The miscarriages experienced by Amanda Holden and Kelly Brook have drawn attention to the tragedy that affects one in four women. Read on for an honest and reassuring guide to miscarriageWhat causes miscarriage?If a miscarriage occurs during
Obstetrician Leonie says: You should have been offered some medical investigations to try and determine the cause of your miscarriages.These should include chromosomal checks on both you and your partner, and a trans-vaginal scan to exclude
Even one miscarriage is too many, but if you have suffered multiple miscarriages, you will be desperate to pinpoint the cause and get treatment. Hughes Syndrome is estimated to be the cause of one in five recurrent miscarriages and is the commonest
Every year some 250,000 women in the UK suffer miscarriages. It is a truly awful thing to go through and it can take months or years to recover from emotionally and psychologically - I speak from experience. If there is one message that I would
The miscarriage rate for women aged under 35 is about 6% and increases to about 25% in women aged over 40.When a miscarriage occurs more than three times, this is classed as recurrent miscarriage and happens to about 1% of women
The vast majority of miscarriages occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Half of them are believed to be due to the foetus failing to develop properly.It's a devastating experience, especially once you've had a scan and seen the baby. Thinking
the foetus was dead or alive.Professor Bourne says: 'For most women sadly there is nothing we can do to prevent a miscarriage. But we do need to make sure we dont make things worse by intervening unnecessarily in ongoing pregnancies.'Ruth Beder Atik
Gwyneth Paltrow has opened up for the first time about suffering a tragic miscarriage while pregnant with her third child.The ‘Iron Man’ actress, who already has two children with husband and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, spoke candidly
Therapist Lesley Steyn replies: Miscarriages are common in early pregnancy and yet they leaves feelings of shock and guilt. It's natural to wonder if you did something wrong - even if rationally you know that you're not responsible. Although you
month into the pregnancy.While any bleeding in early pregnancy has to be taken seriously, it doesn't necessarily mean you're having a miscarriage. Many women who bleed in early pregnancy have no obvious underlying cause and go on to have normal
