According to research, the chances of miscarriages increase during summer as compared to any other weather condition.
As per the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSHP), Up to 30 per cent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, defined as pregnancy loss before 20 weeks of pregnancy. As many as half of miscarriages are unexplained, and there are few known risk factors for these pregnancy losses, which can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety.
The findings of the research were published in the journal 'Epidemiology'.
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The study investigated seasonal differences in miscarriage risk and found that pregnant people in North America had a 44 percent higher risk of an early miscarriage (within eight weeks of pregnancy) in the summer months--particularly in late August--than they did six months earlier in February. The risk of miscarriage during any week of pregnancy was 31 per cent higher in late August, compared to late February.Geographically, the results showed that pregnant people in the South and Midwest, where summers are hottest, were more likely to experience this loss in late August and early September, respectively.