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Spontaneous Miscarriage - an unplanned end to a pregnancy during the first 20 weeks.
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Spontaneous miscarriage (or abortion): The spontaneous and involuntary loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks, estimated to occur in 15 to 20 percent of all pregnancies.

spontaneous miscarriage. Loss of pregnancy during the first 20 weeks of gestation.
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Spontaneous miscarriage
A pregnancy ending in miscarriage with or without an operative procedure.

Spontaneous Miscarriage/Spontaneous Abortion -- An unplanned and sudden end to a pregnancy during the first 20 weeks.
Stein-Leventhal Disease: -- Another name for Polycystic Ovaries.

Some spontaneous miscarriages at a later stage are caused by an insufficiency in the placental bed where poor structure and function prevents proper development of the foetus.

Care following spontaneous miscarriage or missed
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In today's media, abortion is assumed to mean elective termination, but medically the word also refers to all types of spontaneous miscarriages. Under the heading of abortion, there are several designations that are clinically important: ...

Nature's response to this problem is spontaneous miscarriage. Almost always, a miscarriage is not due to anything the patient or her partner did or did not do. It is thought that most early miscarriages are caused by a a 'one-off' chromosome fault.

A woman can be exposed to her baby's RBCs during spontaneous miscarriage (rare) or elective abortion (more common); placental abruption (premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus); ...

The figure of 1 in 250 is close to the spontaneous miscarriage rate for amniocentesis. A couple might not consider the risk of miscarriage worthwhile if it is significantly greater than the chance of there actually being a DS diagnosis.

Missed Abortion - An spontaneous miscarriage in which the fetus has died before the 20th week of pregnancy and the placenta, fetus and membranes remain inside of the uterine cavity.

Habitual abortion: Occurrence of three or more spontaneous miscarriages.
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- Miscarriage
- Missed Miscarriage
- Spontaneous Miscarriage
Definition: The threatened loss of a baby prior to 20 weeks. Usually in the first 8-12 weeks of pregnancy. Causes for most are not known.

Ankum WM, et al. (2001). Management of spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester: An example of putting informed shared decision-making into practice. BMJ, 322(7298): 1343-1346.
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Small increase in the risk of spontaneous miscarriage for heavy smokers (more than 20 cigarettes per day) ...

Previous stillbirth or spontaneous miscarriage.
A previous delivery of a large baby (greater than 9 pounds).
A history of pregnancy induced high blood pressure, urinary tract infections, hydramnios (extra amniotic fluid), etc.

It does depend on how far along you were, whether you had any instrumentation, such as a curretage, or if there were any retained products. If you had a spontaneous miscarriage without any prolonged bleeding, ...

Dehydration for anyone can cause weakness and sickness, but during pregnancy, it can also cause harm to your unborn baby or a spontaneous miscarriage.
Most of the time, dehydration during pregnancy occurs in the first trimester while the [...] ...

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 179(5): 1279-1282.
Ankum WM, et al. (2001). Management of spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester: An example of putting informed shared decision-making into practice. BMJ, 322(7298): 1343-1346.

For a pregnant woman, smoking is strongly associated with numerous problems, such as bleeding and spontaneous miscarriage, low birth weight babies, premature labor, stillbirth, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), ...

Spontaneous miscarriage/spontaneous abortion: any unplanned termination of a pregnancy in the first 20 weeks. Stillbirth: the death of a baby of at least 20 weeks' gestation before delivery.

See also: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Pregnant, Trimester, Uterus