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Allylestrenol, sold under the brand names Gestanin and Turinal among others, is a progestin medication which is used to treat recurrent and threatened miscarriage and to prevent premature labor in pregnant women. [6] [7] [8] However, except in the case of proven progesterone deficiency, its use for such purposes is no longer recommended. [6]
A clinical trial published in the October 1962 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology reported fetal masculinization of the vulvas of 14 of 59 female infants (24%) born to mothers who began high-dose (10–40 mg/day) norethisterone treatment to prevent miscarriage in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy (11 infants had slight clitoral ...
[1] [75] [76] [77] As a result, they increase the risk of VTE, especially during pregnancy when estrogen and progesterone levels are very high as well as during the postpartum period. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] [ 78 ] Physiological levels of estrogen and/or progesterone may also influence risk of VTE—with late menopause (≥55 years) being associated with ...
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Miscarriage rates among all fertilized zygotes are around 30% to 50%. [1] [7] [60] [123] A 2012 review found the risk of miscarriage between 5 and 20 weeks from 11% to 22%. [157] Up to the 13th week of pregnancy, the risk of miscarriage each week was around 2%, dropping to 1% in week 14 and reducing slowly between 14 and 20 weeks. [157]
Dydrogesterone, sold under the brand name Duphaston among others, [1] is a progestin medication which is used for a variety of indications, including threatened or recurrent miscarriage during pregnancy, dysfunctional bleeding, infertility due to luteal insufficiency, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, secondary amenorrhea, irregular cycles, premenstrual syndrome, and as a component of menopausal ...
Tobacco use during pregnancy [10] Illicit drug use during pregnancy [11] Having had PROM or preterm delivery in previous pregnancies [8] Polyhydramnios: too much amniotic fluid [9] Multiple gestation: being pregnant with two or more fetuses at one time [8] Having had episodes of bleeding anytime during the pregnancy [8]
On June 27, actress Halle Berry tweeted: “The treatment for an ectopic pregnancy is abortion. ... The treatment for a miscarriage that your body won’t release is abortion.