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The World Health Organization recommends that women who have had a miscarriage wait six months before becoming pregnant again. But a study finds that there is no danger in getting pregnant again right away.
Contrary to popular belief, getting pregnant a few months after an abortion or miscarriage does not seem to pose any additional risk to mother and baby. At least that is the conclusion of a Norwegian study, conducted between 2008 and 2016.
“No medical reason” would justify this wait
As part of this study, the researchers tried to study the risks associated with a pregnancy close to a miscarriage or an abortion.
To do this, they analyzed 72,000 pregnancies (49,058 births following a previous miscarriage and 23,707 births following a previous abortion).
Different criteria were taken into account such as the mother’s age, the baby’s state of health, the year of birth, but also the risk factors during pregnancy (tobacco).
Results ? The researchers found no evidence to suggest higher complications in women who had a baby less than 12 months after a miscarriage or abortion.
“Instead, we found that women had a lower risk of complications such as low birth weight or gestational diabetes if they became pregnant within three months of a miscarriage..”
One possible reason the researchers say is that women who wanted to get pregnant again soon after a miscarriage were more likely to be very committed to the conception process and/or to see a doctor quickly to avoid another miscarriage. complication.
For Dr. Gizachew Tessema, lead author of the study “These results therefore do not support current WHO recommendations and suggest that international guidelines need to be revised..”