What is the number one cause of miscarriage

What is the number one cause of miscarriages

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The leading cause, 50-60 % of first trimester & 20% of second tri miscarriages are due to chromosomal abnormalities w/the fetus.

What are the number one causes of miscarriage

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Most miscarriages occur because of abnormal fetus development. A less-common cause of miscarriage is mothers’ health conditions.

What is the number one cause of early miscarriages?

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I don’t think there really is a set “cause” for miscarriage. Most of them are completely sporadic and happen for no certain reason other than the body naturally rejects the pregnancy. Well, here’s what some websites say about misc…

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What is the number one cause of early miscarriages?

Q: I have learned about blight ovums – so I understand that. But if the baby actually makes it to 6 weeks with a heartbeat and the heartbeat is seen on a ultrasound and the woman STILL miscarries – what is the number one cause of that?

A: I could be wrong but i have always thought that a big reason that women have miscarriages is because there is something wrong genetically with the baby…..

Depressed about miscarriage, I need advice?

Q: I just can’t seem to get my mind off of losing our baby. Its really been bothering me. I feel so lost and depressed.It could be a number of things. The first pregnancy test I took, it had 2 dark lines. The second one had dark lines, but a little less dark. The third one had a dark line and a faint line. Just to be sure, I went to the hospital to confirm it, and sure enough, the hospital test came out positive too. So, I’ve read a lot about the hCG hormone (the pregnancy hormone). I think the reason behind my fainter lines each time I tested is because my hormone levels were dropping. If that’s the case, then I will have to take hormone shots if I become pregnant again to keep the baby alive & healthy during pregnancy.Another thing. The doctor said my cervix was open. I don’t know if she meant it was open just during the miscarriage, or the whole time I was pregnant. If it was open the whole time I was pregnant, then once the baby got heavy enough, my cervix probably couldn’t bare the weight and the baby just dropped out. I know that sounds horrible, and I don’t mean it to be. I’m just thinking about all the possibilities of what could have happened.Yet another thing. Sorry if this is TMI, but I want to write out my honest feelings. Sexual intercourse has been known and is a common cause of miscarriages. Its not dangerous if its gentle, but if rough, it can cause the embryo to separate from the uterine wall and hemmorhage, causing a m/c. Sorry again if TMI, but I feel its my fault it happened.Another thing. Blood types. Mine is O+ and Josh’s is O-. Different RH factors can be a cause in miscarriages. If my body detects a negative RH factor, my body will find it as a foreign object and try to fight the off. So if thats the case, I will have to take shots during pregnancy to keep my body from expelling the embryo.Gosh, it can be litterally a number of things. This is just a few things I’ve thought about that might have caused my m/c. At this point, after three miscarriages, I’m starting to wonder if I can even carry a baby to term. I guess thats why Josh and I have to start going to a specialist to determine what the problem is. I hope its something that can be cured easily though; I would give anything to have my own baby. If we can’t, I guess we’ll just adopt. I know there’s a lot of babies out there that need a good home and loving family.It just depresses me to know that there are people out there who shouldn’t be parents having kids everyday. People that are into drugs, alcoholics, abusive people, people who don’t even want kids…yeah. That makes me sad. Josh and I are both clean people, and we genuinely tried to concieve a baby with no luck, and when there IS luck, we end up losing it.Anyhow, I guess thats my rant. I really had to get some of that stuff down before I went insane. Thanks for reading if you made it this far.Heather [Loves her little Angel] <3

A: Hi, first off i am so sorry for your losses, i too have suffered 3 miscarriages, all this year. 1st was a natural m/c at 5wks – blighted ovumn, 2nd missed m/c at 12wks, only detected at 12wk scan after previous early scans showing heartbeat, d&c required this time, 3rd was chemical pregnancy around 4-5wks. After my 2nd m/c i found out my bloodtype is O-, Rh-. You and your partners bloodgroups would not cause a m/c, this is only the case when the female is Rh- and the male is rh+. I know it is so hard to understnad why these things happen to good honest people like us and yet young kids or people who don’t want children can go on to have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies (at which don’t get me wrong i would never wish any ill-will on anybody). I got blood tests done after my most recent m/c in September, all of which came back normal, my doctor has just put it down to bad luck and the fact that i got pregnant so quickly after each m/c, not allowing my body/womb time to heal and repair itself. I just want you to know you are not alone, although i do know it feels like it sometime. I wish you all the best for the future and hopefully through time we will have children of our own, i am a firm believer in what’s meant to be will be and when it is our time it will happen.

Article links conception rates and consumption of wine as higher?

Q: This article and study demonstrates that moderate drinking of wine may actually increase conception rates…which I find interesting. I do not endorse drinking at all when pregnant or even when TTC. However, I do notice that if, in the beginning stages of ovulation, I allow myself a glass of wine to loosen things up, I am not as up tight or obsessive about getting pregnant. I thought it was an interesting article.What do you guys think? Do any of you drink wine while ovulating and stop once you know you may have conceived or do you just avoid it altogether?It is a well-known fact that alcohol and pregnancy don’t mix.Studies have tied alcohol consumption during pregnancy to increased risk for stillbirth and first trimester miscarriage. Indeed – alcohol abuse by women who are expecting is the number one cause of birth defects, premature births, low birth weight and mental retardation. A shocking 12,000 babies each year are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and at least twice that many with the milder Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) associated with learning disabilities and lower alcohol intakes.While the tragedy of FAS is well established, less certain is whether casual consumption of alcohol while trying to conceive either hinders or helps a woman’s chances. Past published studies have been mixed as to whether there is an association between moderate alcohol consumption and waiting time to pregnancy. One study did show decreased probability of conception in women imbibing 1-5 drinks per week. Another study saw no effect of 7 or more drinks per week in younger woman but women over 30 were more likely to be infertile. None of these studies have stratified the data to see if any type of alcohol might benefit or hinder. Yet a recent study drew a mildly positive correlation between moderate wine drinking and pregnancy.The study, published in the September Journal of Human Reproduction was conducted at the Danish Epidemiology Science Center in Copenhagen by Mette Juhl, who had already researched the impact of moderate alcohol consumption on conception. Her past survey work concluded that moderate consumption of alcohol (up to 7 glasses per week) does not reduce a woman’s chances of purposefully getting pregnant.For this study, the researcher set out to take a closer look at specific types of alcohol consumed by the 29,844 pregnant women who had participated in the first survey. Researchers discovered that wine drinkers had a nearly 30 percent greater chance than nondrinkers of getting pregnant within one year of trying. Woman who exclusively drank wine became pregnant sooner than those that drank only beer or hard liquor (spirits). Interestingly, drinking all three types of alcohol was associated with the shortest time to pregnancy.Again, the study confirmed that heavy drinking of spirits actually decreases conception chances. Women who drank more than seven shots per week were 240 percent less likely to conceive. However, it is important to note that many of these women also had other risk factors for subfertility (smoking, greater incidence of pelvic infections or abdominal surgeries).Ms. Juhl is cautious to point out that it may not be wine consumption per se, causing the increase or decrease in pregnancy success, but rather other lifestyle influences that may go along with wine drinking. For instance, some oenophiles enjoy healthier food than nondrinkers and beer or liquor drinkers. They also are more likely to be of average weight, and practice healthier lifestyle habits. The wine drinkers were less likely to smoke; smoking has been shown to prolong time to conception. Other confounding factors such as caffeine consumption, partner’s age and frequency of intercourse were not evaluated. She cautioned against drinking alcohol specifically to try to conceive, since this benefit was quite mild.As little as one drink per day in pregnant women has been linked to decreased cognitive performance in their infants. Alcohol can have detrimental effects on the fetus as early as three weeks gestation – before a woman even knows she is pregnant. The “safe” amount of alcohol intake for pregnant women has not been established. Given that wine drinking could just be a proxy for a healthier lifestyle and the known negative effects of alcohol on the fetus, it is premature to encourage the consumption of wine to enhance conception.For now we at PFC endorse the positions of the Centers of Disease Control (www.cdc.gov/ncbddd) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (www.AAP.org) advising that women attempting pregnancy should abstain from alcohol.–Isabelle Ryan, MD and Beth Schriock, MD

A: Well everyone knows that drinking + sex = pregnancy lol.