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Miscarriages occur in 10% to 20% of pregnancies. While the cause of a specific miscarriage isn’t always known, a study found that 41% of 8,000 miscarriages studied were due to chromosomal abnormalities. “Miscarriage is usually a one-time occurrence,” said Amy Wetter, M.D., OB-GYN at Northside Women’s Specialists in Atlanta, part of the Mednax® family. “Most women who miscarry a previous pregnancy go on to have healthy pregnancies after miscarriage. A small number of women – around 1% – will have recurrent miscarriages. The predicted risk of miscarriage in a future pregnancy remains about 20% after one miscarriage. After two consecutive miscarriages, the risk of another miscarriage increases to about 28%, and after three or more consecutive miscarriages, the risk is about 43%.”
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