Recurrent pregnancy loss: a shared stressor---couple-orientated psychological research findings.

Objective: To compare the psychological impact of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) on affected men and women and to determine risk and protective factors in both partners.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: University-affiliated fertility center.

Two of a kind? Immunological and clinical risk factors differ between recurrent implantation failure and recurrent miscarriage.

Recurrent miscarriage (RM) and recurrent implantation failure (RIF) are unsolved challenges in reproductive medicine. Whether RIF patients share the same risk factors as RM patients is a matter of debate. Besides clinical factors, immune alterations are discussed in both conditions.