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    Why are women more likely to have miscarriages if their first pregnancy was a boy?

    Question #55865. Asked by TheAlphaWolf. (Mar 11 05 8:26 PM)


    elizabethmc

    		Dr Ole Christiansen studied several women and found after having a boy, the mother's white blood cells may be reacting against the placenta, causing a miscarriage with their next child.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3035952.stm
    http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=5044

    Mar 12 05, 7:09 AM

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