Information about miscarriage can be overwhelming. You can use our printable fact sheets to give yourself or others time to digest the information they need to know at a later time.
While you share your partner's sadness and grief of the pregnancy loss, you may grieve in different ways and intensities. Here we provide information and support that may be helpful for men.
In Australia, testing for the cause of miscarriage is not generally offered unless you have experienced recurrent miscarriages (3 or more miscarriages in a row) or if you have a personal or family history of a condition that may impact your pregnancy.
Currently, in Australia, recurrent miscarriage is defined as 3 or more miscarriages in a row. Around 1-2% of women experience recurrent miscarriage. Having one miscarriage after another is often highly distressing and traumatic. Testing to see if there is a possible reason why you are experiencing recurrent miscarriage is important.
In developing the Miscarriage Australia website, we engaged an expert advisory committee to review the information on our website to ensure the information and resources are evidence based and reflect current best-practice.
We are continually working to update our website with the most current information based on our research and the research of others. There are many areas of the website that we would like to develop further and will be seeking ongoing feedback and sponsorship for.
Late miscarriage refers to a pregnancy loss between 13 and 20 weeks gestation (second trimester of pregnancy).Β Late miscarriage is much less common, occurring in 1 to 2 in 100 women.