Mom Post #3

Miscarriage
    Today I found that I may be misscarrying. Many mixed emotions hit me, confusion, sadness, even anger. But one main question came to mind, "What now?". Knowledge is power, so I looked up all the information i could on miscarriages.
    Spontaneous abortion (SAB), or miscarriage, is the term used for a pregnancy that ends on it's own, within the first 20 weeks of gestation. Miscarriage is the most common type of pregnancy loss, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Studies reveal that anywhere from 10-25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Chemical pregnancies may account for 50-75% of all miscarriages. During the first trimester, the most common cause of miscarriage is chromosomal abnormality - meaning that something is not correct with the baby's chromosomes. Most chromosomal abnormalities are the cause of a faulty egg or sperm cell, or are due to a problem at the time that the zygote went through the division process.

Options
For couples who have trouble getting pregnant there are several ways to have a baby:

• In Vitro Fertilization-with IVF, a method of assisted reproduction, a man's sperm and the woman's  egg are combined in a laboratory dish, where fertilization occurs. The resulting embryo is then transferred to the woman's uterus (womb) to implant and develop naturally. Usually, 2-4 embryos are placed in the woman's uterus at one time. Each attempt is called a cycle. The term test tube baby is often used to refer to children conceived with this technique.
• Adoption- is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another who is not kin and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents.
• Surrogate Mothers-an agreement between a person or couple who wish to raise a child and a woman who is willing to carry the fetus to term. A surrogate pregnancy is different from adoption in that the woman who will carry and birth the child is not pregnant at the time the surrogacy arrangements are made. There are a variety of ways in which the surrogate mother can become pregnant in a surrogate pregnancy scenario,