t’s almost amusing how much genuine joy a little plastic stick can bring; the daydreams that spring to mind, the plans you start making from that first hint you might be pregnant. Despite the best advice to wait a trimester before telling friends, you let the excitement set in, you develop a feeling of responsibility and succumb to a willingness to share your body before there is even a blip on the sonogram screen. The emotional attachment that seems to grow despite yourself is what makes miscarriage so difficult. When it happens repeatedly, women are often left feeling hopeless.
Recurrent miscarriages (RMs), defined as two or more spontaneous abortions—as they are medically termed—affect approximately 5% of all women worldwide of reproductive age. But between 50–60% of couples experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss never discover the cause of their miscarriages.
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