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Re: cause of my miscarriage?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:38:26 -0500 (CDT)


At Thu, 12 Jul 2001, a.a wrote: >
>Hi. I am going through a miscarriage right now at 5 wks. ppart of me
>still can't believe this has happened to me. It's just one of those
>things that happens to other women, not me. Anyway, I know that there
>is a good chance that I had nothing to do with losing this pregnancy,
>but I can't help to wonder about something that happened a few days
>before the miscarriage symptoms came on. We have a 2 year old and one
>night he came in our room to get in bed with us. I did not sit up to
>pick him up instead I just lifted his 30 lb. body over me and put him
>between us. As soon as I did this I felt all of my stomach muscles
>being used. Shortly after I felt slight abdominal pains. If I am
>fortunate enough to get pregnant again should I be lifting my son the
>same as if I were not pregnant. Thanks for any views on this.

1 of every 10 pregnancies ends up as a miscarriage. The most common cause is due to the Chromosomes in the egg or the sperm not splitting correctly and causning the baby to have the wrong complement of chromosomes.

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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