Wednesday 27 June 2012

Chromosomal Abnormality behind Pregnancy Miscarriages


What do you understand by miscarriage? Miscarriage in simple terms is the loss of the baby before completion of twenty weeks of pregnancy. There are different types of miscarriages and their treatments vary as well. The most important thing is to share your complications with your health care provider as he or she can guide you in the best possible way.
Chromosomal abnormality is one of the reasons behind the pregnancy miscarriage. What does it means? This means there must be something wrong with the chromosomes of the baby. Why it occurs? It occurs when the eggs or the sperm cell get damaged by any means. It might also due to zygote division process which might go wrong. Not only chromosomal abnormality but there could be much more other causes of miscarriage. Hormonal problem or infection, wrong or improper implantation of egg in uterus, maternal age and bad lifestyle habits are some of the causes.  Pregnancy miscarriage symptoms include vaginal bleeding, cramps in the stomach, or pain in abdominal area.
The terms of pregnancy and miscarriage have a strong relation as certain complications lead to miscarriage. Sometimes it is inevitable to avoid miscarriage and it has been seen that most of the miscarriages occur in the first thirteen weeks of the pregnancy. Vaginal bleeding is one of the first sign that a pregnant women suffers from. If a woman bleeds heavily then it might be the sign of miscarriage but not always. Light or heavy bleeding might be the sign of placental implantation of embryo into the uterus lining.  The chances of getting miscarriage are quite high in those women who are above thirty. According to one of the estimates, twenty to thirty percent of the chances of miscarriages are present in 35 to 45 years of pregnant women. 
Routine blood tests during pregnancy are compulsory to be done. The reason is that they help in determining number of factors. The count of red blood cells is done by conducting blood tests in the first trimester of the pregnancy. Usually, mother gets anemic during pregnancy and their blood count gets lessen. The potential risks which might be linked with the pregnancy are indicated by these tests. The tests also measures the pregnancy hormone hCG in the pregnant women.
Sex during pregnancy is safe from miscarriage if a pregnant woman is going through healthy pregnancy. The layer of the uterus is quite thick and sex does not harm fetus development or brought any risk. Most of the males avoid doing sex as they are of the view that sex might be harmful but in real it is not if pregnant women are without any complications.

1 comment:

  1. thank you for sharing this.sometimes it happens miscarriage within 6 weeks with lady.as they do not have idea of how to avoid miscarriage.

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