What you should know about miscarriage featured in My Fertility Specialist. It’s is a free online magazine, founded by Sheila Lamb, a former midwife like myself. She’s a veteran of infertility treatment. If you’re trying to conceive, want to improve fertility naturally or prepare for IVF her mag gives great info from a variety of experts. There’s articles on fertility-related topics, updates on events along with case-studies and stories from real people.

My piece covers what you should know about the physical side of miscarriage. About 1:4 pregnancies end in loss and up to 50% of all fertilized eggs never make it to pregnancy. Most miscarriages occur within the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. It remains a taboo topic. Everyone’s experience of miscarriage is different but the depth of pain and grief after pregnancy loss takes many women by surprise.

What you should know about miscarriage

Here I discuss the risk factors for miscarriage, the signs and symptoms, ectopic pregnancy, recurrent miscarriage, what happens and what to do. A question most women wonder about is when they should try to conceive again – and the risks of recurrence.

Knowing what happens during miscarriage doesn’t increase the risk of having one. In fact reacting quickly and appropriately can really help.

In about 20% os cases a hormonal imbalance interferes with the healthy development of the baby.  For 10% a design fault in the womb makes pregnancy difficult.

Most pregnancy loss remains unexplained, with no cause ever identified.

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There just wasn’t enough space in this issue to fit in all I wanted to cover, so I’ve written it in two parts to help women and their partners.

In Part 2 of my article, I’ll address the emotional effects of miscarriage, and share experiences some of my clients want you to know about. This will be available in the autumn issue of My Fertility Expert.