how common is late term loss?

Vuja_de · August 2009

i know i should ask my doctor this question (which i am planning on) but i didn't know if you ladies knew the stats off of the top of your heads?

the reason i am asking is because someone i know just lost her baby at 24 weeks due to a chromosonal heart defect. her 20 week ultrasound to find out the sex was absolutely normal, then 4 weeks later she lost the baby. it just got me thinking about this, i feel so horrible for her i just can't even imagine..

HeyyRed · August 2009

A client of ours had her daughter go in at 37weeks and baby was fine only to return for her 38 week check up and the baby had died in utero. She then had to be induced and deliver her daughter.

They were able to find out what they believe to have happened - the cord was wrapped around the baby's neck too many times and was compressed to the point that the heart stopped beating. A total fluke and tragedy. There is no reason to suggest that this would happen again should they get pregnant though.?

kimberleigh30 · August 2009

I don't know but would guess that the odds of you having a healthy baby are much better then having a loss.

AMYfromKY · August 2009

I am thinking it's very rare. Generally if your LO checks out at your big u/s he/she will be just fine. While these kind of stories are scary, they aren't something you should stress about.

MsMoseley · August 2009

Usually late term lost is due to a chromosome defect, so I would say it is not very common at all...(depending on your age too)

https://miscarriage.about.com/od/immediatemedicalconcerns/p/stillbirth.htm

Sad sorry to hear about that loss.....

blackdollhouse66 · August 2009

I know i've heard so many horror storys and they all freak me out to. But usually there are a few times when you can take a deep breath that you wont have a MC

1.Hearing the babys heartbeat at 8weeks

2.Having a good heart pace

3.Reaching the 2nd trimester

4.Reaching the half way point (20 weeks)

But anything can happen and like my mom says you have to enjoy the pregnancy as long as you can just in case something happens. Do you'r best and don't worry.

ibis · August 2009

This page has a graph showing how common loss is at each month of pregnancy (scroll down a bit):

https://www.aafp.org/afp/20071101/1341.html

You can see that it drops dramatically throughout first trimester, and after 24 weeks is very close to 0.

Vuja_de · August 2009

thanks everyone.. and thanks ibis, i am going to check that link out now..

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