Is it hereditary, my mother had a miscarrige with her second baby and my sister had a misccarige with her first baby. What are the chances that I will have a misccarige with any of my children when I have them?
2007-01-26 09:25:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
If they were early (first-term) miscarriages your mother and sister were probably among the many, many, women (1 out of 10 early pregnancies) who have an early miscarriage.
If one of them had a blighted-ovum (early) miscarriage, and the other one had a later miscarriage - that would still mean only one had a later miscarriage; and those can be caused by any number of things.
I don't think anyone on here, particularly who doesn't know the nature of your family's miscarriages, can tell you whether you're likely to have one. There are too many different causes of miscarriage to know that.
You need to know whether either of your family members had Rh negative blood and whether that caused problems and whether you have negative as well. There is one situation (besides the Rh factor) when a healthy fetus dies in the second trimester and when that is caused by the mother's immune system and/or blood react to the pregnancy in a way that causes blocking of circulation to the baby. You could find out more about that by looking up "causes of second-trimester miscarriages" if you were interested. Even with Rh negative blood, though, if the baby's father is Rh negative there's no problem; and if the baby has his mother's Rh negative blood there is no problem. There's only a problem after the mother has with Rh positive babies, but even with that there is treatment for the mother when she delivers a positive baby.
When a second-trimester pregnancy results in a fetus that had not died previously it is often caused by anatomical problems with the mother.
Aside from those things, though, there is also the precise combination of factors that any are specific to any one pregnancy at at one stage.
In other words, there is not a simple answer to the particular question you have posted. I mentioned the things to give you some ideas about things you should ask or things you may want to research. (My mother had one, I had one, and my sister didn't - if that makes you feel any better.)
2007-01-26 09:47:51 · answer #1 · answered by WhiteLilac1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is no one really knows if miscarriages are hereditary. Keep in mind that up to 25% of ALL pregnancies end in miscarriage; just natural selection.
2007-01-26 17:54:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chance of miscarriage is roughly 20% in any pregnancy. It's not hereditary. I do hope you never have one. There are women who have had several children and never had a miscarriage.
2007-01-26 17:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by Dawn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother miscarried my brothers twin and then had a miscarriage inbetween my brother and I. I'm pregnant with my second child and everything is ok. I never miscarried. I don't know if my fathers side of the family has anything to do with it (genetics..who knows) but my grandmother had several miscarriages. Do some research on the internet and see what you can dig up.
2007-01-26 19:44:08 · answer #4 · answered by ktpb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miscarriages are not hereditary. Unless there are other family health issues
2007-01-26 17:29:38 · answer #5 · answered by phillies_babygirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT is not herditary. It just means something was wrong with the baby. Miscarriage is the bodies way of saying something was wrong.
2007-01-26 17:28:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
20-30% just like everyone else
2007-01-26 17:30:00 · answer #7 · answered by kittenbrower 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go first to see a doctor...do your homework, tell doctor all history of family....o.k.
2007-01-26 17:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋