What is stillbirth?
A stillbirth (or fetal death) is the death of a baby before delivery. Losing a child in this way is a devastating event, and when a baby dies before delivery, most people think of miscarriage. Both miscarriage and stillbirth are terms describing pregnancy loss (fetal death), but they differ according to when the loss occurs. There is no universally accepted definition of when a fetal death is called a stillbirth, and the meaning of this term varies internationally. This often makes it difficult to compare data on the occurrence of stillbirth. In the U.S., a miscarriage (or spontaneous abortion) usually refers to a pregnancy loss before 20 weeks of gestation, and a stillbirth refers to a loss after 20 weeks. If the age is not known, then a baby weighing 350 or more grams is considered a stillbirth. Stillbirths are further classified as either early, late, term, or post-term. • An early stillbirth is a fetal death occurring between 20 and 27 completed weeks of gestation. • A late stillbi
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