{"id":221722,"date":"2025-09-12T20:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/221722\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:07:09","slug":"women-who-use-marijuana-may-have-higher-risk-of-miscarriage-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/221722\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Who Use Marijuana May Have Higher Risk of Miscarriage, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new study found that higher levels of THC were linked to significant chromosomal abnormalities in embryos<\/li>\n<li>This could lead to higher risks of infertility, miscarriage and genetic defects<\/li>\n<li>Researchers say marijuana use won\u2019t impact fertilization but may compromise reproductive outcomes; however, more research is needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> As the consumption and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/marijuana-legalization-measures-unpopular-2024-elections-8735486\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legalization of marijuana<\/a> have increased in the United States, more experts are researching the potential harm from its use, specifically its impact on fertility.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A new study published Sept. 9 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-63011-2\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nature Communications<\/a> analyzed 1,059 samples of ovarian fluid around the developing eggs of patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. Researchers compared oocytes, or unfertilized egg cells, from a control group with a group of patients who tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana that causes a high.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Researchers found that higher levels of THC were linked to significant chromosomal abnormalities in embryos, which could lead to higher risks of infertility, miscarriage and genetic defects.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> According to the study, THC interferes with meiosis, the cell division process crucial for producing healthy eggs. Higher doses of THC resulted in eggs having impaired spindle formation and chromosome segregation. This leads to aneuploidy, a genetic condition where cells have an abnormal number of chromosomes.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;The study suggests that consumption of cannabis might affect the outcome of IVF,&#8221; Macquarie University pharmacologist Mark Connor, who was not involved in the study, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scimex.org\/newsfeed\/cannabis-use-may-impact-female-fertility\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. &#8220;The work did not address the potential effects of cannabis consumption on natural conception.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> Pregnant woman.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;For women considering or undergoing fertility treatment, this research suggests that cannabis use may compromise reproductive outcomes \u2013 not by preventing fertilization, but by reducing the likelihood of producing chromosomally normal embryos,&#8221; added University of Melbourne OB-GYN Alex Polyakov. &#8220;Since embryo euploidy is closely linked to successful implantation and healthy pregnancy, cannabis exposure could prolong the time to conception and increase the risk of IVF failure and miscarriage.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> However, lead author Cyntia Duval said the study can only show an association between the two and not a direct, causal relationship.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cThis is a hypothesis, and the worst thing I would want is for the public to read this and become fearful,\u201d she said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/09\/health\/marijuana-female-fertility-study-wellness\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reports. \u201cMore studies are needed to verify our findings and determine how, or even if, the changes we observed affect reproduction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW A new study found that higher levels of THC were linked to significant chromosomal abnormalities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":221723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[815,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-221722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115193134697421351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}