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/Spontaneous Abortion -- An unplanned end to a pregnancy during the first 20 weeks. See Abortion.
STD -- See Sexually Transmitted Disease.
Stein-Leventhal Disease: -- Another name for Polycystic Ovaries.
Spontaneous miscarriage - Loss of pregnancy during the first 20 weeks of gestation.
Stasis - Decreased flow.
Station - Estimation of the descent of the baby in the birth canal.
Spontaneous Miscarriage - an unplanned end to a pregnancy during the first 20 weeks.
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SQ - abbreviation for subcutaneous, used to describe injections given under the skin.
Spontaneous miscarriage
A pregnancy ending in miscarriage with or without an operative procedure.
Care following spontaneous miscarriage or missed
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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.
Fetal tachycardia, poor fetal intrauterine growth, spontaneous miscarriage, stillbirth and congenital birth defects are associated with hyperthyroidism, according to the American Thyroid Association.
About another third have abortions, and the other third has spontaneous miscarriages.
Only about five percent of pregnant girls put their babies up for adoption.
Approximately 40 percent of young women become pregnant before they reach 20 years old.
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.
The main risk associated with these agents is a possible increase in the risk of spontaneous miscarriage. There is no known association with congenital abnormalities.
Causes Of Spontaneous Abortion - Spontaneous Miscarriage Causes, Reasons and Symptoms of Spontaneous Miscarriage
Restless Leg Syndrome During Pregnancy - Restless Leg Syndrome in Pregnancy, Conditions and Remedies ...
Incomplete abortion/Incomplete miscarriage: a spontaneous miscarriage that hasn't completely passed. This situation may lead to heavy bleeding and serious infection if some tissue were to remain in the uterus.
Habitual abortion: Occurrence of three or more spontaneous miscarriages.
Heartburn: Discomfort or pain that occurs in the chest. Often occurs after eating.
Hematocrit: Determines the proportion of blood cells to plasma. Important in diagnosing anemia.
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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.
When abortion is natural and not induced, it is called spontaneous miscarriage or abortion. If the pregnancy terminates between the 28th and 40th week, it is not called an abortion, but premature labour.
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.
habitual aborter -- a woman with several unexplained spontaneous miscarriages ...
Modern management has determined that this may be both a safe and economical approach to a spontaneous miscarriage. But if only part of the fetus and placenta are expelled or, none at all, there are several options: ...
Selective implantation of embryos with normal chromosome makeups has been shown to result in high pregnancy rates with decreased spontaneous miscarriage rates.
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), ...
Germs that are harmless to a healthy adult can be life-threatening to a fetus. For instance, exposure to food-borne germs like listeria, salmonella, E. coli and toxoplasmosis could lead to spontaneous miscarriage, ...
Usually the doc will wait to place it until after your first trimester to make sure you aren't going to have a spontaneous miscarriage for other reasons. As the other ladies said, bed rest is prescribed by some doctors and not others.
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, During pregnancy, Trimester
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