### diseases | abortion:

Miscarriage
* Any miscarriage loss, often seemingly unacknowledged by the outside world.
* Most miscarriages are due to a problem with egg quality
  - the fetus itself being an abnormal one
  - go unnoticed because they occur so early in pregnancy
* Most miscarriages occur during the first three months of pregnancy
  - trimester
* Most miscarriages occur in the first three months of pregnancy
  - trimester for women of all ages
  - very early
  - within the first eight weeks after the last menstrual period
* Some miscarriages occur when the cervix is weak and opens too early
  - without the knowledge of the prospective mother
* also occurs more frequently with increased maternal age in fertile women.
* are a natural mechanism that protects against abnormal embryonic development.
* are also common among women who get rubella while they are pregnant
  - more common among cocaine users
  - extremely common
  - much less common in the third trimester
* can be devastating, even in the case of an unexpected pregnancy
  - occur at any time during the childbearing years
* common complication of pregnancy.
* devastating situation that is only made worse by unecessary guilt
  - worse by unnecessary guilt
* generally take place in the first two trimesters.
* happen to at least one of every five pregnant women.
  - extremely common, yet still a very traumatic experience
  - failure
  - far more common than most women realize
  - harder to measure epidemiologically and has many causes
  - many deaths
  - synonymous with abortion
  - the body's natural response to a pregnancy in trouble
* is the most common complication of early pregnancy
  - term popularly used for the accidental loss of the products of conception
  - usually a single occurrence, and often followed by successful pregnancy
* loss, regardless of when it occurs, whether it happens once or recurrently.
* natural body reaction.
* normally occur after the mother's body's accommodations have started to break down.
* occurs at approximately a three times greater rate with multiple fetuses
  - in the first six months of the pregnancy
* poses a very high risk for depression, particularly in the first month after the loss.
* surprisingly frequent aspect of many couples' journey to parenthood.
* terrible thing for any parent to go through.
* very emotional experience.
+ Abortion, Spontaneous abortions, How common they are

### diseases | abortion | miscarriage:

Recurrent miscarriage
* is the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies.
* is three clinically confirmed early pregnancy losses
  - consecutive fetal losses

### diseases | abortion:

Spontaneous abortion
* Most spontaneous abortions occur during the second trimester.
* are abortions.
* is an abortion
  - categorized as threatened, inevitable, incomplete, complete, or missed
* occur far more often than medical abortions
  - in various mammals
+ Abortion, Spontaneous abortion in other mammals
  * Spontaneous abortions occur in various mammals. In sheep, it may be caused by crowding through doors, or by being chased by dogs. In cows, abortion may be caused by contagious diseases, such as Brucellosis or Campylobacter.

Stillbirth
* are common among untreated mothers
  - more likely to occur in a multiple-birth event
  - related to dystocia or difficult birth during farrowing
  - the main cause of loss
* can occur after heavy drinking in the last three months of pregnancy.
* is an abortion
* occur more often in larger litters.

Surgical abortion
* Most surgical abortions take anywhere from five to fifteen minutes.
* can take place later in the pregnancy.
* involves actual surgical procedures performed.
* is an option for a woman who has been pregnant for seven to fourteen weeks
  - safest when it is performed in the first trimester of pregnancy
* simple surgical procedure when done early and under good medical conditions.
* way to end pregnancy.