A healthy pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks. When a woman losses a developing baby before 20 weeks of pregnancy, this is called miscarriage. The medical term of miscarriage is spontaneous abortion. Many miscarriages happen before a woman knows she is pregnant. Miscarriages are the most common early pregnancy complication. About 1 of every 5 known pregnancies end in miscarriage and it happens at higher rates in woman who are more than than 40 years.

Don't blame yourself for the pregnancy loss. It can not be stopped by medical intervention but intervention for recurrent miscarriage can help. In fact, woman who miscarry are still likely to have healthy babies in the future.