Re: Can being slightly overweight during pregnancy cause a miscarriage??

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Bronwyn, Being "slightly overweight" should not cause you to have recurrent pregnancy loss. It is certainly optimal to be in good shape going into pregnancy, but in the most recent paper I have read regarding early pregnancy loss, obesity was not one of the major risk factors. It is likely that your losses were unfortunate coincidences. Keep in mind that 25% of pregnancies are lost to miscarriage. Having one loss does not place you at risk for another and even having your two in a row does not place you at a significant risk of loosing a third... Lynn >--
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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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