Pregnancy Loss

• Overviews
• Early Pregnancy Loss: Miscarriage and Molar Pregnancy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• JAMA Patient Page: Miscarriage (American Medical Association)
• Miscarriage (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• hCG Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• How Is Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Diagnosed? (American Cancer Society)
• Progesterone Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Ultrasound (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Treatment
• About D&C for Miscarriage (American College of Surgeons) - Links to PDF File
• Dilation and Curettage (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish

• Specific Conditions
• Ectopic and Molar Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Ectopic Pregnancy (Nemours Foundation)
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Neonatal Death (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Repeated Miscarriage (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Stillbirth (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)

• Coping
• Grieving Is a Process (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Infant Death (Compassionate Friends)
  Also available in: Spanish
• What Do I Say? For Those Who Are Close to the Family (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Related Issues
• After a Miscarriage: Physical Recovery (American Pregnancy Association)
• DES (Diethylstilbestrol) Update: Consumers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Do We Know What Causes Gestational Trophoblastic Disease? (American Cancer Society)
• Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy After Tubal Sterilization (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• What Is the Risk for a Second Ectopic Pregnancy? (Nemours Foundation)
• When You're Ready to Try Again (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Research
• Excessive Coffee Consumption during Pregnancy Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Stillbirth (Nemours Foundation)
• Research on Miscarriage and Stillbirth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Taking Ibuprofen, Naproxen, and Aspirin during Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Miscarriage (Nemours Foundation)
• Vaginal Douching and the Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy among Black Women (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Directories
• ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Perinatal Loss: Resources (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)

• Organizations
• Compassionate Friends
• International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination
• March of Dimes (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

• Statistics
• Infant Mortality Rates, Fetal Mortality Rates, & Perinatal Mortality Rates, According to Race, U.S., Selected Years, 1950-2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File
• Infant Mortality Rates, Live Births and Infant Deaths by Selected Characteristics, 2000 (National Center for Health Statistics) - Links to PDF File
• Motor Vehicle Crashes Are Leading Cause of Trauma-Related Fetal Deaths (American Medical Association)
• PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - Perinatal health in the United States
• Supplemental Analyses of Recent Trends in Infant Mortality (National Center for Health Statistics)
• What Are the Key Statistics for Gestational Trophoblastic Disease? (American Cancer Society)