Getting pregnant soon after abortion or miscarriage might have lower risks than previously suspected: study - Fox News

A new medical study conducted in Europe is suggesting there may be fewer "adverse pregnancy outcomes" for women who get pregnant weeks after they’ve had a miscarriage or an abortion. .

A new study suggests women who get pregnant in under 6 months of a miscarriage or abortion may not have high risks of "adverse pregnancy outcomes.".

Researchers examined 72,765 birth records from Norway to see if women experienced "adverse pregnancy outcomes" when they conceived in under six months after a miscarriage or abortion.

Conversely, women who got pregnant within three to five months after an induced abortion had a lower risk of large for gestational age births (8%) compared to those who got pregnant after six to 11 months (9.4%).

"There was no evidence of higher risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with an IPI of greater than 12 months after miscarriages or induced abortions," the study claims

The World Health Organization advises women to wait at least six months before attempting a planned pregnancy if they've had a miscarriage or induced abortion

Though, there were observable exceptions to "an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus among women" who got pregnant 12 to 17 months (5.8%), 18 to 23 months (6.2%) and more than 24 months (6.4%) after a pregnancy loss compared to those who got pregnant six to 11 months (4.5%) after a miscarriage

The interpregnancy interval study found that three out of five Norwegian women who experienced a miscarriage conceived within six months while one of five Norwegian women who underwent an induced abortion conceived within six months

"Our study suggests that conceiving within three months after a miscarriage or an induced abortion is not associated with increased risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes," the study concludes

"In combination with previous research, these results suggest that women could attempt pregnancy soon after a previous miscarriage or induced abortion without increasing perinatal health risks."

Authors of the study noted that the researched results "do not support current international recommendations to wait at least six months after a miscarriage or an induced abortion," but the "differences in pregnancy outcomes according to interpregnancy interval after miscarriage as opposed to induced abortions remains unclear."