This is a phenomenon that has "been minimized for too long".

One in ten women has miscarried, according to a report in

The Lancet on

Tuesday

.

The prestigious medical journal asks, in its editorial, that these women be better taken care of, in particular on the psychological level.

“For too long, having a miscarriage has been played down and often not taken seriously (…).

It is no longer time to just tell women 'try again', ”argues

The Lancet

.

"44 pregnancies lost every minute"

The report's authors estimate that 23 million miscarriages occur worldwide each year, or about 15% of total pregnancies. That's about "44 pregnancies lost every minute," according to one of the three studies that make up this report. Based on several other works published over the past 20 years, researchers estimate that 10.8% of women have miscarried. Recurrent miscarriages are much less frequent: 1.9% of women have had two and 0.7% have had three.

Certain factors are associated with an increased risk: chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus, the age of the mother and, to a lesser extent, the father (especially above 40 years), a history of miscarriage, a clue very low or very high body mass, alcohol, tobacco, stress, night work or exposure to pesticides.

Silence dominates

“Although a miscarriage usually only happens once, a significant portion of the population will need treatment and support.

Despite this, the silence around miscarriages persists not only among the women who experience them, but also among caregivers, policy makers and research funding organizations ”, laments one of the study's editors, Prof Siobhan Quenby of the University of Warwick.

"Many women complain about the lack of empathy with which they are taken care of after a miscarriage: some do not receive any explanation, and the only advice they are given is to try again", adds Professor Quenby, Deputy Director of Tommy's National Center for Miscarriage Research, a British charity specializing in this issue and initiator of the report.

Demand for global harmonization

The authors recommend that women who have had a miscarriage benefit from a minimum follow-up, including psychological support for the couple and counseling before subsequent pregnancies.

This care must be reinforced for women who have had several miscarriages.

In addition, they consider it necessary to harmonize this monitoring at the global level.

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