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Welcome to episode 60\u2014Miscarriage

As I did my research for this episode, I started wondering which of these four issues that I discuss in my miniseries of the four most recognized infertility issues is the worst: PCOS, Endometriosis, Miscarriage, or Fibroids.

I mean what\u2019s worst, not being able to get pregnant, or getting pregnant, knowing there is a human being inside you; and then not?

I have my opinion on that, but I will let you decide without my thoughts and opinions coloring the issues.

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I started my research with statistics because I continue to be intrigued by the high number of miscarriages that take place per number of pregnancies. I believe the reason is because I am thinking of the advances in medicine, i.e. we are in the 21st Century! Shouldn\u2019t things be a lot better than they were in say the 1800\u2019s, even 100 years ago?

But as I continued to research, I realized it was not necessarily about the advances in medicine, but more the imperfections of us, we humans. Our bodies are amazing, from head to toe. But one of the awesome things that our bodies will do and that would create negative emotions is to reject an organism it believes to be foreign. In the case of a miscarriage, that foreign organism may be an embryo with damaged chromosomes. See the full story at www.verywell.com where they say in part that \u2018Laboratory studies on IVF patients have found that a very large percentage of eggs harbor\xa0chromosome abnormalities\xa0(the\xa0leading cause\xa0of miscarriage)\u2026\u2019 \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

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My immediate thought was that miscarriage that happens very early in a pregnancy, and the miscarriage that happens later in a pregnancy may result in two different emotional events. Maybe? Tell me what you think. I mean if there is a miscarriage at a chromosomal level, is it different, dare I say easier to deal with than a miscarriage at three or four months?\xa0\xa0 \xa0\xa0

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The statistics per my research on the Very Well website:

The biggest miscarriage risk factor is a mother's age.

According to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, the number of miscarriages in the first trimester for women increases dramatically as a woman ages. Here are the statistics showing this rise:

• age 20 to 30 years: 9 to 17 percent miscarriage rate
• age 35 years: 20 percent\xa0miscarriage rate
• age 40 years: 40 percent\xa0miscarriage rate
• age 45 years: 80 percent\xa0miscarriage rate

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Bottom line, generally speaking, and you can go back to my episode where I interview Dr. Shari-ann James, 1 in 4 pregnancies will end in miscarriage.\xa0

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Links to previous episodes mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Emine Cay Masters

Dr. Shari-ann James

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Research sites:

https://www.verywell.com/making-sense-of-miscarriage-statistics-2371721

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https://search.cdc.gov/search?query=miscarriage&utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=cdc-main

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Podcast episodes mentioned in this episode:

http://childlessnotbychoice.net/mental-health-in-the-childless-not-by-choice-community-my-interview-with-psychologist-dr-shari-ann-james/

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http://childlessnotbychoice.net/menopause-infertility-childlessness-my-interview-with-dr-emine-cay-masters/

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News stories and articles of note:

https://infertilemidnightbaker.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/an-open-letter-to-my-fertile-friends/amp/

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