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Losing two babies when I was in my first trimester of my pregnancies was heart breaking.  The ache in my heart was particularly painful at the time but I was surprised to learn that miscarriages put you at risk for more than just a broken heart - you actually have <strong>a greater risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. </strong>

In fact, your risk goes up with each miscarriage you have.  A <a title="Miscarriage &amp; Heart Disease" href="http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00016340903380758" target="_blank">Finnish study</a> of 3,937 women from age 30 - 99 found that the risk for heart disease later in life went up significantly with each miscarriage.  Unfortunately no causative factor was mentioned.

Conversely if you've suffered recurrent miscarriages <strong>your parents are at an increased risk of coronary heart disease.</strong>  A <a title="Heart Disease - Recurrent Miscarriage " href=" http://www.rcog.org.uk/news/bjog-release-recurring-miscarriage-linked-family-history-ischaemic-heart-disease" target="_blank">Scottish study</a> of almost 75,000 people from 1992 - 2006 showed a 25% increase in risk among parents of women with two previous miscarriages.  Three or more miscarriages put a women's parents at a 56% increase in risk for coronary heart disease.

The Scottish researchers investigated a number of possible causative factors but found no direct cause-effect relationship.  Instead they are suggesting that there may be similar genetic predispositions at play.

So researchers are talking about some sort of genetic pre-disposition.  And of course who am I to say otherwise?  But hmmm....I'm sure curious about a possible cause that wasn't investigated - thyroid disorders!
<p style="text-align: left;">Thyroid Disorders:</p>

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	<li style="text-align: left;">carry an increased risk of miscarriage</li>
	<li style="text-align: left;">an increased risk of heart disease</li>
	<li style="text-align: left;">thyroid disease can be hereditary</li>
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