[New Girl]

Nope, my hormones were very high which is why I had the procedure done. I had a blighted ovum -- which means the embryo likely never formed or was absorbed by my system but the sac just kept growing, my hormones kept raging and I had all of the pregnancy symptoms. I could have waited to miscarry naturally (eventually my hormones would have plateaued and then dropped) but that could have taken 12 weeks or more and put me at risk for infection or severe bleeding ending up in a D&C anyway.

Yes, you and your friends have increased risk of developing breast health issues.

Are you a physician? Something like one-third of all women experience a miscarriage. Don't you think if this was related to breast cancer we would have heard something by now? Don't you think doctors would be saying that if you have suffered a miscarriage, you should have mamograms more often or at an earlier age or something like that?

[Mrs.Z]

Not spontaneous abortion (miscarriages.)

I had several miscarriages, as did my mother. The statistics on miscarriage are more or less neutral. With our family history, it is something I have researched.

Induced abortion statistics are another matter. Unfortunately the literature is not something that gets widely distributed in the US, (too political.)

Abortion is less political in the EU. My cousin in the UK tells me it is much more openly discussed there.