When a nine-week ultrasound revealed that she'd had a miscarriage, Lisa Pisha was desperate for answers. "I just wanted to know why I lost my baby," says Pisha, 30, of Naperville, Illinois. "Was it something I ate, or drank, or did during my pregnancy? Was it just a fluke?" But no one -- not her doctor or her friends, or even the miscarriage Web sites she studied -- could offer a definitive answer. "When I got pregnant again, I was on pins and needles for my entire first trimester," Pisha says. Fortunately, things went smoothly, and her daughter, Graham, was born last April.
Officially, about 15 percent of all known pregnancies end in a miscarriage, meaning they terminate before the 20th week. (After that, the loss is considered a stillbirth, according to the March of Dimes.) But experts say the actual number may be closer to 50 percent when it includes early miscarriages that happen before a woman even realizes she's pregnant. And virtually everyone, regardless of age, health, and previous successful pregnancies, is vulnerable. "No woman is immune," says Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhD, director of women's health research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville. Because miscarriages happen so often, most doctors don't even evaluate women until they've had at least two.
Still, women and physicians are understandably eager to learn more about what can trigger a miscarriage, and the latest research is uncovering some surprising possibilities.
I had 2 miscarriages in 1 year. 1 was April 09 & my second 1 happened Oct 09 & my doctor won't test me or anything. He told me to go to a specialist but my insurance will not pay for it. So to ease me I am going to a new doctor. My Doctor said after this to every time after this will be a 50/50 shot I keep it & I don't wanna have that thought every time I get pregnant... Has any 1 been where Im @ now? I know everybody is different but it also helps to know that Im not alone....
11/17/2009 10:47:00 AM Report Abusethank you melis. im thinking positive and hoping everything goes ok. waiting to see my doctor soon.god bless. T
11/10/2009 11:59:37 PM Report AbuseWhen I wa 5 weeks pregnant I spotted a few days of the brown discharge. I called my doctor office, they told me to avoid sex for a few days until it stopped. they said that it is old blood from when your cervix gets irritated. But if you are still worried call your doctor. I had a miscarriage at 6 weeks, I would have been 8 weeks now ( my first pregnancy ). Good Luck and think positive. Melis
11/10/2009 09:42:57 PM Report Abusei am 5 weeks i started spotting brown disharge, only when i wipe. went to emergency room and told me all signs of pregnancy was their and sac was attach to uterus. Diagnosis threatend miscarriage, i am on my 3rd day and still spotting a bit. can anyone share this experience with me and let me know more info on it. i am extremly worried since this is my 1st pregnancy. thank you T
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