Miscarriages Should Not Deter Future Pregnancies
Philadelphia women trying to get pregnant after a miscarriage should not wait. A new study has revealed that the best chance of having a healthy baby is within six months of the miscarriage. The current recommendation is women wait at least six months after a miscarriage before they try to get pregnant again.
According to the study, 85 percent of women who got pregnant within the first six months of a miscarriage had a healthy baby. Women who waited over two years had a 73 percent chance of delivering a healthy baby. The current guidelines from the World Health Organization state that women should wait six months but the guidelines are based on women conceiving at a younger age. However, current trends suggest that women are waiting longer and conceiving children at a later age. Any further delay in conception can result in a greater risk of a child born with a birth injury.
The older a pregnant woman is the higher the risk of a miscarriage. Miscarriages occur in about twenty percent of all pregnancies but as a woman approaches 40 the rate increases to 30 percent. Most doctors recommend that women try to get pregnant after a miscarriage whenever they feel their body is physically ready and their mind is emotionally healed.
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