My last pregnancy ended by miscarriage, what may be the cause? First, I must clarify that most miscarriages, especially those occurring during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, will not happen again except rarely. Most of them are due to some random genetic abnormality which happened by chance in one of the huge number of […]
Miscarriage Risk Definition and Prevalence First of all, the medical definition of miscarriage is slightly different from what the common person would think. Science calls a miscarriage any pregnancy growing within the womb cavity suffering from bleeding or contractions before 20-24 weeks (about 5½ months). This means that many of the cases we call miscarriage […]
What is Preterm Delivery? It is delivery at 28 (mid sixth month), when the baby develops any chance of survival at birth, to 37 weeks (first week of the ninth month), when the baby is mature enough to minimize any risk of post-delivery need for neonatal intensive care. Taking in consideration that Normal pregnancy is […]