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"The belief is that the drugs help reduce blood clotting (as with heart patients), which it is believed might otherwise lead to miscarriage. Immune-System Treatments I A, n order not to reject a growing fetus during a normal pregnancy, the mother's immune system essentially turns off this rejection reaction in the uterus, letting the fetus develop. Studies have also shown that this natural shutdown sometimes fails to kick in, leaving the immune system free to attack the developing fetus. When this happens, the pregnancy does not "take," resulting in miscarriage." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"At the same time, childbearing women experienced unusually high miscarriage rates. The link between the herbicides and their miscarriages seemed strong, but I remembered how the attorneys for Dow used a line of questioning that made it look like anything could have caused the women's miscarriages. It was humiliating and unfair. The largest chemical company in the United States, Dow Chemical is a leading producer of pesticides, plastics, hydrocarbons, and other chemicals." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Soon after DES had been licensed, Drs George and Olive Smith at the Free Hospital in Boston began using the therapy for their women patients who appeared to be in danger of a miscarriage. They had noted that those most at risk had lower oestrogen levels. Two studies that the Smiths carried out seemed to suggest that women who took DES not only did not have miscarriages but had very healthy babies.24 Studies conducted in the 1950s, however, came to the opposite conclusion, that women who took DES had more miscarriages." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by Hormone Replacement Therapy (Get the book.)

"The pharmaceutical drug DES was a synthetic estrogen prescribed to millions of pregnant women in the US to prevent miscarriage. It was banned in 1971 after the discovery that "DES daughters" — daughters exposed to the drug in the womb — were developing cancer two decades after exposure. DES was also linked to higher rates of infertility, miscarriages and malformed reproductive tracts in the daughters. A study of DES daughters now over 40 found they are more than twice as likely to get breast cancer as women whose mothers did not take DES while pregnant." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Injectable Progesterone Injectable progesterone is usually only used to treat infertility or to prevent miscarriage. It was the only form of progesterone available before 1980, when pharmacists discovered how to suspend progesterone in oil. Hormones? Supplements? Everything? There are many effective herbal and vitamin supports that can dramatically improve hormone balance and, in particular, progesterone levels. Such treatments have been used effectively for centuries in both the East and the West. Supporting clinical studies abound." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Approximately 15% of recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage, according to the March of Dimes. But Stephenson says that statistic usually includes the pregnancies that survive for six weeks. "When you count the ones that occur before six weeks, up to half of the pregnancies end in miscarriage," she notes. ADVICE: DE-STRESS The best advice for women trying to get pregnant is to de-stress your life before you conceive, Stephenson suggests. "I talk about this a lot with my patients," she says. "I recommend that before they get pregnant, they take a serious look at their lifestyle." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Exercise maintains good circulation, which allows blood and nutrients to reach your baby more effectively, and can lower the risk of miscarriage. Mothers who have stayed in shape during pregnancy have reported an easier time during labor, too; a fit mother tends to have a shorter labor, with fewer complications. Regular exercise will help you recover quickly after childbirth, and it can also increase your stamina and energy when you most need it—after the baby arrives. Be careful, though, to avoid any overly strenuous activity, especially as your pregnancy progresses. Don't overdo it." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Pregnancies will be interrupted by the IUD, and a miscarriage can occur about half the time. If desired, ultrasound can be used to identify the IUD before removal to minimize disruption of a wanted pregnancy. BIRTH CONTROL PILLS (BCPS) Never has there been a more perfect love/hate relationship than that between women and hormonal contraception or birth control pills (BCPs), also called oral contraceptives (OCs)." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS Nepomnaschy says it's unclear why a boost in Cortisol might raise miscarriage risks, but he speculates, "The body might interpret that [increased Cortisol level] as conditions deteriorating, and that might trigger an abortion mechanism." Another expert, Dr. Mary Stephenson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, who runs the Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Program at the University of Chicago, says, "It's an intriguing [study]. Certainly more research is needed. But it is a potential mechanism by which miscarriage may occur." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Is it actually realistic to assume that the high levels of birth defects, infertility, and miscarriage are chance happenings? Perhaps the innate wisdom of the body recognizes circumstances incompatible with life and communicates via an extreme response in the form of defect, miscarriage, or simply not allowing the process to be initiated? Are the myths of the predisposition for middle-aged birthing difficulties in our culture merely affirmation by an intelligence that recognizes a deprived biochemical environment in which it refuses to allow life to be conceived?" - Richard, Dr. DiCenso, Beyond Medicine, exploring a new way of thinking (Get the book.)

"The scientists concluded that while a high level of bisphenol-A did not in itself predict subsequent miscarriage, exposure to the chemical is associated with recurrent miscarriage. This report suggested that however it is happening, whether from baby bottles or other sources, certainly bisphenol-A is being absorbed by humans. Puerto Rico has the highest known incidence of premature thelarche (breast development) ever reported, according to a report in Environmental Health Perspectives." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Screening for coeliac disease in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage or infertility. Br. J. Obstet. Gynaecol. 106, 171-173. 27. Sher, K. S., and Mayberry, J. F. (1994). Female fertility, obstetric and gynaecological history in coeliac disease. Digestion 55, 243-246. 28. Carroccio, A., Iannitto, E., Cavataio, F., Montalto, G., Tumminello, M., Campagna, P., Lipari, M. G., Notabartolo, A., and Iacono, G. (1998). Sideropenic anemia and celiac disease: One study, two points of view. Dig. Dis. Sci. 43, 673-678. 29. Maggiore, G., De Giacomo, C, Scotta, M. S., and Sessa, F. (1986)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"If you have these purple skin patterns and are pregnant or have had a history of miscarriage, mention it to your doctor. Dark Patches If you have dark patches on your body rather than your face and they're thicker or more velvety than normal skin, it may signal a type of hyperpig-mentation medically known as acanthosis nigricans (AN). When they first notice it, people with AN often complain that they have a dirty area on their skin that doesn't seem to wash off. The patches range in color from tan to dark brown and in size from very small to quite large." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"When you count the ones that occur before six weeks, up to half of the pregnancies end in miscarriage," she notes. ADVICE: DE-STRESS The best advice for women trying to get pregnant is to de-stress your life before you conceive, Stephenson suggests. "I talk about this a lot with my patients," she says. "I recommend that before they get pregnant, they take a serious look at their lifestyle." "Try to provide yourself with what you consider a good environment. The less stress, the better," advises Nepomnaschy. . » To learn more about miscarriages, visit — the March of Dimes Web site at www." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"A 1974 report by the Lancet showed that women who have an IUD fitted and become pregnant nevertheless are 50 percent more likely to have a miscarriage as opposed to a 17 percent rate of miscarriage for those using any other kind of contraceptive. Pelvic inflammatory disease is also common among users. Other problems include cramping, backaches, the risk of an ectopic pregnancy, perforation of the uterus, a greater incidence of tubal infertility, skin rashes, and increased susceptibility to infection." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Stress, anxiety, and depression can have a frighteningly powerful impact on a pregnancy, and, in the extreme, can result in miscarriage, low birth weight, birth defects, or death of the baby. Babies born to unhappy mothers are fussier, less responsive, harder to soothe, and have unpredictable sleep patterns. And in follow-up tests, these babies are more likely to be hyperactive and suffer cognitive impairments. In rodent models, pups born to mothers subjected to stress during pregnancy (by way of shocking their feet) are skittish, clumsy, and less adventurous." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"The site contains worksheets to help you determine whether you might qualify as a candidate for immune therapy to possibly reduce the risk of miscarriage. It also includes research results and information on reproductive immunology. Dr. Beers established the Reproductive Medicine Program at the Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School in 1987. • INCIID can be reached at 520-544-9548, www.INCIID." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Teratogens are substances that cause birth defects, miscarriage, or pregnancy complication when a pregnant woman is exposed to them, especially in the early stages of pregnancy. Environmental chemicals such as mercury and lead, many prescription drugs such as Dilantin and Accutane, recreational drugs including cocaine and alcohol, and even some illnesses including rubella, diabetes, and herpes are all potentially teratogenic agents and able to cause loss of a pregnancy, birth defects, or pregnancy complications." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Women with PCOS have a 10 to 15 percent greater risk of miscarriage than women without it.) Estrogen becomes dominant and isn't balanced by sufficient progesterone, and other hormones, called androgens, remain high. The result is a host of symptoms, triggered by or aggravated by a hormonal imbalance characterized by elevated levels of male hormones and low levels of progesterone. These hormonal imbalances prevent ovulation from taking place regularly and cause the ovaries to form multiple cysts." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Note: If you're pregnant, don't use oil of oregano, as it may induce miscarriage. FOOD CURES Celery for High Blood Pressure HERE ARE TEN WORDS you probably haven't heard your doctor say in a while: "Take four celery sticks and call me in the morning." But if you have high blood pressure, that's exactly what you should do. Now let's be clear: Celery alone isn't going to "cure" hypertension. But peer-reviewed research has found that eating four sticks of celery a day lowers blood pressure." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"The incidence of miscarriage due to fibroids is unknown but estimated to be two to three times greater than normal. If a fibroid uterus is present, it can often be felt during a pelvic examination. It usually feels firm but can vary from soft to rock-hard. The uterus can be irregularly shaped or irregularly enlarged and often feels like it has protrusions. Most of the time it is not painful during the exam. Many times women don't realize they have a fibroid until the practitioner finds it. This is not cause for alarm. Fibroids are benign growths most of the time." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "The medical abortion is just like a miscarriage. There is more bleeding and cramping than a period, but it occurs within a 4-to 24-hour period, and 98 percent of the time avoids surgery altogether. The infection rate is lower, and the chance of significant uterine injury, already miniscule, is further lowered. Many women are quite pleased with this method." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, BV puts pregnant women, their babies, and their future fertility at risk. miscarriage, premature births, low-birth-weight babies, and pelvic inflammatory disease can result from BV during pregnancy. Yellow, frothy, smelly vaginal discharge, as well as itching and a burning sensation when urinating, can signal a microscopic parasitic infection trichomonas vaginalis. Commonly called "trich," this is another very common STD in the United States and in many other parts of the world." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"I was introduced to the sick woman and her husband by our interpreter, and learned that she had had a spontaneous miscarriage several 3 days before. The pain in her belly and vomiting had been getting worse for the past two days. I asked if I could examine her. She responded with a minimal nod and looked over to her husband to make sure that he agreed. Her temperature was now 103 degrees. Her abdomen was stiff and exquisitely tender to even the slightest touch." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Four of ten women on the reserve have reported at least one miscarriage or stillbirth. Now, when you look at these out-of-control numbers, you can begin to get a sense of the widespread damage these toxins are causing. Our infant mortality rate is another issue of growing concern. According to a recent study conducted by Save the Children, the United States has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the industrialized world, with five deaths per one thousand births." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"If defects are so serious that the developing embryo could not survive even if brought to term, miscarriage typically occurs. Because of this, miscarriage is sometimes thought of as nature's way of protecting against pregnancies that are not viable. Miscarriage can occur if a woman's reproductive system is damaged by a chemical in such a way that it cannot sustain the pregnancy. In addition, chemical exposures may cause chromosomal defects or other genetic alterations that precipitate miscarriages." - Arthur C. Upton, M.D., Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide (Get the book.)

"Osteoporosis is a condition where the bones weaken, become brittle and are prone to breaking. miscarriage and birth defects, such as neural tube defects may be a result of untreated celiac disease. This could be due to poor nutrient absorption and depletion. Long term cases may also suffer from bone pain, malnutrition, edema and unexplained skin sensations, such as burning, tingling or pricking, strictures of the intestines and ulcer formation in the lower bowel. Some hypothesize that low spleen function causes immune complexes to go unchecked and bind in the intestines." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Most likely she had developed a uterine infection as a consequence of an incomplete miscarriage, and the infection had spread throughout her abdominal cavity, causing peritonitis. She needed to be hospitalized for intravenous antibiotics and fluids, and she needed dilatation and curettage of her uterus—a D and C—to remove the infected tissue. Her husband and several other villagers listened attentively as I explained my diagnosis. But their expressions changed from hope to despair when I told them that she needed to be treated in a hospital." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

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