miscarriages
Early pregnancy endings
Miscarriages is the plural of miscarriage, the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb: She had two miscarriages before carrying to term.
Extended to failures of justice or process: a miscarriage of justice occurs when the legal system produces a wrongful outcome.
Late-term pregnancy loss
- ectopicIn abnormal position
- recurrentHappening multiple times
- nonviableIncapable of succeeding
- incompleteLacking necessary parts
fetal demise · septic · threatened · chemical pregnancy · gestational · cramping · bleeding · D&C
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
emptiness · lamentation · despair · yearning · loss · suffering · tears · woe
Regaining what was lost
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- support groupsGatherings for shared struggles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
self-care · acceptance · hope · trying again · rainbow baby · wellness · coping · journaling
Violent sudden disturbance
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
- psychologicalOf the mind
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
posttraumatic · anxiety · depression · PTSD · guilt · shame · isolation · triggers
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- botchSpoil through incompetence
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
debacle · breakdown · malfunction · dysfunction · dereliction · neglect · oversight · omission
stillbirth
Late-term pregnancy loss
fetal demise · incomplete · septic · threatened · chemical pregnancy · gestational · cramping · bleeding · D&C · ultrasound
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
anguish · emptiness · lamentation · despair · yearning · loss · suffering · tears · woe · desolation
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- support groupsGatherings for shared struggles
resilience · self-care · acceptance · hope · trying again · rainbow baby · wellness · coping · journaling · commemoration
shock
Violent sudden disturbance
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
- psychologicalOf the mind
emotional · posttraumatic · anxiety · depression · PTSD · guilt · shame · isolation · triggers · flashbacks
mismanagement
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- botchSpoil through incompetence
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
fiasco · debacle · breakdown · malfunction · dysfunction · dereliction · neglect · oversight · omission · ineffective
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
miscarriageslive births
Offspring emerging viable
natural births · carriages · births · stillbirths · completions
- miscarriage of justiceLegal system punishing the innocent
- silent miscarriagePregnancy loss without symptoms
- miscarriage riskLikelihood of spontaneous abortion
- miscarriage careHealthcare after spontaneous abortion
- missed miscarriageFetal death without expulsion
- miscarriage supportHelp for pregnancy loss