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If your baby has died and there are no obvious signs like bleeding or cramping, how could you tell ( beisdes going to the doctor and having a ultrasound) at 15-16 weeks are there any other signs to look for that the baby has died. I have an appointment at the end of the week, just kindsa worried

2006-10-09 05:31:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting Pregnancy

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If the baby HAD been kicking on a regular basis and isn't any longer, that can be a sign. Other than that, you would need an ultrasound to detect the presence or absence of a heart beat.

You are pretty early along for regular kicking, as well. If there is no cramping or bleeding, then your body isn't trying to expell anything. Only a doctor can tell you at this point, but it sounds to me like you have nothing to worry about!

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If your baby has died and there are no obvious signs like bleeding or cramping, how could you tell ( beisdes going to the doctor and having a ultrasound) at 15-16 weeks are there any other signs to look for that the baby has died. I have an appointment at the end of the week, just kindsa worried

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Well, my little one takes a breather every now and then, but he's still VERY active, and I'm also 36 weeks. I've actually thought it was strange that people noticed a decrease in movement, meanwhile my baby is just boogyin' like crazy! But, my doctor also reiterated your doc's point about the movement being a good thing. Most baby movement decreases due to a change in position (head down) and can be a warning sign for a too high decrease in amniotic fluid, which is where induction, etc comes into play. But I'd take your movement as a good sign. That being said: I understand how painful it can get. Your baby sounds like a vivacious one!!! :-) LOL .... I guess just keep your doctor informed, and maybe he'll want to consider induction if your baby is large, etc. But, I'd opt for nature taking it's course. I understand how uncomfortable you are - I am definitely, too! We don't have too much longer, do we? :-) Good luck! And, congrats!

2016-04-09 00:42:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You should be fine. A lot of woman have morning sickness up to about 13/14 weeks. Then in that time before they start to feel the baby move they are scared.

I experienced this with both of my pregnancies. I believe at the point you are at the chance of miscarriage is lower. I however do not think besides bleeding, cramping there would be any other sign other than if you already started to feel the baby move and then you haven't in a 24 hour period. Then you need to lay down and wait to see if you feel it, eat or drink something sugary.

I know that when I was 35 weeks with my first I didn't feel him move a lot and my doctor told me to drink a Pepsi (Pepsi because it has more sugar than coke) and lay down for a while, sure enough within twenty minutes he was bouncing around.

2006-10-09 05:40:49 · answer #5 · answered by The Invisible Woman 6 · 0 0

You will likely feel fetal movement at this point so lack of fetal movement would be a sign. Also lack of growth above the pubic bone as a sign that the baby has died. If you have acess to a portable heartbeat monitor, you could monitor the heart beat.

It is normal to be worried during your pregnancy but focus on the baby growing in your body.

2006-10-09 05:34:41 · answer #6 · answered by julie l 3 · 0 0

I don't think there are, but if you have the feeling something is wrong, you should NOT wait until the end of the week. Call your doctor TODAY. You are porbably just scared, but if not, you have to have it taken care of immediatly. I am NOT speaking from personal experience, but from what my mother has told me. She had two fetal deaths. Good Luck!

2006-10-09 05:40:54 · answer #7 · answered by angie_laffin927 4 · 0 0

what would make you think your baby has died? have you felt him moving around yet? take it from a woman thats panicked everyday of her pregnancy and i have a lot of time to go...try not to stress about things that have no grounding yet. if it is in fact demised, there is no way of telling until you have an ultrasound. i'll remember u in my prayers.

2006-10-09 05:35:52 · answer #8 · answered by Ms. Meli 4 · 1 0

i had a friend who went in for an ultrasound around 15 weeks and everything seemed fine, no bleeding, cramping or anything....they went to get the ultrasound and check the heartbeat and there was none, the baby had died...sometimes it just happens with no cause or signs...

2006-10-09 05:35:24 · answer #9 · answered by sherichance79 4 · 0 1

How to tell if you're experiencing a miscarriage
You could be having a miscarriage if you experience

spotting or bleeding without pain,


heavy or persistent bleeding—with or without clots—with abdominal pain or cramping,


a gush of fluid from your vagina but no pain or bleeding—an indication that your membranes may have ruptured,


a sudden disappearance of pregnancy symptoms such as morning sickness or breast enlargement.
Note: Not all first-trimester bleeding is an indication that you are having a miscarriage.


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Watch Out!
Try to save any fetal or other tissue (other than blood clots) that passes out of your body when you are having a miscarriage.
Your caregiver may wish to examine it.
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How miscarriages are classified
Your doctor may use the following terminology when describing your miscarriage (or "spontaneous abortion"—the medical term for miscarriage):

Threatened abortion: Threatened abortion means that a miscarriage is possible but not inevitable. You are probably experiencing bleeding and possibly pain.


Inevitable abortion: Inevitable abortion means that your cervix has begun to dilate and it's only a matter of time until you miscarry.


Incomplete abortion: An incomplete abortion occurs when some of the products of conception (for example, gestational sac, fetus, umbilical cord, placenta) are left in the uterus after the miscarriage. A dilation and curettage (D & C) or suction curettage (a form of D & C where the contents of the uterus are removed through a tube using suction) is usually performed if an incomplete abortion has occurred.


Complete abortion: A complete abortion occurs when all of the products of conception are expelled from the uterus during the miscarriage.


Missed abortion: A missed abortion occurs when the fetus and placenta die but remain in the uterus. Even though pregnancy symptoms may disappear almost immediately, many women do not realize that they have experienced a missed abortion until a few weeks later in their pregnancy—typically when a doppler or ultrasound fails to detect a fetal heartbeat. Still, there's no reason to go into panic mode if your pregnancy symptoms disappear overnight—something that often occurs toward the end of the first trimester in a perfectly healthy pregnancy.
Blighted ovum, an old-fashioned and medically inaccurate term, is a form of missed abortion that generally refers to the earliest pregnancies (that is, pregnancies in which a fetus is not yet evident at the time of diagnosis).

Stillbirth
Stillbirth—the death of a baby before birth—occurs in approximately 1% of births.

A stillbirth is typically diagnosed when the mother reports a cessation of fetal movements or when the doctor or midwife is unable to detect a fetal heartbeat during a routine prenatal checkup.


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Unofficially…
According to the Wisconsin Stillbirth Service Program at the University of Wisconsin, 68 babies are stillborn each day in the United States—approximately 1 in every 115 births.
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Most pregnant women find the experience of losing a baby to stillbirth to be utterly devastating. This is what one grieving mother had to say about her experiences in a recent article in the Daily Telegraph: "A stillbirth robs you, as a parent, of part of your future. That child is so wanted and is suddenly taken away. It is so difficult leaving a child behind in the maternity ward when all the other mothers are leaving with their babies."

What makes it even more difficult is that many people—even family members and very close friends—may fail to understand what this baby meant to you. Many women find their grief after stillbirth to be a very lonely experience, as C. Elizabeth Carney writes in The Miscarriage Manual: "I thought that if my baby had lived for a while, if people had gotten to know and love her, maybe then I would have been given the affirmation to grieve the way I needed to. But I was the only one with any memory of her, the only one who had the chance to love her. I had no one to share her with, not even my husband."

The causes
Although researchers have identified a number of causes of stillbirth, it is possible to come up with a firm explanation of what led to a particular baby's death only in approximately 40% to 50% of cases.

When a cause is identified, it is usually one of the following:

a problem with the umbilical cord (for example, a knot);


a problem with the placenta (for example, a placental abruption);


maternal disease (chronic hypertension, preeclampsia, metabolic diseases, Rh incom-patibility, and certain viral and bacterial infections);


congenital abnormality (responsible for approximately 25% of stillbirths).


Note: Some doctors attribute any unexplained stillbirth to either a cord accident or a problem with the placenta. In fact, only a relatively small number of stillbirths involve these particular problems.

Intrapartum death
Intrapartum death occurs when a baby dies during labor, typically due to a lack of oxygen. Fortunately, intrapartum death is relatively rare today—small consolation, however, for the families who lose much-wanted babies due to accidents during birth.

Studies have identified a number of factors associated with an increased risk of intrapartum death: preeclampsia (toxemia/pregnancy-induced hypertension), intrauterine growth restriction, prolonged pregnancy (more than two weeks beyond the due date), vaginal breech delivery, previous perinatal death, and even physician (or other caregiver) inexperience.

If your baby dies during labor, you will need the support of family, friends, your caregiver, and a social worker or therapist to help you work through your shock and grief.

Waiting to go into labor versus being induced
When you find out that your baby has died, you must decide whether you would prefer to go into labor naturally—something that occurs within two weeks of fetal death in 80% to 90% of cases—or be induced as soon as possible. There are risks associated with carrying a dead fetus for longer than four weeks (maternal blood coagulation problems, for example), so your doctor or midwife will encourage you to consider induction if you don't go into labor naturally within the allotted time period.

If you choose to be induced—as the majority of women who find themselves in this situation do—your doctor will use either laminaria (a seaweed product that dilates the cervix mechanically), vaginal prostaglandin supplements, or pitocin (an artificial form of oxytocin) to get labor started.

(A quick comment from Ann: You may want to request pain relief during labor. I remember telling my midwife and the attending obstetrician that I didn't want to feel anything during the delivery since I didn't think I could cope with the pain of labor as well as the overwhelming feelings of grief I was experiencing. In fact, I asked to be put under general anesthetic at one point so that I could be completely unaware of what was going on, but my midwife convinced me that it would be better for me both physically and emotionally if I chose another alternative. In the end, I opted to be awake and alert during a vaginal delivery. While I did receive pain relief throughout the delivery, it wasn't enough to eliminate all of the sensations of pain, however—just enough to make the pain bearable and to allow me to be alert enough to spend some very precious time with my daughter—the only time we would ever have together after she was born.)


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" When you experience a loss, your naivete is gone. You are suddenly acutely aware of the fact that all kinds of things can go wrong, and that pregnancy is indeed a very fragile thing.
—Johnna Horn, 33, mother of three living children and a baby who was stillborn "
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Some women choose to give birth by cesarean section rather than vaginally, although many caregivers will discourage this choice given the increased risks involved. If you feel quite strongly that this is the route you would like to go, you will need to discuss this issue with your caregiver.

Preparing for the birth of a child who will be stillborn
If you will be giving birth to a child who will be stillborn, you will need to decide whether you and your partner would like to spend some time with your baby after the birth. Although you may think that the experience of spending some time with your baby's body might be tremendously upsetting, most families who go through this experience actually find it to be incredibly comforting. "I spent a few moments with my son after delivery," recalls Johnna, 33, whose son was stillborn at 27 weeks. "It was the most precious time."

Here's another reason to spend some time with your stillborn baby, according to one obstetrician: "I've always encouraged patients to spend enough time with their stillborn baby to see how normal it appears otherwise, because if the mother never allows herself the chance to see her stillborn baby, her fantasies of it may be far more morbid than the reality of its appearance, even if the baby is severely discolored and has macerated [that is, peeling] skin."

Neonatal death
If you know (from the results of amniocentesis, for example) that you will be giving birth to a child who is likely to live for just a short time after birth, you need to decide how you want to spend that time with your child. Here are some questions to ask yourself: Do you want to spend that time alone with your baby and your partner? Would you like your other children or your baby's grandparents to be present as well? Do you want to hold your baby as she passes away? Would you like some time alone with your baby after her death?


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" The fullness of motherhood was compressed into that day. A mother's deep love for her son, her tender concern, her exquisite pain of separation, her comforting touch for a lifetime's scraped knees, her worry for a lifetime's dangers, her peace in their inseparable bond, all came together in that rich moment as she gazed upon her precious little boy. —pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene of www.drgreene.
com recalling the experience of a patient who lost a baby to Trisomy 13 shortly after birth "
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You will also need to consider whether you would like your baby to receive pain relief and whether you wish to donate the baby's organs to another child—a decision that allows many families to make something good come of an otherwise nightmarish experience.

Although the U.S. infant mortality rate has been declining steadily throughout this century, it is still unacceptably high. (The United States ranks 25th among industrialized nations, despite all the high-tech bells and whistles at our disposal. In 1996, the U.S. infant mortality rate was 7.2 per thousand live births. The top 10 causes of infant mortality in 1996 (ranked in order of frequency) are shown in Table 11.1.

TABLE 11.1: TEN LEADING CAUSES OF INFANT DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1996


Cause Number of Babies

Congenital anomalies 6,463

Preterm/low birthweight 3,706

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) 2,906

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) 1,368

Problems related to complications of pregnancy 1,212

Complications of the placenta, cord,
and membranes 892

Accidents 772

Perinatal infections 747

Pneumonia/influenza 469

Intrauterine hypoxia and
birth hypoxia 429

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