Miscarriages

Miscarriages in First Trimester

The most common reasons for losing pregnancy are miscarriages in the first trimester. Four out of five miscarriages happen before the end of week 12. If baby’s heartbeat can be heard and pregnancy develops normally by the 12th week, chances of miscarriage drop down to 1%.

Doctors believe that in the first trimester miscarriages happen due to factors that no one can control. Miscarriages don’t happen because somebody did something wrong; yet doctors still don’t have the answer to “Why did it happen?” Sometimes, miscarriage is simply unavoidable.

However there are some answers about things that are known to cause a miscarriage. Chromosomal abnormality is often seen as a reason for a miscarriage. There are two theories on why this happens. First one claims that mother’s immune system recognizes problem in baby’s genes and ends pregnancy. Other claims that the growing baby reaches a point where it cannot grow anymore due to chromosomal abnormality which stops the growth so certain genes that are needed are missing.

Food poisoning caused by Salmonella or E. Coli bacteria can also  cause a miscarriage. Some other bacterial and viral infections are known to increase the risk of miscarriage. However, some new researches have shown that some common vaginal infection can also lead to possible pregnancy loss.

Bacterial vaginosis, chlamydia, toxoplasmosis, parvovirus B19 and rubella can all cause miscarriage in the first trimester and are also responsible for pregnancy complications and/or child defects if you get infected by them in the later course of pregnancy.

For more details about these diseases, visit your doctor or physician. If you have ever wondered if coffee can cause you to have a miscarriage, you will have to wait a little bit longer, because there are still no final answers to this question. However, most doctors agree that a moderate intake of caffeine during pregnancy  will not influence your pregnancy.

Reasons For Miscarriage

There is no such thing as being too careful when it comes to planning a pregnancy, so checking out possible reasons for miscarriage may even prevent an unfortunate result like this. Working on having a baby and planning everything is the most joyful feeling, but not each couple is lucky to go through it without having any problems.

Even if has already happened to you and your partner or you know story of someone close, miscarriage is a hard and stressful experience. According to statistics, many women do go through this once in their fertile reproductive period. No matter what your reasons are, finding out as much as possible and hearing other people’s experiences is always a good idea.

When you get impregnated and fetus is formed, that’s the time when both parents’ genes mix equally. Unfortunately, sometimes it happens that this process does not go the way it should -and for no apparent reason.

There isn’t DNA from both sides and that kind of error cannot be fixed. In that case further pregnancy is not possible. Miscarriage doesn’t have to start until few weeks after conception, but is inevitable. Signs may be pain like when having a period or loss of blood.

Another reason for miscarriage may be fetus not implanting properly into mother’s womb. Like in the previous example, this one has no obvious reason and there’s nothing you could have done to prevent it.

Many factors can have direct impact on the chances for miscarriage or baby’s health in general. Some of them are mother’s age and health, drug abuse, risky sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases as its consequence, as well as the influence of mother’s environment.

Studies have shown that pregnant women who have been taking contraceptive pills have less chance for miscarriage.The  First trimester of pregnancy is the time when both partners should be extra careful and do their best to eliminate or minimize any possible reason for miscarriage.