Women who have suffered multiple miscarriages can now safely get pregnant again with the help of a pregnancy boost which comes in the form of progesterone.
As many as one in four women suffer pregnancy loss at least once in their lives. Miscarriage is a serious health and productive problem for the woman as it can also lead to depression. Maternal depression is a common mental health problem that also affects mothers to be.
The discovery of a miscarriage treatment alleviates a lot of pressure to get pregnant and the stress of carrying to full term.
A recent study done by researchers from the University of Indiana and Yale University finds progesterone as an effective treatment that may boost the chances of having another baby after a miscarriage.
The study also shows that the treatment can also increase the success of completing the pregnancy, preventing another miscarriage.
According to the Yahoo news, the study was published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, and experimented on 116 woman who had at least two miscarriages. Progesterone supplements, as a pregnancy boost were given before pregnancy.
Two-thirds of the women successfully delivered babies even though they had two previous pregnancy losses.
The effectivity of progesterone as a treatment for miscarriage have been tested for more than 50 years as fertility doctors have been previously recommending it to women who were struggling with infertility.
However, this is the first time that a research was done to focus on the effects of the hormone as a deterrent for miscarriage.
Doctors explain that progesterone, a hormonal drug, is effective in preventing pregnancy losses by stabilizing the lining of the uterus where the embryo is attached.
The hormone also secretes more nutrients which serve as food for the embryo in the first weeks of development, the NH Register says.
The discovery of progesterone as a pregnancy boost opens up new doors for women who are struggling to get pregnant.
