Threatened Miscarriage, Does Bedrest Help?

After having multiple miscarriages, I can't tell you how many times I was told to put my feet up and rest by a harried nurse at my doctor's office who probably wanted to get me off the phone. I usually did what they said, but I always wondered whether or not anything would stop a miscarriage once it started. According to this article, bedrest really isn't all it's cracked up to be when it comes to stopping a miscarriage. Bedrest can be beneficial for other problems later in the pregnancy like incompetent cervix for example, but by and large, it's not going to prevent a miscarriage that's already in motion. Read more:

www.medscape.com

"There is no evidence that bed rest is beneficial for preserving the pregnancy in cases of threatened miscarriage," American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology fellow Robert L. Goldenberg, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told Medscape. "I tell my patients to do whatever they feel more comfortable with, whether it be rest or continuing their usual activities."