Don’t Postpone Pregnancy After Miscarriage
If at first you don’t succeed, it may be best to try again soon. Women who get pregnant within six months of a miscarriage are more likely to have a healthy, successful pregnancy than if they wait longer, suggests a new study published online in the British Medical Journal.
The study, which involved more than 30,000 women, found that women conceiving again within six months instead of waiting the traditional six to 12 months were 34 percent less likely to have another miscarriage than women were who waited the traditional six to 12 months.
They also had about a 10 percent lower chance of a caesarean section and about a 15 percent lower risk of a low-birth-weight baby—and were more than 55 percent less likely to have a second miscarriage than those who conceived again after 24 months.