2006-12-10 01:06:29 · 8 answers · asked by justanothergrl88 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
A miscarriage is when the baby passes before it is viable outside of the mom (prior to 25 weeks). When a baby is born past that stage in pregnancy and it passes then its considered stillborn.
2006-12-10 01:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by alexis73102 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Both are "lay" terms (meaning nonmedical terminology) meaning essentially the same thing. When used, though, most people generally use the word miscarriage to refer to an earlier pregnancy loss, usually in the 1st or 2nd trimeseter. The word stillborn, I've noticed, is used in situations where the baby, if not "stillborn", would have been gestationally mature enough to survive outside the womb. (usally a pregnancy greater than 26 weeks). In medical terminlogy, however, there is no such differences in regard to gestational age; both are considered a "spontaneous abortion" or an "SAB" in the alphabet soup of medicine.
2006-12-10 01:19:36 · answer #2 · answered by Amy H 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you lose the baby by the 12th week of pregnancy, it is an early miscarriage, anyhere between the 12th week and 20th week is considered a late misscariage, anything after that, is a still born. So basically if they are born and there is still a chance that they can live outside the womb, and the baby dies during delivery, that is considered a still born and if they are born and they cannot survive outside the womb yet, that is a misscarriage. Hope this helps.
2006-12-10 01:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by Julez81 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am afred i don't agree with Amy H. Miscarriage is medically known as spontanious abortion,but still birth.. It is used by doctors when the deliver a ''dead in the woumb'' fetus, which has attained the minimum gestational age for surviving out of uterus, which is concidered now a days as 20 weeks G.A, Previously, say 25 years back, it was 28 weeks.
In sonology, a dead embryo in the uterus [in 1st trimester] is called missed abortion and later on , an I.U.D.[intra uterine death]
2006-12-10 01:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by gurkanji 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive been lead to believe a miscarriage happens before 24 weeks.
still born is from 24 weeks because the baby would be viable and have a chance to live.
2006-12-10 01:44:38 · answer #5 · answered by mum_2_many 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
miscarriage is before 3 months of pregnancy and stillborn is when you go through the full 9months of pregnancy and give birth and its still born
2006-12-10 01:12:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
miscarrage is not full term. Still born is born dead usually full term or close to it parents of still borns must name the baby and bury the baby miscarrage not so.
2006-12-10 01:11:44 · answer #7 · answered by cameron b 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
.....the spelling?
2006-12-10 01:17:15 · answer #8 · answered by mark_panty2000 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋