesterone - even though the level
may be absolutely normal on a laboratory test - on the relative basis as far as the body's
needs are concerned it is insufficient.
The body usually carries out the increased progesterone output automatically, it is something
the body will do in the first trimester. In fact, the progesterone will start to rise
and after twelve weeks it will level off. The problem is if the rise is not normal,
and it just kinda puddled around like this, then you are not going to have enough progesterone
in the system.
Without progesterone in sufficient quantity then the womb will not stick, and if the womb
does not stick then a miscarriage will oftentimes occur. This we find usually happens between
week six and week twelve in the first trimester and is very classic. Now OB doctors who are
very astute to this will give extra progesterone to nurture the womb.
Now, this is something that should be done if you have miscarriages on a recurrent basis,
but the underlying problem is not solved because you can get by with the first trimester and
get the progesterone up but eventually, even after the delivery, let's say that a person
is fortunate enough to have it go through, then you can get into additional problems
such as post-partum slumps and crashes because ultimately if the body doesn't have enough
reserve then it is going to shut down and it is not going to be able to sustain the
fetus; and even after delivery the baby may be okay, but the mother will suffer tremendously.
We have a lot of cases where, aside from the first trimester miscarriages, they already
come in with a history of frequent in-fertilization episodes in their past, PMS, endometriosis,
and when they are successful even in their first trimester and lucky enough not to get
a miscarriage they have difficult pregnancies; and sometimes they have a normal pregnancy
if they are fortunate, but you can have postpartum issues.
So, the issue of first trimester miscarriages is really not about first trimester miscarriage,
it is really about the body trying to tell us what is going on and, in this case, it
is telling us that it does not want a baby, not because the baby is not healthy sometimes,
because yes certainly that can happen, but overall the body doesn't feel that it is ready
to have the baby on board and it takes a lot of preparation to get ready; and the body,
when it is not ready, will simply let the baby go.
So this is the take home lesson; the symptoms, the history speaks for itself. Pay attention
- don't just brush it off as nothing. It is an unfortunate event, the body is very smart,
respect it, if it gives you a miscarriage there are reasons, so look out for it. Fortify
the adrenals but don't overstimulate because if you overstimulate the body it can create
another set of problems but understand that first trimester miscarriage is not something
to be passed over. You need to pay attention.
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