Re: Spontaneous Abortion

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Dear Jim

I can only think that the device being described is a Hodge pessary. They have not been used for years now but were used to hold a womb which tended to tilt backwards in a forward position. There is no scientific backup for its use and it has been abandoned. They were used in people who had miscarriages (<14 weeks) with a backwards tilting womb but did and do not work.

If your wife is 5 months (20+weeks) then miscarriage is mostly due to either premature womb activity or infection. It is impossible to be more helpful without more information.

Please let me know if I can help further.

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Ross Welch
Consultant in Fetomaternal medicine
Duchess of Westminster Wing
Arrowe Park Hospital
Upton, Wirral.
UK

Current president International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society.

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