Stillbirth

Stillbirth is when pregnancy ends without a live birth due to natural causes, including pregnancy loss, miscarriage, or spontaneous abortion. Some pregnancies do not result in a live birth.

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Miscarriage is commonly used to describe the loss of a fetus, usually before the age of gestation of 20 weeks. Stillbirth is the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth, regardless of the stage of development. In the United Kingdom, this term is used for an infant delivered showing no signs of life after 24 weeks gestation.

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If a pregnancy is terminated deliberately, this is termed induced abortion, which may be medical or surgical in nature.

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Pregnancy: :For a broader view of pregnancy in mammals see mammalian pregnancy. For the medicine of pregnancy, see Obstetrics....

Live birth: A live birth of a human being occurs when a fetus is expelled and separated from the mother's body and subsequently shows some sign of life, such as voluntary movement, heartbeat, or pulsation of the umbilical cord, but for however brief thistime. In the absence of such sign, the event is considere...

Miscarriage: "Miscarriage" is the common term for the natural or accidental termination of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or the fetus is incapable of surviving. Miscarriages are the most common complication of pregnancy....