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In this disease, high levels of a sugar called glucose are present in the blood. Women with diabetes, especially those in whom the disease is poorly controlled, have an increased risk of pregnancy loss. Women with a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome also have an increased risk of miscarriage. How common is it that a cause for repeated miscarriage cannot be identified? In 50â75% of women with repeated miscarriages, health care providers can find no cause for the pregnancy loss. There may be clues about what the problem is, but no sure answer is found.
A miscarriage is defined as the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the 20th week of gestation. Recurrent pregnancy loss, or recurrent miscarriage, is when miscarriage occurs more than once, consecutively.