Miscarriage And Infertility Treatment Increase Pre-eclampsia Risk

Repeated miscarriages and hormone treatment for infertility [fertility treatment] give an increased risk of pre-eclampsia among pregnant women.

This comes from a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. More than 20,000 first-time mothers from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) were included in the study.

Normal risk

• First-time mothers who had not miscarried or had problems getting pregnant had a 5.2 % risk of pre-eclampsia.

Risk after miscarriage

• Women who had three or more miscarriages had a 50 % increased risk of pre-eclampsia compared with women who had not miscarried.
• Women who had one or two miscarriages are not thought to be at higher risk.
• Among women who had both miscarriages and treatment for infertility, the risk for pre-eclampsia was 13 %.

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