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Ways to lower miscarriage risk

By sciencetolife on August 21, 2007.

This CNN Health article provides some useful recommendations on how to lower one's risk of miscarriage. I have summarized them below.

1. Do a little detective work
When you're planning to get pregnant, your first move should be a careful pre-pregnancy checkup to reveal potential risk factors like diabetes-related problems

2. Stop the stress
We've all heard that being stressed isn't a good thing if you're trying to get pregnant. That's also true of trying to stay pregnant.

3. Do some chromosome testing
After a miscarriage, a chromosome analysis of fetal tissue can provide some useful information. The test can reveal if there was an unavoidable chromosome problem -the cause of as many as 50 percent of miscarriages

4. Take more tests
If the chromosomes are normal and it's your second or third miscarriage, there's a good chance you have a fixable problem. But you won't find out without additional tests. You might be screened for a genetic tendency for blood clots, a weak cervix, a hormonal imbalance, or even an autoimmune problem such as lupus.

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My sister-in-law has had two miscarriages in the space of 6 months.

What I want to know is: does having one miscarriage increase the risk of having another?

Because I am not an OBGYN I am not qualified to answer that question as an expert:) but I can tell you what I've learned.

The American Pregnancy Association says "a woman who has had a previous miscarriage has a 25% chance of having another (only a slightly elevated risk than for someone who has not had a previous miscarriage)"

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says that "even if you have had repeated miscarriages (defined as pregnancy loss that occurs two or more times in a row) you still have a good chance to have a baby."

There is a wealth of information on the internet but the best source of information would be your health care provider.

I hope this information can been useful to you and your sister-in-law. Take care.

Links:
http://www.acog.org/
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/

i have a friend that is now pregnant, she's maybe a month now. i or we wanted to know if too much movement may cause to a miscarriage?