NO NEED TO DELAY PREGNANCY AFTER MISCARRIAGE
Baku, August 6 (AZERTAC). Women who have had a miscarriage do not need to wait before trying to get pregnant again, say doctors, according to BBC News.
A study by the University of Aberdeen of 30,000 women found that conceiving within six months offered the best chance for a healthy pregnancy.
The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, counter international guidelines that women should wait at least six months before trying again.
Doctors said the study would help them reassure and advise patients.
The researchers looked at data between 1981 and 2000 relating to women who had a miscarriage in their first pregnancy before going on to becoming pregnant again.
Women who conceived within six months were less likely to have another miscarriage, termination or ectopic pregnancy, the figures showed.
Also, among those who went on to give birth, conceiving within six months was associated with reduced risk of Caesarean birth, a premature delivery or a low birthweight baby compared with those women who had conceived between six months and a year.
Around one in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage before 24 weeks, a risk that increases with age.
