DESPITE one in four recognised pregnancies resulting in miscarriage, with the obvious implication that the actual number is much higher, recent media coverage of Meghan Markle’s miscarriage strongly argues that we struggle to talk about this very common issue. Perhaps it is because during the first three months of pregnancy, during which over 80 per cent of miscarriages occur, many women feel unable to share their joy due to such great uncertainty, which unfortunately makes announcing their loss seem even harder.
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The most common cause of miscarriage is a genetic abnormality in the developing baby, which would be incompatible with the pregnancy proceeding to term, or life after birth.
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