Scientists find ‘predictor’ for miscarriage:

All women need not worry about whether or not they will be able to have a trouble-free pregnancy, for researchers at the University of Leicester have identified a predictor for expecting women whose pregnancy may end in a miscarriage.This predictor, they say, is the level of a naturally occurring ‘cannabis’ (an endocannabinoid) known as anandamide.The researchers, led by Professor Justin Konje, found that women who had higher levels of anandamide during the course of their pregnancy had a greater chance of miscarrying.He and his team had previously reported that the levels of these endocannabinoids fall during the early period of pregnancy and rise towards term. He said; "We were able to predict all the women who then went on to have a subsequent miscarriage and 94% of those who went on to have a live birth," he added.