A stillbirth occurs when a fetus which has died, in the uterus or during labor or delivery, exits a woman's body. The term's often used in distinction to live birth or miscarriage. Most stillbirths occur in full term pregnancies. Some sources reserve the term "stillbirth" for a fetus which has died after reaching mid-second trimester to full term gestational age. For example, in the United Kingdom, "stillbirth"'s used to describe an infant birthed without life after 24 weeks gestation. The sour… (
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