January 18, 2021
The Straits Times file
The risk of miscarriage might not only depend on a mother’s health but the father-to-be as well.
A recent study from the journal Human Reproduction looks further into the link between a father’s health and the possibility of miscarriage as well as stillbirth.
Dads may want to join in on the new healthy lifestyle mummies are adapting to during pregnancy for it has been found that medical conditions among fathers could lead to pregnancy loss.
The lead of the study Associate Professor Michael Eisenberg went to explain that, “It’s been known for some time that the health of mothers has an impact on the developing foetus and events at the time of birth. This is the first study to suggest that pregnancies sired by men with increasing numbers of medical conditions are at higher risk of ending in miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or stillbirth.”
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Health of fathers-to-be is linked to risk of pregnancy loss ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 11:25 IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that more than a quarter of pregnancies might be ectopic or end in miscarriage or stillbirth if the father-to-be is unhealthy and has three or more medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels.
In a retrospective study of nearly a million pregnancies between 2009 and 2016 in the US, published today in the journal Human Reproduction, researchers found that if the father was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, which includes these medical conditions, there was an increased risk of the mother losing the pregnancy.