Some women’s wombs are such a friendly environment that even embryos can survive in them for some time without a chance for proper development, informs PLoS ONE.
A habitual or recurrent miscarriage is defined as the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies. About one in XNUMX women has such a problem.
Doctors at Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton and the University Medical Center in Utrecht collected tissue samples from the uteri of six women with normal fertility and six with recurrent miscarriages.
High- or low-quality embryos were placed in the tubule formed between the two strands of uterine-derived cells. The cells of normally fertile women began to grow and reach into a healthy, viable embryo, while the inferior embryos were ignored. However, in the case of women prone to miscarriages, both types of embryos developed very well – but until …
Many women prone to habitual miscarriages feel guilty for rejecting their pregnancies. New research indicates that the mechanism is different – it is excessive fertility and too good conditions in the uterus, up to a certain point there allow embryos that would not otherwise survive to develop there.
Although the new theory still requires further research and does not explain all miscarriages, experts hope to develop a test that will detect too good conditions in the womb in women. Perhaps by modifying fertility, you will also be able to avoid miscarriage. (PAP)
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