Have you ever encountered the most devastating event in your life as an expectant mother - a miscarriage?
For those couples who have experienced it know how traumatic it is.
Along with the traumatizing experience comes the depression, anger, feeling of losing something precious, and other emotional impacts.
A feeling of helplessness envelops you when you don’t know the reason why it happened and when you lose something very dear to you and that you have been yearing to get it.
Unfortunately, most people do not talk about it openly and feel guilty over something that is out of their control.
One of the most difficult aspects of dealing with miscarriage is the complete ignorance of what caused it.
Here are possible causes of miscarriages.
1. Depression
Emotional shock, grief, or any kind of mental stress can cause miscarriage.
Overstress and extreme trauma or emotional shock are extremely risky for the fetus.
2.- Obesity
Obesity of the mother can also cause miscarriage.
Being an obese the blood supply of the mother to the fetus is rich cholesterol which provides the fetus an overdose of cholesterol and hence results in a miscarriage.
3. Toxins and Drugs
Toxins such as tobacco, smoking, alcohol, and another usage of drugs can speed up the risk of miscarriage.
Toxic chemicals like nicotine, automobile smoke, and burning of plastic cause miscarriage and affect the future chances of fertility in women.
4. Diabetes
Uncontrolled diabetes mainly leads to a miscarriage.
Women with high blood sugar levels in diabetes generally develop insulin resistance.
Insulin, which is a hormone responsible for regulation of blood sugar, resistance prevents the endometrium of the uterus to mature properly thus hindering proper implantation of embryo onto the wall of the uterus.
5. Cervical Insufficiency
A miscarriage sometimes happens because there is a weakness of the cervix which cannot hold the pregnancy.
6. Heavy physical activities
Carrying out heavy physical activities like lifting heavy objects, falling off, and not taking proper rest may be one agent cause of miscarriage.