Pregnancy and Infant Loss

Pregnancy and infant loss is defined when you loose a pregnancy or a child at any time during pregnancy or infancy due to:

• miscarriage
• stillbirth
• neonatal mortality
• infant mortality 

Some facts about pregnancy and infant loss:

• 1 in 2 pregnancies are lost due to early miscarriage
• 1 in 4 women will loose a baby or infant
• 1 in 160 pregnancies end in stillbirths
• 70 babies are stillborn each day
• Many stillbirths are preventable
• 1 in 10 babies are born too early (before 37 weeks)
• 3 out of 4 neonatal deaths are due to babies born too early