Pregnancy Loss

Pregnancy loss can include miscarriage, foetal death and abortion.

Follow the links below to find information about miscarriage and foetal death, including therapy and grieving.

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Reviewed January 2009

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Title:   Pregnancy - bleeding problems
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Bleeding from the vagina in early pregnancy happens in about one in four pregnancies. About a third to half of all women who have bleeding will go on to miscarry.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Miscarriage explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Spontaneous miscarriage is defined as the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks gestation. It is estimated that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. The cause of miscarriage is usually not found, but it is rarely due to something the mother did - or didn't - do.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Progestogen for preventing miscarriage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence that progestogen can prevent miscarriage....
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Food poisoning - listeria
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Listeria is an illness caused by eating foods contaminated by the bacteria Listeria Monocytogenes. Listeria infection is uncommon, but can be dangerous for pregnant women, the elderly and people whose immune systems are not working properly. Careful food handling, thorough cooking and avoiding certain foods can reduce the risk.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Death of a baby
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death is a shattering event for any couple expecting a baby. Common experiences that may result from the death of a baby include grief, relationship stresses and anxiety about subsequent pregnancies.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Oestrogen supplementation, mainly diethylstilbestrol, for preventing miscarriages and other adverse pregnancy outcomes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Diethylstilbestrol (DES), an oestrogen, was for decades widely believed to prevent miscarriage and other undesirable outcomes despite a lack of good evidence. A cluster of women with a rare form of vaginal cancer led researchers to associate this, and...
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Gonadotrophin therapy for ovulation induction in subfertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with multiple peripheral ovarian cysts and anovulatory menstrual cycles, which can result in subfertility. Oral anti-oestrogens may restore ovulation in approximately 50% of cases. The remainder may ben...
Date:   May 2000
Title:   Having a baby - being pregnant
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Being pregnant isn't a sickness, it's a perfectly normal part of a woman's life. However, not all women are well during their pregnancy. If you are pregnant, you should get exercise, rest and eat healthily.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Medical treatment for early fetal death (less than 24 weeks)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pregnancies that miscarry can sometimes be identified earlier at an ultrasound scan if the loss is due to the baby having died or no baby having developed. In the past, treatment before 14 weeks has usually been by surgery (D&C) but drugs have now been ...
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Miscarriage: overview
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Miscarriage is a pregnancy that ends spontaneously before 20 weeks.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Bed rest during pregnancy for preventing miscarriage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough evidence to say if bed rest helps in preventing miscarriage....
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Prevention of recurrent miscarriage for women with antiphospholipid antibody or lupus anticoagulant
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Miscarriage can be very distressing for parents and their families. Miscarriage is sometimes associated with substances in the mother blood called 'antiphospholipid antibodies' or 'lupus anticoagulant'. These antibodies are associated with clotting an...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Progestogen for treating threatened miscarriage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Threatened miscarriage is when a mother might be losing her baby at less than 23 weeks' gestation. The signs are vaginal bleeding, with or without abdominal pain, while the cervix is closed. Once the cervix begins to open, miscarriage and pregnancy loss...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Expectant care versus surgical treatment for miscarriage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Miscarriage is common in early pregnancy. Such loss can affect physical and mental health. Doctors often suggest surgery such as dilation and curettage (D & C) to complete the process. The goal is to spare the woman bleeding or infection. Expectant ma...
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Pulsatile gonadotrophin releasing hormone for ovulation induction in subfertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have menstrual disorders caused by the absence of ovulation. About 20% of women will not ovulate on clomiphene citrate, the primary treatment option. These women can be treated with a surgical procedure like laparosc...
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Cervical stitch (cerclage) for preventing pregnancy loss in women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The cervix (opening of the uterus) normally stays tightly closed during pregnancy. Occasionally it starts to open early, leading to miscarriage. For some women, this recurs in subsequent pregnancies. This may be due to cervical weakness (incompetence) i...
Date:   Sep 2002
Title:   Fetal movement counting for assessment of fetal wellbeing
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Mothers can usually feel their babies moving in their wombs from around 16 to 20 weeks. Babies' activities in the womb can vary considerable, some being very active and some not. A decrease in a baby's normal pattern of movements may be a sign that the ...
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Support for mothers, fathers and families after perinatal death
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough information about what types of interventions and the possible benefits of interventions when providing support for mothers, fathers and their families after a baby dies at birth....
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Uterine muscle relaxant drugs for threatened miscarriage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Miscarriage is the loss of a baby in the very early weeks of pregnancy (before 20 weeks), before the baby would be able to survive on its own. This can be a devastating loss to expectant parents. Threatened miscarriage is when there is vaginal bleeding,...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Immunotherapy for recurrent miscarriage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Recurrent miscarriage is three or more consecutive early miscarriages. One theory is that for some women, this might be caused by an immune system response to the embryo or fetus. Therapies that try to immunize the woman against the 'foreign' cells of a...
Date:   Jan 2006
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