Article: Your LIFE: HEALTH - REDUCE YOUR RISK OF Miscarriage; LILY ALLEN WAS DEVASTATED AFTER LOSING HER UNBORN BABY. HERE WE EXPLAIN WHY ONE IN FIVE PREGNANT WOMEN FACE THIS TRAUMA AND HOW TO RAISE YOUR CHANCE OF A SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY.(Features)

Byline: BY MONICA CAFFERKY

SINGER Lily Allen was distraught last week after she suffered a miscarriage. The 22-year-old - believed to be three months pregnant - was said to be in a "state of shock" on losing her baby.

Sadly Lily, who was expecting her first child with fellow musician Ed Simons, 37, is proof that miscarriages can affect any mum-to be - no matter what your age.

"Around one in five women have had a miscarriage," says Barbara Hepworth-Jones, chair of the Miscarriage Association.

"But once a woman is over 40, her chances of miscarriage increase due to ...

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