Pregnancy Loss

Pregnancy Loss
Coping with Miscarriage
A pregnancy ended by miscarriage can be a traumatic loss. Unfortunately, it's one that many women experience.

Pregnancy Loss
Pregnancy loss is often very difficult for women and families to cope with. Women who experience pregnancy loss require clinical care by a physician to ensure other complications or infections are properly diagnosed and treated.

Recurrent pregnancy loss/recurrent miscarriage/recurrent spontaneous abortion: repeated pregnancy losses. Testing can be done to try to determine the cause of such losses.

Pregnancy Loss and Other Complications
APS is associated with miscarriages as well as other complications of pregnancy.

Pregnancy losses and possibly infertility
Your doctor will perform an examination of your abdomen and pelvis and may do an ultrasound to determine the cause of your symptoms.

Pregnancy loss such as miscarriage or stillbirth
The risk of major depression after miscarriage is high for women who are childless. It occurs even in women who were unhappy about being pregnant.

Pregnancy loss occurs in more than half of early pregnancies. Most of these occur so early that the mother does not even know she is pregnant.
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Natural Pregnancy Loss: Miscarriage & Stillbirth
Description
Natural pregnancy loss can be divided into miscarriage (before the 20th week), foetal demise and stillbirth (after the 20th week).

Recurrent pregnancy loss usually results from disorders that cause intrauterine fetal damage, such as maternal or paternal chromosomal abnormalities (eg, balanced translocations).

Multiple miscarriages (two or more early pregnancy losses).
Environmental factors, such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, illegal drugs and exposure to workplace hazards or toxins.
Medication including herbal or natural medication.
Age.

Decrease in pregnancy loss rates in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus over a 40-year period. J Rheumatol 2005; 32:1709.
Ross G, Sammaritano L, Nass R, Lockshin M.

The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by venous and/or arterial thrombosis, recurrent pregnancy loss and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies.

Of these, twelve (20%) ended in a spontaneous pregnancy loss, or miscarriage. The remaining 47 pregnancies resulted in six stillborn infants with obvious abnormalities, 18 live born infants with abnormalities, and 26 apparently normal babies.

Chorionic villus sampling compared with amniocentesis and the difference in the rate of pregnancy loss. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108(3): 612-616.
Seeds JW (2004). Diagnostic mid trimester amniocentesis: How safe?

In years past, DES was given to women at risk for pregnancy loss. Fetal DES exposure often causes abnormal development of the uterus and cervix.
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The factor V Leiden mutation is associated with a slightly increased risk of pregnancy loss (miscarriage).

The management of early pregnancy loss, Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (2006)
Wilcox AJ, Weinberg CR, O'Connor JF, et al; Incidence of early loss of pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 1988 Jul 28;319(4):189-94. [abstract] ...

A miscarriage, or spontaneous abortion, is a pregnancy loss that occurs prior to 20 weeks gestation. Most miscarriages occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy (first trimester).

The most common cause of spontaneous abortion during the first trimester is chromosomal abnormalities of the embryo/fetus, accounting for at least 50% of sampled early pregnancy losses.

If you have one or more episodes of thrombosis or pregnancy loss, your doctor can confirm that you have antiphospholipid syndrome with a blood test that detects the presence of the antibodies.

A therapist who specializes in pregnancy loss can provide support, helping the mother and father work through their grief. Joining a support group for parents who have also suffered a pregnancy loss can be another source of strength.

A problem with a woman's immune system can lead to pregnancy loss. Antibodies (immune or protective proteins) in a woman's system can fail to recognize a pregnancy, or there may be an abnormal immune response to the pregnancy.

A miscarriage, sometimes called pregnancy loss, is the loss of pregnancy from natural causes before the 20th week of pregnancy. Most miscarriages occur very early in the pregnancy, often before a woman even knows she is pregnant.

With each pregnancy loss, there is a 10% chance that the mother will develop an antibody to a phospholipid molecule. Most women with antiphospholipid antibodies are not sick.

A pregnancy loss after the twentieth week is called a stillbirth. Description According to the December 1999 news release from the U.S. government's National Center for Health Statistics, about 16% of recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage (i.

Simpson JL, Jauniaux ERM. Pregnancy loss. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2007:chap 24.

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Childhood stroke
More than one pregnancy loss (recurrent miscarriage)
Recurrent clots in the veins
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Fetal or placental infection by the offending organism then leads to pregnancy loss.

Pain can be significant with a pregnancy loss even at this early stage. Women are often given pain medication to help with contractions.

An autoimmune disorder characterized by blood clots and pregnancy losses.
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A miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy. (Pregnancy losses after the 20th week are called preterm deliveries.) ...

antiphospholipid antibodies and blood clots forming in blood vessels;
recurrent pregnancy loss, or;
a decrease in the number of blood platelets.

testing you can do preconceptually, but you can look at the family history to see if there are any red flags for increased risk of genetic conditions—structural abnormalities, intellectual disabilities, recurrent miscarriages or pregnancy loss, ...

Reports suggest an increase in spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), preterm labor and delivery, and abnormal presentation (breech). The patient with recurrent pregnancy loss, a bicornuate uterus, ...

Reproductive Endocrinology - the diagnosis and management of infertility in women, including pregnancy loss, surgery and preservation of the reproductive tract ...

Also called "spontaneous abortion" or "early pregnancy loss." One to two of every 10 pregnancies end in miscarriage, and 8 out of 10 happen in the first three months of pregnancy.

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLS): An immune disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal antibodies in the blood associated with abnormal blood clotting, migraine headaches, recurrent pregnancy losses ...

Fetal loss in the second trimester may occur when the cervix is weak and opens too early, called incompetent cervix. In some cases of incompetent cervix, a physician can help prevent pregnancy loss by suturing the cervix closed until delivery.

Gamm globulin test
Gamm globulin test refers to a test used to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin for treatment of individuals experiencing unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss.
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Treatment services are available for the full range of problems including infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, amenorrhea, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian disease, premature ovarian failure, ...

Women with antiphospholipid syndrome are treated during pregnancy with blood-thinning medicines (heparin, aspirin, or both) to prevent clotting problems and pregnancy loss. Other types of blood-clotting disorders (thrombophilias) can cause similar ...

For example, with GTD, you may worry about your ability to have babies in the future. You may also have feelings that make it hard to deal with pregnancy loss.

and that it contributes to a number of other threats to the health of the fetus.[1][2] Second-hand smoke appears to present an equal danger to the fetus, as one study noted that "heavy paternal smoking increased the risk of early pregnancy loss."[3] ...

Iodine deficiency during reproductive age may cause inability to conceive. Higher rates of pregnancy loss and, most importantly, mental retardation and various neurological manifestations in the newborn are well-known sequelae of iodine deficiency.

These may get worse or recur in midlife.
Multiple sclerosis-like episodes
Chorea (abnormal movements)
Memory loss
Seizures
Heart valve disease
Skin rash known as livedo reticularis
Skin sores and lumps
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past pregnancies-including the number, length of pregnancy (gestation), previous pregnancy complications, and/or pregnancy losses ...

secrete substances to support the implantation and growth of the early embryo Luteal phase defect (LPH) inadequate function of the corpus luteum that may prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus or may lead to early pregnancy loss ...

and has completed a "Consensus Paper on Mental Retardation" under the auspices of the Dysmorphology Subcommittee of the Clinical Practice Committee, American College of Medical Genetics, which she chairs. Research interests include pregnancy loss, ...

See also: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Symptom, Bleeding, Uterus