When reality TV star Michelle Duggar announced last week that she’d learned at 19½ weeks that her baby-to-be no longer had a heartbeat, the very personal topic of miscarriage took a turn in the media ...

At least 1 in 4 stillbirths in the U.S. are preventable, research shows. O2O Creative/iStock via Getty Images Plus About 60 pregnancies per day in the U.S. end in stillbirth. The best way to find out ...

Jan. 15, 2026 -- Miscarriage is common, yet many people feel unprepared when it happens. What are the different types of miscarriage, and what does follow-up care look like? We spoke with Lora Shahine ...

Pregnancy loss affects millions of families annually, with miscarriages occurring in approximately 10-15% of known pregnancies. While often shrouded in silence, understanding the medical reasons ...

A missed miscarriage happens when the fetus stops developing before the 20th week of pregnancy but remains in the uterus. Treatment options for missed miscarriage include expectant management, ...

EBB: Earles' Bicarbonate Buffer; FGR: Fetal growth restriction; MFHRC: Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre; ReCoDe: Relevant Condition at Death (Classification System); SCRN: Stillbirth ...

Late miscarriage is pregnancy loss that occurs after 12 weeks but before 20 weeks of pregnancy. It can be very tough for expectant parents and their loved ones. Late miscarriage can occur because of ...

Signs of an early miscarriage are abdominal pain, dizziness, and vaginal bleeding. You may also pass tissue or pink fluid from your vagina, but some people have no symptoms. You should see a doctor ...

Analysis by a Great Ormond Street Hospital led team looking at the effectiveness of different elements of the post mortem process shows that, despite full standard investigation, in the majority of ...

Conceiving within a year or even 6 months after a stillbirth did not increase a woman's likelihood of having another stillbirth or a preterm or small for gestational age (SGA) baby compared with an ...

About 60 pregnancies per day in the U.S. end in stillbirth. One major exception to the rarity of fetal autopsies is when pregnancy loss ends with criminal arrest. Arrests after pregnancy loss are not ...