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posted by chromas on Thursday April 04 2019, @02:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the eat-me dept.

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Oral sex is associated with reduced incidence of recurrent miscarriage[$]

In a matched case control study, 97 women with at least three unexplained consecutive miscarriages prior to the 20th week of gestation with the same partner were included. Cases were younger than 36 years at time of the third miscarriage. The control group included 137 matched women with an uneventful pregnancy. The association between oral sex and recurrent miscarriage was assessed with conditional logistic regression, odds ratios (ORs) were estimated. Missing data were imputed using Imputation by Chained Equations.

In the matched analysis, 41 out of 72 women with recurrent miscarriage had have oral sex, whereas 70 out of 96 matched controls answered positive to this question (56.9% vs. 72.9%, OR 0.50 95%CI 0.25-0.97, pā€‰=ā€‰0.04). After imputation of missing exposure data (51.7%), the association became weaker (OR 0.67, 95%CI 0.36-1.24, pā€‰=ā€‰0.21).

[EDIT: The paper is referring to females giving oral sex to males. --fyngyrz]


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Thexalon on Thursday April 04 2019, @03:35PM (2 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Thursday April 04 2019, @03:35PM (#824522)

    Alternate possible third factor for this correlation: The pregnant woman's partner.

    A woman who receives oral sex probably has a partner that cares about her well-being more than the woman who doesn't, so that partner will probably be doing a better job of caring for her during pregnancy. Plus, said woman is less likely to have gotten pregnant by accident, and also less likely to be trying to find an excuse not to be tied to this partner for the rest of her life caring for the little twerp (e.g. "miscarriages" caused by a visit to Planned Parenthood).

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Thursday April 04 2019, @04:58PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday April 04 2019, @04:58PM (#824587)

    And since they're talking about women giving oral, a woman who is willing to give is probably less stressed, and with a happier partner, than one who isn't.

    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday April 04 2019, @05:44PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Thursday April 04 2019, @05:44PM (#824609)

      You're right that I, like many others, had the nature of who was giving and who was receiving backwards. In any event, I'm guessing that oral or lack thereof is some kind of indicator of the health of the relationship.

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