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@Tanjowen: you might wait on records.

My practice charges for a person to get copies of files. But if a doctor requests them they don't.

You could also just push a new doctor for testing if you don't want to deal with them. I was only offered one of two panels because the doctor said insurance doesn't usually cover the second after only two losses. I asked for it anyway, willing to risk paying out of pocket.

It was covered.

But it took two months for the doctor to call with the results so I'm never seeing her again.

I'd just switch immediately. I would have zero faith that your current office would do things correctly and/or in the same way that a new office would, that they would send over any records in a timely fashion, etc. You might end up having to just redo the testing anyways.

I think it's important to have a doctors office that you like and trust -- I would talk to any new one immediately about their policy on blood work after miscarriages. I don't think it's uncommon to wait for bloodwork until 3 losses, but it sounds like you would feel more comfortable hearing that from a different/better practice. Or, if you really want to push for testing sooner, then be upfront about that with any new doc.

I'm not sure where you are located but where I'm at, my doc didn't require 3 losses before allowing me to do testing. After my second loss I asked about it and the doctor said she didn't recommend it for me based on the results of the tests of the tissue from my D&C (basically a fluke loss) but left the choice entirely up to me. I guess I'm trying to say that I wouldn't assume that a new practice wouldn't just allow you to go in and do testing. However, if your insurance will cover the testing (i.e., it's being charged through the lab rather than the OB's office), it might just be worthwhile to get the testing done and then bring a copy of the results to the new doc to come up with a plan of attack.

ETA: Have you done any cycle day 3 testing to see if anything showed up as unusual? The reason I ask is because there are a few of us on these boards who have had low amh/high fsh, which can be a sign that egg quality isn't the greatest. I was told that I basically needed to keep at it to catch a good egg. While I wasn't comforting to know that I had a much higher risk of loss, it was at least comforting to have some sort of explanation as to why it kept happening to me.

Get the bloodwork done before the contract is up. You have a right to have a copy, so make sure to get it ASAP. Some labs automatically send results to you via healthvault.

I agree with @oskarsmommy about "driving the bus." If I were you, I would be pushy as this is your family and your health. After 5 months of not getting pregnant and before either of my miscarriages, I just had a feeling that something was "off." I made an appointment with my OB and basically demanded the cycle day 3 testing with the argument that I was happy to pay for it and I just needed her to order it and she agreed. After my second miscarriage, I went in with the same argument (if it was on my dime, then why did they care?) and she agreed that I could do the testing (which I didn't end up doing based on the results from the D&C fetal tissue testing results) but the choice was up to me and I essentially wasn't going to take no for an answer. After some health related issues with my LO and his old peds office, I learned that you really do need to be your own advocate. They may think that testing is a waste of time and money but at the end of the day, it is your time and your money and you get to choose how to spend it. Just my unsolicited two cents!