About a month ago, my first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. Obviously I feel grief over the loss, and have all sorts of weird hormonally emotional reactions to things still.

This was an accident, and we're not trying again for a couple of years. I am afraid I'll miscarry again.

Does anyone else have an experience with miscarriage?

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My mum and my aunties miscarried and I think my grandma either misscarried or had a stillbirth. I am scared of getting pregnant. Doe sit run in families?

25% of pregnancies don't last into the 6th week.

i'm so sorry, Melanie.i can't imagine how bad you must feel. from what i've researched, your next pregnancy will be fine.

no. it doesn't run in families.

as a guy witnessing my older sister go through a miscarriage has to be one of the most harrowing things i've ever witnessed. Being with her as she bled badly and having to rush to the hospital with her... seeing her cry that much... i cannot even bring myself to imagine the pain and anguish she must have been going through or the pain and anguish of any woman going through this...
I'm sorry to hear this Melanie... i hope you're ok

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my mum had a lot of miscarriages before she had me. which, i dont know, sort of set up my karma forever.

and. melanie349208 hasn't posted here in like, about 2 million years. this must be serious business.

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I had one in March.

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I had one, but it was about 4-5 weeks into the pregnancy and I didn't realise I was pregnant in the first place.

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Of course miscarriages can be caused by medical issues that runs in families. Still though, since miscarriages are more common than people seem to realise, there is most likely no connection between relatives miscarriages.

Yeah, it's really common. Even though I had a vague idea that it was pretty common, I was still amazed at how many people told me they also had one when I was going through mine.

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50% of conceptions end in miscarriage, so its not a rare thing at all. Most happen so early people don't realise they were even pregnant, but some obviously happen later. Mostly its because of chromosomal abnormalities in the foetus. Your body realising something is wrong so decides to conserve resources and eject the foetus.

Some people do get repeated miscarriages due to autoimmune conditions, that mean their body overreacts and keeps thinking the foetus is a dangerous foreign substance. But most people who have a miscarriage will only have the one, so I wouldn't worry too much yet.