What can lead to a miscarriage? There are a number of factors that increase the risk of losing a pregnancy. Obstetrician and gynecologist Evelyn Minaya, M.D., discusses three of the most common ones in this video.
There are a number of reasons that increases your risk for miscarriages but we are going to go over the most common ones. First of all is chromosomal abnormalities. What does that mean exactly? That means that when the egg and the sperm came together to make an embryo, it had some chromosomal abnormality, and it made a mistake.
So that that's the most common reason for miscarriages. The other ones can also be chronic disease, for example, High Blood Pressure, Kidney disease and diabetes can also lead to miscarriages isn't well. Also believe it or not the form of the uterus in other words there're some uteri that are not normal, the cavity is not normal, and in that case, that also increases your risk for miscarriages.
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