Thursday, April 23, 2009

New Therapies for Recurring Pregnancy Loss


It is very natural for a couple to get tensed after recurrent pregnancy loss or miscarriage. In the first place, they do not understand what is wrong and with whom it is wrong. Whoever is at fault, what the couple needs is apt investigations in a state of art laboratory and apt friendly counseling support from their doctor. After this comes the role of apt treatment. Yes, it is well said that good counseling helps enhance the compliance of the couple for appropriate treatment.

The treatment plan should obviously be based upon the causative factor where it can be figured out. However, the risk of increased pregnancy loss enhances with the increasing age of mother and father, because this results in genetic mutations of genes and chromosomes. Genetically balanced rearrangement of chromosomes in one of the partners can result in recurrent pregnancy loss. In such cases the couples may have to opt for in-vitro-fertilization.

Surgery is indicated where the woman is having physical problems with her uterus, either structural or due to endometriosis or fibroid. Women in whom Anti-phospholipid syndrome is the cause of recurrent miscarriage, heparin as a blood thinner may be given for successful pregnancy outcome. Many doctors however still believe in progesterone therapy for recurrent miscarriages. A sustained level of progesterone help hold the pregnancy is true according to many experts.

Immunotherapy is the newer technique to treat recurrent pregnancy loss, however, exact mechanism how it works and whether it can be used in every individual case are the things that need more research. The final decision depends upon the expert doctor. So, getting in touch with the right doctor is the foremost thing one should strive for!

Written By: Palm Beach Fertility Center - 9291 Glades Road, Suite 202 - Boca Raton, Florida 33434 Call: (800) 953-BABY
Palm Beach Fertility Center offers fertility treatment and reproductive services to South Florida and international patients. We specialize in In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), ART Services, Gamete Intra-fallopian Transfer (GIFT), Zygote Intra-fallopian Transfer (Zift), Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Blastocyst Transfer, Assisted Hatching (AH), Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), Embryo Freezing/Cryopreservation, Egg Donation, Donor Egg Program and Surrogacy.


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