Various causes for the miscarriage:

Miscarriage or abortion may be defined as the termination of pregnancy before the period of viability, which is considered to occur at 28th week. Miscarriages generally take place in the first two trimesters. The chance of a miscarriage in the third trimester is extremely low.

Various causes for the miscarriage:

• Infection such as viral infection


• Chronic illness such as chronic nephritis,


• Acute or chronic respiratory disease


• Severe anemia


• Direct trauma on the abdominal wall by blow or fall may be related to abortion.


• Emotional upset


• Change in environment may lead to abortion by affecting the uterine activity.


• A mom in a high stress situation (perhaps unmarried, financial problems, health problems, unstable


• marriage, unwanted pregnancy, etc.) is more likely to miscarry.


• In some women even a minor trauma


• Internal examination in the early months of pregnancy or sexual intercourse in early months can also lead to abortion.


• Environmental toxins like lead, arsenic, anesthetic gases, tobacco, caffeine, alcohol, radiation in excess amount increase the risk of abortion. Drugs used for epilepsy or ant malarial preparations are not harmful when used in small doses but in high doses they can induce abortion.


• Cervical incompetence, either congenital or acquired is one of the commonest causes of mid trimester and recurrent abortions. Congenital malformation of the uterus may be responsible for mid trimester or recurrent abortion. Premature rupture of the membranes inevitably leads to abortion. Hormonal imbalance due to deficiency of progesterone making the uterine environment less receptive is also responsible for abortion.


• Other causes of miscarriage may include the following: Chromosomal abnormalities of the fetus, incompetent os i.e. weakness of the cervical muscles, excessive water i.e. hydrations, low-lying placenta causing bleeding and consequently abortion, and lifting heavy weights.


• Sometimes dietary factors such as deficiency of folic acid or vitamin E are often thinks to be responsible for the abortion. When a pregnant woman is under stress, she not only depletes her own vitamin and mineral reserves and her own adrenal and glandular strength, but she drains these things off her baby. The patient with threatened abortion shows the increased vaginal bleeding, aggravation of pain in the lower abdomen.

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Poole, A., "Remedies in miscarriage of justice cases" 1998 Scottish Law Times 65
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Miscarriage And Abortion Triple Chances Of Future Low Birthweight Babies

Miscarriage And Abortion Triple Chances Of Future Low Birthweight Babies
Women who have miscarried or had an abortion run three times the normal risk of having a subsequent low birthweight baby, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

The more miscarriages or abortions a woman has, the greater are her chances of giving birth to a child that is underweight or premature in the future, the research shows.

Low birthweight (under 2500 g) and premature birth (less than 37 weeks) are two of the major contributors to deaths among newborn babies and infants.

The authors used data from the United States Collaborative Perinatal Project, which was set up in 1959 to look at the associations between factors during pregnancy and birth and childhood development.

In total, more than 45,500 mother and child pairs were assessed. Nearly 40% of the mothers had one or two children and almost two thirds were between 20 and 29 years of age.

Rates of low birthweight and premature birth were highest among mothers who were black, young or old, poorly educated, and unmarried.

But there was a strong association between miscarriage and abortion and an early or underweight birth, even after adjusting for other influential factors, such as smoking, high blood pressure and heavy drinking.

Women who had had one, two, or three or more miscarriages or abortions in the past were almost three, five, and 9 times as likely to give birth to an underweight child as those without previous miscarriages or abortions.

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