THE ESSENTIAL
- Miscarriage is a spontaneous termination of pregnancy that occurs during the first 5 months.
- It is manifested by vaginal bleeding accompanied by pain in the lower part of the belly.
- These symptoms should lead to consulting a doctor.
According a new studythe risk of miscarriage is higher during the summer.
End of August
The scientists, published in Epidemiology, justify their moves as follows: “up to 30% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, but few risk factors have been identified to date”. To address this lack of data, they assembled a cohort of 12,197 women recruited between 2013 and 2020, 6,104 of whom reported becoming pregnant within 12 months of enrolling in the research.
Nearly 20% of these women experienced a natural termination of pregnancy. “This risk was highest at the end of August,” found the researchers. “This seasonal pattern was evident almost exclusively for early miscarriage, that is, occurring within 8 weeks of the date of the last menstrual period, and the associations were stronger among women living in the South and Midwest. the United States”, they continue. Why ? The researchers believe that the environment and/or lifestyles specific to summer may be involved, in giving more details.
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Each year, 200,000 French women experience a natural termination of pregnancy, sometimes as an ordeal. “I felt like I had been betrayed by my own body because it didn’t let me know that the pregnancy was over. I didn’t bleed or hurt. Everything indicated that I was pregnant and that the gestation was going well. At that time, I felt like my body was sticking a knife in my back.” explained to us not long ago Mathilde Lemiesle, member of the collective “Miscarriage, true experience” and author of the comic strip “My almost nothings”.
