causes of miscarriage. .=[?

Question

my best friend was so excited her bf of 6 years and her finally got pregnant and the other day she called and said after the \y had sex she started bleeding a little and i told her sometimes that happens. .and her dr said it was ok. .that night she ended up in the hospital with a miscarriage does anyone know what some of the causes are i know she was drinking and eating good and not lifting heavy things. . just looking for answers so when she gets pregnant again she can possibly avoid this happening again thanks in advance

she was takin her vitamins also she has a tilted uterus could this be??

Answer 1

It's usually a chromosom defect or abnormailty...something wrong with the fetus or embryo that we can't do anything about. A miscarriage generally has almost nothing to do with what the mom did.

My mother had a miscarriage when I was about 5, and she was already on bedrest, so all she did was lay in bed, get up to go to the bathroom, and eat at the dinner table with us...and she still miscarried.

I also have a friend who lost twins recently, and they did some tests on them and found they had a chromosome abnormality and would have been terribly deformed and unable to live outside the womb.

A miscarriage is generally nature's way of saying "Ooops!" then giving us another chance to make a healthy baby later. Doctors think that all women have miscarriages in their lives, if they are sexually active and fertile, but most don't even know because it's so early.

I'm very sorry for your friend's loss and I hope she can have a healthy abby in the future...but I know that doesn't replace the one she just lost. Good luck to you both!

Answer 2

Most miscarraiges are caused by nothing the mother did. I had a miscarraige at 12 weeks. My baby actually stopped growing at 7 weeks they think. When they did the ultrasound, there was nothing there.

Miscarraiges are a way for the body to say, this baby is not healthy. A severe accident can cause them but as she will learn from talking to other women who have experiecened miscarraiges, they just happen. She will find that more women than she ever could have guessed, have experienced miscarraiges and etopic pregnancy.

When she is ready to get pregnant again, she can ask for an ultra sound early, which was the most reasurring thing for my husband and I.

Living life as she did before pregnancy will not hurt the baby in any way, if of course she was reasonable healthy.
Sex does not cause miscarraiges either.
And there is not guarantee it won't happen again. Not to be negative but some women have several miscarriages and some have 1. There is no cut and dry answer.

Keep being a good friend and she will get through this and someday, she will have the baby shes always wanted. ANd she will appreciate more because of what she is going thru.

Answer 3

Usually, there isn't a known cause. I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I've had 2 miscarriages and a still birth, and then 2 live births and now I'm expecting number 3. I tell you this to let you know that usually the next time around things are fine. It could have just been what they call a "blyted ovum" or a baby that quits developing for some reason. It could be that the baby had some genetic problems and wouldn't have made it past birth. It could also just be one of those things. Most times, a woman never knows why. I didn't find any answers after both of my miscarriages. Usually they just say it was "nature running it course". It doesn't help to hear someone say that, but that's the only thing they can say as to why.

I don't think it was the sex that caused it, and I don't think it was her tilted uterus. My uterus was tilted with my first baby girl. And now, it's perfectly normal. A lot of women have a tilted uterus. There really isn't anything wrong with having one, just makes it harder to find a heartbeat on a baby, and harder to do the first exam.

Usually it isn't anything the mom did to cause it, and usually there are no answers as to why. What you can do for her is just be there for her. Listen to her worries and DON'T TELL HER YOU KNOW HOW SHE FEELS!!!!! That was the worst thing for me to hear. That and it was God's plan. Both of those don't help, but having someone there to listen was a great help. Tell her to get help if she feels too depressed and there are support groups out there for people who have lost children. Good luck to her and again, I'm sorry to hear this news.

Answer 4

Sometimes there just isn't an answer and it's one of those things that unfortunately happens to a lot of women.

It could have literally been anything - a genetic deformity or anomaly, different blood types between the mother and fetus, a failure to develop properly, etc.

A miscarriage is your bodies way of telling you that something about the pregnancy, fetus, or placenta was wrong for you and that it is healthier to not be pregnant at this time then it is to continue that particular pregnancy. Miscarriages ensure the health of the woman so that, hopefully, she can go on to have a healthier pregnancy in the future.

Sometimes there isn't an answer. If you friend is very concerned, I would suggest seeing her doctor or perhaps even a genetic counselor.

Best of luck to her and I think you're a good friend for being concerned!

Answer 5

50% of all first pregnancies miscarry. When you think about it, that is a huge #. Most women don't even know they were pregnant when they do miscarry. My doctor said that in the early stages of cell division, something goes wrong...and when the chromosomes are messed up so early on, the body knows that it is not going to be viable so it just aborts the fetus. It is so common, so tell your friend she did NOTHING wrong. I miscarried my first and got pregnant right away. if she miscarried early then she doesn't need to wait too long before trying again. The sex probably was just coincidental, and not a cause of the miscarriage.... you are supposed to be able to have sex throughout a pregnancy with no problems (unless your doctor tells you not to).
Just tell her that what happened to her is extremely common and she doesn't need to freak out when she is pregnant again. At least she knows now that she doesn't have fertility problems!
YOU are a good friend!

Answer 6

I read this in an online article...

What causes a miscarriage?

Most first-trimester miscarriages are caused by chance chromosomal errors that happen when the embryo is first forming. (Chromosomes are parts of a cell that carry a person's genes.) This is usually a one-time event that does not repeat itself in a woman's next pregnancy. 2 Many miscarriages have no known cause.

After the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, or when the fetal heartbeat is seen on ultrasound, miscarriage risk drops significantly. 3

Risk factors that may increase chances of a miscarriage include:

Increasing age, especially at age 35 and older.
A history of two or more miscarriages. 4
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use (such as ibuprofen or naproxen) at the time of conception or during early pregnancy. 5
Alcohol or drug use during pregnancy.
Cigarette smoking during pregnancy.
Exposure to dangerous chemicals, such as benzene, arsenic, or formaldehyde, before or during pregnancy.
Heavy caffeine use during pregnancy.
Certain gynecological problems, such as uterine fibroids or other abnormalities of the uterus.
Disease or infection during pregnancy, including an autoimmune disease.
Physical trauma.
An immunologic cause—a woman's immune system rejects the pregnancy—which is a factor in a small number of miscarriages.
Recent research suggests that low folic acid levels may also increase the risk of miscarriage.





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Answer 7

a super % of the time it fairly is a genetic default with the embryo. maximum docs won't speculate on what reasons it. specific, the justifications you indexed could be a reason, yet various women who do those, do supply delivery to a residing toddler-so which you won't be able to say having a single cigarette or having a tumbler of wine will make you miscarry, using fact it won't-only up your threat by employing a fragment. 20% of all pregnancies lead to miscarriage using organic reasons-different reasons comprise, trauma to the uterus (vehicle twist of destiny, fall, so on.), the order of progression would not happen, such using fact the placenta is improper and would not start up working, a subchorianic bleed interior the uterus, ext. The checklist is going on and on, there is not any one situation that would reason a miscarriage.

Answer 8

Typically when a miscarriage happens very early on it's something about the baby name being right, so it's a good thing it ends sooner versus later. It was probably nothing she or he did and it wasn't because they were having sex. It just happens sometimes. Next time she's pregnant, just reassure her that it'll be ok.

Answer 9

I had two full term , no complications pregnancies...and then had 4 miscarriages. All of them before 9 weeks. Doctors could not explain why. I am now 36 weeks pregnant with a little boy. Doctors don't know why the miscarriages and now the healthy pregnancy.

Answer 10

Most miscarriages are caused by birth defects/genetic disorders. They are most common before 12 wks gestation. Unfortunately it's not usually something as simple as lifting heavy objects or not eating well. If she has more than one, it might be a physical problem with her, like she isn't producing enough progestrone (a hormone) to sustain the pregnancy.