A miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy also known as a spontaneous abortion. A miscarriage is a pregnancy that ends on its own, usually during the first 10-12 weeks of the pregnancy, and up to the 20th pregnancy week. Up to 50% of all pregnancies and 20-30% of diagnosed pregnancies will end in miscarriage. The majority of miscarriages occur so early in pregnancy, shortly after implantation, that many women did not realize that they were pregnant. Many of these women didn’t even know that they were pregnant. Most miscarriages are due to a chromosomal abnormality (a damaged egg or sperm), and the older a woman is the more likely a miscarriage will happen. Only few miscarriages happen because of hormonal problems, trauma, improper implantation, exposure to toxic substances, radiation, substance abuse, or severe malnourishment.
Pregnancy after Miscarriage
In most cases, a miscarriage is a protection of sorts from fetal abnormalities or internal issues that could not be controlled by the pregnant woman.
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Steps You Can Take To Reduce the Risk of a Miscarriage
Along with the good news that you are pregnant, comes the stress of having a failed pregnancy or miscarriage. Although, every woman worries about the risk of miscarrying to a certain extent, each woman has her own set of risk factors.
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Losing a Baby Causes Years of Grief for Parents
A British research study reveals women take miscarriage hard for many years following the event. Despite the fact that many couples try for another pregnancy soon after miscarriage and stillbirth, with success in many cases, the mental effects of losing a child last for many years.
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NSAID Medications Increase Miscarriage Risk
Women who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) around conception are more likely to suffer a miscarriage than women who did not take the drugs.
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A Miscarriage in the Duggar Family
Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar were in the second trimester of pregnancywith their 20th child, when Michelle suffered a devastating miscarriage. The couple is famous for its enormous family of 10 boys and 9 girls,chronicled in the T.V. show '19 and Counting.'
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Can I Have In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) While Breastfeeding?
There is very little information about the safety of IVF while
breastfeeding; probably because most fertility doctors suggest waiting
until baby has been weaned.
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Fertility Concerns After an Ectopic Pregnancy
Fertility can be a complex and difficult issue for many women. After an ectopic pregnancy there are often additional concerns that have to be addressed. These are physical, but they're also mental and emotional.
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Women with Low Zinc and Copper Have More Miscarriages
About 15-percent of women suffer from spontaneous abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. Doctors and researchers are constantly looking for reasons why these spontaneous abortions occur.
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Cool Pregnant Women Have Healthier Pregnancies
According to research completed by QUT (Queensland University of Technology), pregnant women need to stay cool during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy to decrease the risk of miscarriage and birth defects.
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MTHFR and Unexplained Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Studies have indicated a possible connection between blood homocysteine levels and unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (URPL).
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Ectopic First Pregnancy Reduces Overall Number of Children
When women suffer an ectopic pregnancy as the first pregnancy, the effect lasts a lifetime. Ectopic pregnancies occur when the fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tube. The egg splits and grows in a tight space until pain develops.
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DES Still Impacting Women of the World
DES or diethylstilbestrol was given to women for more than three
decades. The synthetic estrogen was prescribed to pregnant women as a
means of preventing miscarriage, but the drug caused vaginal tumors, so
the Food and Drug Administration pulled it from the market in 1971.
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Spontaneous Abortion and Ustekinumab Therapy
Ustekinumab is a medication used for the treatment of plaque psoriasis. Researchers from the Aristotle University Medical School in Greece
believe there could be a connection between the drug and spontaneous
abortion.
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Miscarriage Diagnosis Criteria Ineffective
When a pregnant women experiences bleeding or pain early in the
pregnancy, she may undergo an ultrasound to determine if a miscarriage
has occurred.
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Malaria Drug Enables Woman to Have Baby After 20 Miscarriages
Kelly Moseley was determined to become a mother. She'd had 20 miscarriages over a 10 year period and has now given birth thanks to new findings.
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Impact of Malaria During Pregnancy
Malaria is a wide-spread health concern in sub-Saharan Africa,
especially for pregnant women. Researchers recently published a review
in the Malaria Journal reviewing the effects of malarial infection on
fetal outcome.
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Assisted Reproduction May Lead to Psychological Trauma
Women who conceive via assisted reproduction are more likely to suffer
psychological trauma after early pregnancy loss, according to a study
published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
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Coping After Recurrent Miscarriage
According to researchers at the University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands, after the first miscarriage, women remain more positiveabout future pregnancies, but two or more miscarriages changes thewoman's mental perspective.
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Designer Babies Could be Tested to Perfection
With the development and perfection of genetic testing, every chromosome
in the human body can be tested for faults and defects. This testing
can and does take place while the fetus is in-utero, so what is stopping
couples from aborting a fetus because chromosomal testing reveals an
imperfection?
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New DNA Test Offers Miscarriage Clues
Twenty percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage happens to about 5% of all couples trying to have a family.
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Exposure to Malaria Increases Risk of Miscarriage
About 125 million pregnant women are at risk of contracting malaria each
year. Malaria infection during pregnancy can cause anemia, parasitic
fetal infection, low birth weight, premature delivery and death of the
mother.
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Pregnancy Outcomes and Deliveries Following Myomectomy
Researchers from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
University Hospital of Pointe-a-Pitre in France recently published a
study in the journal Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics on the long-term reproductive effects of myomectomy.
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Sickle Cell Disease, Fertility and Pregnancy
Women with sickle cell disease are more likely to have problems during pregnancy; these problems can affect both the pregnant woman and her unborn baby.
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What is a Missed Abortion (Missed Miscarriage)?
It may seem like there is always something to worry about when it comes to your pregnancy. Unfortunately, a missed abortion) may be another confusing and worrisome complication to add to the list. By understanding what a missed abortion is, however, you can demystify the concept and understand how to recognize it.
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Danish Study: Lifestyle Choices Reduce Risk of Miscarriage
A research team based at the University of Copenhagen explored the incidence of miscarriage in Denmark to see if there might be ways to prevent them.
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Postpartum Psychiatric Disorder Risk in Women with Past Pregnancy Loss
According to researchers from the Veteran's Administration at the Puget Sound Health Care System, women with a medical history of pregnancy loss are at increased risk for psychiatric conditions after birth.
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Study Suggests BPA Linked to Miscarriage
Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been the subject of much study lately. This industrial compound is in the urine of almost all Americans and it's nearly impossible to avoid. It lines the cans of canned foods, is part of plastic wrap and many containers made of plastic.
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2013: Interesting Things We Learned About Making Babies
On the agenda was the science of preconception, conception, pregnancy, and childbirth. From that agenda, these 8 'most interesting things' were identified about making babies in 2013.
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New Pregnancy Test Could Detect Complications and More
A team of scientists in the UK are working on a pregnancy test that may revolutionize the way maternal and fetal health are monitored during pregnancy.
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"Precious Baby" Phenomenon May Affect Clinician Decisions
Doctors may treat women who became pregnant through IVF treatment better than they treat women with spontaneous pregnancies. A new international study shows that a clinician may give different advice to the mother of a 'precious baby.'
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Progesterone Test Predicts Viability of Pregnancy
Measuring progesterone levels in women with pain or bleeding during early pregnancy is a useful way to help discriminate between a viable and a non-viable pregnancy, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
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Aspirin Helps With Occasional Antiphospholipid Antibodies
It is well known that treatment with aspirin plus heparin is effective for patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) to prevent pregnancy loss.
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Getting Pregnant After Miscarrriage
How long after a miscarriage should I wait before getting pregnant?
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Missed Abortion: What You Need To Know
What is a missed abortion? Is it the same thing as a miscarriage? What is the treatment for a missed abortion?
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Spotting in Pregnancy
Spotting in early pregnancy can be normal or it can predict a miscarriage. About 20-30% of all pregnant women experience spotting early in pregnancy but the majority go on to have a healthy baby.
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Positive Pregnancy Test - No Symptoms
I have no pregnancy symptoms but a positive pregnancy test
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Progesterone Test May Identify Early Miscarriage
This study showed that a single blood progesterone test may help women who have a threatened miscarriage with bleeding and/or pain and an unclear sonogram find out early in pregnancy whether they are miscarrying or have an ectopic pregnancy.
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Recurrent Miscarriage Pregnancy Loss
What is the cause of recurrent miscarriage and what exams should be done?
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Predicting a Miscarriage
Successful pregnancy can be predicted up to 94% accuracy between days 33 and 36 using transvaginal ultrasound to detect 3 markers, gestational sac diameter, yolk sac size, and fetal cardiac activity.
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Miscarriage - What Are The Odds?
How likely is it that I will have a miscarriage?
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First Trimester Miscarriage
Approximately one in 3-4 known pregnancies are lost within the first trimester to miscarriage. This number is based upon pregnancies that are verified before the miscarriage occurs.
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Different Stages or Types of Miscarriage or Spontaneous Abortion
Miscarriage is often a process and not a single event. There are many different stages or types of miscarriage.
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Bleeding in Early Pregnancy - Threatened Abortion
Bleeding in early pregnancy, usually before 20 weeks of the pregnancy, is also called a "Threatened Abortion."
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Food NoNos In Pregnancy
There are certain foods which should not be eaten during pregnancy and when trying to get pregnant. These include certain fish, deli foods, and undercooked meat.
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Normal Progesterone Levels
Progesterone levels during pregnancy. What are normal progesterone levels? What does progesterone do?
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How to Get Pregnant Again in 12 Steps
So you already have a child and now you are trying to get pregnant again. Easy? Maybe not. Read our 12 step program.
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MTHFR And Miscarriage
MTHFR stands for Methylene-Tetra-Hydro-Folate-Reductase. Some individuals with the homozygous MTHFR mutation have elevated homocysteine levels which equates to a risk factor for blood clots.
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Risk of Miscarriage and Fetal Heart Rate
With vaginal bleeding, the risk of miscarriage is high before you see the fetal heartbeat and low without bleeding after you see the heartbeat.
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Risk of Flying During Pregnancy and Miscarriage
There is no known increased risk to your pregnancy from flying. Studies have been performed in female flight attendants, and they have not indicated an increase in spontaneous abortions.
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After a Stillbirth - Take Your Time
A stillbirth is the death of a baby after the 20th week of pregnancy but prior to delivery. If the fetus dies before 20 weeks, it's considered a miscarriage.
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