Miscarriage
Losing a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy is known a miscarriage. Most miscarriages occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and affect up to 1 in 5 confirmed pregnancies. It is also suspected that many more women miscarry in the very early weeks of pregnancy before they have even realised they were pregnant.
Many women experience a miscarriage and unfortunately, in most cases, there is no way to prevent a miscarriage occuring once it appears to be happening. However, of those women who do suffer a miscarriage, many go on to successfully carry babies in subsequent pregnancies.