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Pregnancy Miscarriage

Pregnancy Miscarriage - What is it for

What is a miscarriage?

A miscarriage is the loss of a pregnancy at any time in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Most miscarriages occur in the first 12 weeks.

How common is it?

It is estimated that one in four to six pregnancies end in a miscarriage. The risk of a miscarriage decreases as the pregnancy advances.

Certain medical conditions increase the risk of miscarriage. Miscarriages are more likely in multiple pregnancies.

Pregnancy Miscarriage - Symptoms

What symptoms should I look out for?

The common symptoms would be bleeding from the vagina and abdominal pain.

Pregnancy Miscarriage - How to prevent?

Pregnancy Miscarriage - Causes and Risk Factors

In most instances, we are unable to determine the exact cause of the miscarriage.

The pregnancy that miscarries is probably abnormal from the beginning. At the time of conception, the baby receives half the genes form the sperm and half from the egg. For unknown reasons, at this crucial time of the baby's development, some of the genetic information is lost. This results in a baby that has no chance of developing normally, resulting eventually in a miscarriage.

Certain maternal medical conditions may predispose to miscarriage including uncontrolled severe diabetes, thyroid disease or autoimmune disease.

Another possible cause of miscarriage is that the baby did not implant or bury itself in the womb lining properly.

What is certain is that a miscarriage does NOT result from eating specific foods, carrying heavy things, exercise or sexual intercourse. In short, a miscarriage does not occur as a direct result of something you or your partner has done during the pregnancy.

Pregnancy Miscarriage - Diagnosis

Pregnancy Miscarriage - Treatments

Pregnancy Miscarriage - Preparing for surgery

Pregnancy Miscarriage - Post-surgery care

  • Updated on 2018-12-11T16:00:00Z

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