Can a miscarriage be prevented?
Most often, once you get pregnant, very little can be done to change its course. This is less true if you are in your second or third trimester when other problems may have treatments. While stress may have an adverse effect on pregnancy, nothing you do can cause a miscarriage. The chances of fertility after miscarriage The chances of fertility after miscarriage are good to excellent. Generally, the risk of a second loss is only slightly higher after a single loss. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) now recommends testing after a second loss — especially for women over the age of thirty-five. A recent study has shown that a high percentage of patients that conceive and miscarry during fertility therapy will subsequently have a healthy baby. The good news is that about 80 percent of couples with two miscarriages and 50 to 60 percent of couples after four losses still will enjoy fertility after miscarriage. In one study, 8 of 17 women with six or more repeated m
