'No need to wait to try again after miscarriage' advice

Conclusion This study shows that getting pregnant sooner after a miscarriage results in no more adverse outcomes compared to waiting for more than six months. In addition, there appear to be better outcomes in terms of a lower risk of further miscarriage and possibly preterm birth. It should be pointed out that for preterm birth the result only reached statistical significance when one of the relevant studies was excluded, which limits our confidence in this result. This study has strengths as it included a large number of women from many different countries. However, it also has limitations: The way data was collected from the original studies varied. Some used mother's recall while others gained information from databases – therefore the quality of data varied. Studies had different definitions of miscarriage. While some included only spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), others did not distinguish between spontaneous and induced abortion. However, there are a number of confounding factors that influence pregnancy outcomes, including: maternal age ethnicity social class smoking alcohol BMI previous obstetric history Other than maternal age, the included studies varied in addressing these potential confounding variables, which could have led to an over- or under-estimation of results. Miscarriages are fairly common. Among women who know they're pregnant, it's estimated one in six of these pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Recurrent miscar...
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