MISCARRIAGE
A miscarriage is an upsetting time for a person or couple. It can be a very sad time and parents grieve the loss of their expected child. A miscarriage generally occurs in the first trimester (12 weeks) of a pregnancy. Miscarriages are outside of either parents control and there is nothing that can be done to prevent them or stop them from happening once they begin. Most women who have a miscarriage will go on to have a healthy pregnancy in the future.
If you have had multiple miscarriages and would like to carry a child to full term, you may need to seek medical diagnosis as there are treatments for supporting early pregnancy.
One in five known pregnancies will unfortunately end in miscarriage, but many other women will miscarry without realising that they were even pregnant. A miscarriage is a pregnancy that ends naturally any time before 20 weeks gestation. The loss of a baby after 20 weeks is considered to be a still birth.
Spontaneous miscarriage is defined as the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks gestation. Vaginal bleeding is the most common symptom of a threatened miscarriage, but not all women who experience bleeding will miscarry. The cause of miscarriage is usually not found. Women who have had three consecutive (recurrent) miscarriages are at risk of miscarrying again.
Most spontaneous miscarriages (75 to 80 per cent) occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. It is estimated that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. Many miscarriages are unreported or go unrecognised because they occur very early in the pregnancy.
If you have had multiple miscarriages and would like to carry a child to full term, you may need to seek medical diagnosis as there are treatments for supporting early pregnancy.
One in five known pregnancies will unfortunately end in miscarriage, but many other women will miscarry without realising that they were even pregnant. A miscarriage is a pregnancy that ends naturally any time before 20 weeks gestation. The loss of a baby after 20 weeks is considered to be a still birth.
Spontaneous miscarriage is defined as the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks gestation. Vaginal bleeding is the most common symptom of a threatened miscarriage, but not all women who experience bleeding will miscarry. The cause of miscarriage is usually not found. Women who have had three consecutive (recurrent) miscarriages are at risk of miscarrying again.
Most spontaneous miscarriages (75 to 80 per cent) occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. It is estimated that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. Many miscarriages are unreported or go unrecognised because they occur very early in the pregnancy.