Obstetrics relates to pregnancy, childbirth, and the post delivery period, as a medical specialty. Our services cover consultation on all complex pregnancy related conditions and treatment offered to women is quality and evidence based and has been sharply refined by the vast training and the world class international working experience
• Miscarriage of a pregnancy is a physically and emotionally challenging ordeal. When pregnancy loss is repetitive, these feelings are magnified.
• While the risk of miscarriage increases with increasing maternal age, overall approximately 13% of all recognized first pregnancies miscarry.
• The risk of a second consecutive miscarriage is only slightly increased to 17%. However, the risk of miscarriage after two consecutive pregnancy losses rises to 35 to 40% and continues to rise with each subsequent miscarriage.
• It is estimated that between 2 to 5% of couples desiring pregnancy will suffer from recurrent pregnancy loss
The most common causes of recurrent miscarriages are as follows:
• Genetic causes
• Immunologic causes
• Anatomic causes
o Uterine septum (the anomaly most commonly associated with pregnancy loss)
o Bicornuate uterus
≈ Incompetent cervix
≈ Uterine polyps or fibriods
• Infectious causes
• Environmental causes
o Smoking
o Excessive alcohol consumption
o Caffeine
• Endocrine factors
o Diabetes mellitus
o Antithyroid antibodies
• Hematologic disorders
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