| When infertility becomes an issue to contend with, | | | | population. In one of such studies, carried out in the |
| the problems to worry about go beyond just getting | | | | UK with 231 women in an infertility clinic it was |
| pregnant. Carrying the baby to full term and giving | | | | discovered that pregnancy loss averaged 7.7% with |
| birth to a healthy baby becomes another source of | | | | single pregnancies and 18.0% with multiple |
| worry. Pregnancy loss or miscarriage is not | | | | pregnancies in women below 35 years of age; while |
| uncommon among fertile and childbearing women, but | | | | the value for women over 35 years old was 4.9% |
| whether problems with fertility aggravate pregnancy | | | | for single pregnancies and 13.4% for multiple |
| loss is an issue to be critically looked into. | | | | pregnancies. |
| In the general population, pregnancy loss ranges | | | | This study result plainly shows that women with |
| between 10-20%. Amazingly, most of these | | | | infertility problems are not just going to have |
| miscarriages occur ever before the woman involved | | | | problems getting pregnant, they might also find it |
| realizes that she is pregnant. Such miscarriages are | | | | difficult to carry babies to term and deliver a healthy |
| merely observed as an unusually heavy menstrual | | | | baby, when pregnancy does occur. There could be |
| flow in women that suffer it. It is estimated that the | | | | several reasons for this situation, however, it is |
| loss of clinically recognized pregnancy is only about | | | | important to note that there are always several |
| 8%. | | | | medical factors responsible for infertility, one or two |
| Furthermore, many of the miscarriages in healthy | | | | of these factors may also affect the ability to carry |
| women occur long before a fetal heartbeat is | | | | a baby successfully. |
| detectable by vaginal ultrasound. Pregnancies that will | | | | One such factor is that of age. Most women with |
| result in miscarriage mostly do not develop enough to | | | | infertility problems are older than the average age for |
| allow the heartbeat to be detected in the fetus. This | | | | childbearing, because they have delayed getting |
| factor has also helped to further streamline risk and | | | | pregnant for one reason or the other. The uterine |
| better predict miscarriages. Recent medical studies | | | | tubes and the uterus also play crucial roles in |
| have shown that if a fetal heartbeat is detected by | | | | conception and successful gestation. When these |
| vaginal ultrasound in a pregnancy between the 6th to | | | | organs don't function properly, for any reason, they |
| 9th week of menstrual age i.e. 4-7weeks after | | | | impair fertility and may also affect the ability to carry |
| ovulation, then the chance of subsequently losing the | | | | babies. |
| pregnancy is as slim as 2%. This number serves as a | | | | Due to these, and many other factors, miscarriage |
| major form of re-assurance for pregnant women | | | | rates appear to be higher in women suffering |
| who have had an ultrasound in which the baby's | | | | infertility, especially if over 35 years old and in cases |
| heartbeat was seen. | | | | of multiple pregnancies. After all, it is always better to |
| Also, this number has been used to determine if the | | | | know what to expect out of every pregnancy. The |
| rate of pregnancy loss in women with infertility | | | | knowledge could bring comfort, when you |
| problems is different from that of the general | | | | understand your chances. |