A
friend of mine had an appointment for artificial insemination, and the
clinic told her she should go on bedrest for three days following the
procedure to avoid any risk of miscarriage. Well, my friend looked up a
bunch of studies, and according to her research, bedrest not only
doesn't reduce miscarriage risk after insemination, it has just
slightly higher odds of miscarriage. But I can see why the clinic
advised this: They want to avoid the idea that any maternal action
resulted in a pregnancy loss, and in a way it's exactly how we treat
pregnancy nowadays. Don't drink at all. Be careful exercising. Avoid
sushi and brie and meat that isn't cooked all the way through. And now,
quit coffee or tea, or at the very least, cut way back,
or you'll have to live with the fact that if only you had been willing
to give it up, you might have had a viable pregnancy. All this, despite
the fact that the vast majority of miscarriages are likely the result
of genetic or chromosonal issues that mean the fetus would never make
it to term, even if you lived in a plastic bubble and only consumed
special nutrients and filtered water.
And this is just one of the things that has raised the ire of lots of women towards the latest study
connecting higher caffeine consumption...
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