May one desecrate Shabbos on behalf of treating or preventing a miscarriage?

May one desecrate Shabbos on behalf of treating or preventing a miscarriage?[1]

Yes[2]. This applies even if she is less than 40 days pregnant and even if there is no danger to her but there is possibility of saving the pregnancy.

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[1] Piskeiy Teshuvos 330:4 and 6 and 9 [new]; Toras Hayoledes 38

[2] As during a miscarriage she is considered like a dangerously ill person.

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