When a baby dies in utero at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later, it's called a stillbirth. (When pregnancy loss happens before 20 weeks, it's called a miscarriage.) Approximately 1 in 160 pregnancies end ...

When a fetus dies before birth, the mother's expectations of joy and excitement about her baby are brutally replaced by grief and loss. Nursing care after a stillbirth may well influence how the ...