Can emotions like anger, fear, anxiety, sadness and stress cause a miscarriage?
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I doubt it, unless it is to the point of high blood pressure, not eating/drinking..etc
Even then I don't think so -
I don't think so. I think it's all scientific... Embryo wasn't strong enough to make it.
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No. Please don't think it was your fault. Get some testing done if you want, but most of the time a cause can't be found. I thought this link was helpful after 2 losses and trouble TTC:
http://www.acfs2000.com/basic_services/repeated-pregnancy-loss-habitual-abortion.html
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I doubt it but I did start miscarrying just after finding out my step-dad only had a few days to live. My doctor said that was not the reason.
I am sorry you are in that type of situation. Thinking of you
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I really don't think so. Be kind to yourself.
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When I was pregnant the first time, I was blissfully unaware and lost that one. With my third pregnancy, I was a nervous wreck and it resulted in my son. Especially considering the babies that are born during famine and war, I doubt there is any link at all.
Unfortunately, a loss early on is usually due to a chromosomal abnormality and is determined at conception...we just don't know it yet.
I am so sorry you are going through this and I hope you get the answers you deserve. -
Oh trust me no no. I've had 2 miscarriages, and 2 healthy pregnancies, and I was equally falling apart every day of the first trimester with worry, anxiety, and fear in all of them.
Thinking about you!
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No. I've had several and have been reassured by my OB that my mental state has nothing to do with it. I've had them while stressed and sleep deprived and also while perfect healthy and had no idea was pregnant. Sorry
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@stiletto_mom: I miscarried during an extremely stressful time for me, and I had similar thoughts. I blamed stress, lack of eating well, not exercising, etc. Then a good friend who is the epitomy of health and wellness shared with me that she had 2 miscarriages just this past Summer. Its honestly not anything you did or didn't do.
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No, people get pregnant and have babies in war zones all the time. I can't imagine being in a more stressful situation than that but they don't all have miscarriages. Emotions definitely don't cause them and you shouldn't blame it on yourself.
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I had a chemical pregnancy last week and my dr assured me that there was nothing I could have done-- even if she had been monitoring me since conception there is nothing that could have changed the outcome for such an early loss
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@stiletto_mom: no. Your body will try its hardest to support the baby. But there are many other reasons a pregnancy may not be viable
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No. Your emotional state cannot cause a miscarriage. Hugs.
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No. Most of what happens in pregnancy is so far outside of our control. Women get and stay pregnant in horrific conditions. Miscarriage is not your fault.
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No. therrs nothing you did to cause it or didn't do that would have prevented it. It's outside your control. Hang in there.
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No. There are many factors which cause miscarriages, but I don't think stress or emotional state are among them.
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Thankfully we are not that powerful, or I'm sure the human race would have died out long ago! Take care of yourself....
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No. It is biology, plain and simple. Not your emotional state
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Not at all, although there are no shortage of women around (like my mother, I will *not* put you on the phone with her) who will say things like "stress isn't good for the baby" and "the worst thing you can do is worry". It's all old wives tale garbage; there's nothing you can do to cause or prevent miscarriage in terms of emotional state. I am on my third (and first successful, so far) pregnancy, exact same experience as @simplyfelicity: --I have felt like I was going to have a heart attack every day here. I'm so very sorry you are going through this right now
Hope you find out what's going on. xx
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No, it can't. Even in war zones there is not evidence for this (lower birth weight, maybe, but even that is controversial). I hate the word miscarriage for this reason - when taken literally it suggests that a woman did something wrong, literally carried wrong, when in reality it's mostly determined at conception from things out of our control. I'm so sorry.
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