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News items on 'Abortion And Miscarriage'
Pollution may increase risk of miscarriage
(The Scotsman 23/10/2009)
HIGH levels of pollution could increase the risk of miscarriage, new research suggests. Experts who studied the effects of diesel exhaust particles found a link between exposure and failed pregnancies. While the study was carried out in Brazil, researchers believe the same effect could be seen in other cities worldwide. The UK Government estimates that air pollution contributes to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths in the country each year.
We need to talk about miscarriage
(Telegraph 20/03/2009)
When her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage Erin Baker was bereft and bewildered by the lack of information about a very common experience.
Miscarriage: The loneliest grief of all
(The Independent 27/01/2009)
The doctor's silence tells me everything I need to know. Eventually, he clears his throat, and says in a voice deliberately gentled, "I'm very sorry". And so am I. There on the screen before us, I can make out the form of a tiny curled foetus and, where a few weeks earlier its heart was thumping with life, it now lies still in the cavernous vacancy of my womb.
Hospital to review body storage
(BBC 19/01/2009)
Warrington Hospital says it will publish an internal review into why the remains of stillborn and miscarried babies were stored without permission. An investigation found there had been three cases since 2006, where remains were kept without parents' permission. The hospital has apologised to a woman from Cheshire whose miscarried baby's body was stored for almost two years.
(BBC 16/11/2008)
Bridget and Joe Barrett are the proud parents of a beautiful little girl - the baby they had almost given up hope of ever having. She was born in September at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, after 14 years of infertility and miscarriage for the Devon parents.
The great news I thought I would never deliver, by TV newsreader Kate Gerbeau
(Daily Mail 15/11/2008)
"I held my baby daughter in my arms for the first time on November 1. After an eight-hour labour, some might think I'd had it easy. But we've waited three long years for Chloe - three years of excitement, hope, disappointment and despair. If you look at the statistics, one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. But Chloe is the result of my fourth and only successful pregnancy."
Overweight women 'more likely to miscarry healthy babies'
(Daily Mail 13/11/2008)
Research, led by Dr Inna Landres from Stanford University in California, showed that women whose body mass index (BMI) was greater than 25 were more likely to lose healthy babies in early pregnancy. A BMI of 18 to 24.9 is considered normal while above 25 is overweight and over 30 is obese. The team studied DNA from foetuses that were miscarried in the first eight weeks of pregnancy among 204 women.
Miscarriage hurts next pregnancy
(BBC 08/10/2008)
The University of Aberdeen study is the first of its kind to assess the impact of an initial miscarriage on the next ongoing pregnancy. The women were 3.3 times more likely to have pre-eclampsia and 1.5 times more likely to have a premature baby. The authors said these women should be monitored as well as those who have recurrent miscarriages.
Obesity 'raises miscarriage risk'
(BBC 21/09/2008)
Women who have had a miscarriage could be at greater risk of miscarrying again if they are obese, research suggests.
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