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Symptoms are typically mild, but an invasive illness during pregnancy usually causes miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery or a life-threatening infection to a newborn, CDC said.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Reagan’s proclamation recognized the support groups that had sprung up in the 1970s and 1980s to comfort grieving families and push doctors to acknowledge the emotional toll of miscarriages and stillbirths and encourage hospitals to offer perinatal bereavement care.
—Lara Freidenfelds / Made By History, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
People whose pregnancies end in stillbirths, have much higher risk for postpartum depression.
—Emotivo Health, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
However, infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection of the newborn.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2024
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Reagan’s proclamation recognized the support groups that had sprung up in the 1970s and 1980s to comfort grieving families and push doctors to acknowledge the emotional toll of miscarriages and stillbirths and encourage hospitals to offer perinatal bereavement care.
—Lara Freidenfelds / Made By History, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
People whose pregnancies end in stillbirths, have much higher risk for postpartum depression.
—Emotivo Health, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
However, infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection of the newborn.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2024
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“Stillbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stillbirth. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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stillbirth
noun
still·birth
ˈstil-ˌbərth 
-ˈbərth
: the birth of a dead baby
Medical Definition
stillbirth
noun
still·birth
ˈstil-ˌbərth, -ˈbərth
: the birth of a dead fetus compare live birth
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