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Can Miscarriage Be Prevented?


Sometimes – depending on the cause. If there is a ‘blighted ovum’, then the loss is inevitable.

 If the developing baby has died – as occasionally happens – then again the loss is inevitable. But often the problem is simply that the pregnancy is a little fragile and needs time to settle down and become more stable.

So, when there is any sign of threatened abortion -notably bleeding – bed-rest is advised.

Just being still and quiet can enable the hormone control to establish itself as it should. If there is rhythmic pain as well as bleeding then the likelihood is that the miscarriage is inevitable.

Sometimes doctors may use hormones in careful doses to protect a fragile pregnancy, but they are used carefully, because it was found in the past that over-enthusiastic use of some hormones led to damage to the baby.

Modern methods of dosage estimation are very precise so no mother need fear hormones if she is advised to take them.

In a few cases of cervical incompetence a minor surgical procedure helps protect the pregnancy .

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