Subj : Re: Question for Doc Sharon (and any other doctors out there) To : alt.tv.er From : DawnK Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 19:11:01 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er "KL" wrote in message news:1126227607_637@spool6-east.superfeed.net... > on 9/8/2005 4:17 PM LadyOO7 said the following: >> I've got a while to go before my OB/GYN rotation, but I've been curious >> about something. >> >> What are the odds of an abortion/miscarriage/stillbirth leaving a woman >> unable to bear children? Whether it's that she can't carry a child to >> term or can't even conceive one in the first place? >> >> I don't believe for a second that the "medicine" practiced on the soaps >> in is any way accurate, but the above scenario has been presented so >> many times, it's borders on irresponsible. > > There is no conclusive evidence on this that I have heard of....not that I > am a doctor who would have heard, but I know that some people think it is > psychological. For example, many mothers who give their babies up for > adoption then will have a hard time conceiving again. Is it because of > the pain of losing that child? Could that be why some women who miscarry > have that problem? We may not ever know, or science may surprise us and > one day find the answer. > > KL > > -- > My old next door neighbor was pregnant the same time I was, when I was pregnant with my 13yo dd. She ended up miscarrying. She went on to get pregnant again and had a baby about 15 months later, without any difficulty. Dawn .