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Miscarriage In The Uk

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Miscarriage – A brief understanding
A loss of a fetus can only be deemed a miscarriage in the UK so long as it has a gestation date of 23 weeks 6 days, within the first two trimesters of a pregnancy. First-trimester miscarriages account for the majority of miscarriages, occurring in the first 12 weeks of gestation. They account for 20% of the overall rate of miscarriages (Stalder, 2012). Although light vaginal bleeding is relatively common during the first trimester of pregnancy, the most obvious way a woman can suspect that she has miscarried is vaginal bleeding followed by cramps/pain in the lower abdomen (NHS, 2015).
Ultrasound scans are carried out in any pregnancy for four main reasons;
 to confirm that there is a heartbeat
 to assess

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