Fact Guide & Useful Links
This section of the website contains definitions of the different types of pregnancy losses.
The links provided are for additional organisations that may provide useful general information on advocacy, health services, education, bereavement and pregnancy.
Definitions
Ectopic pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy is any pregnancy implanted outside of the endometrial cavity.
https://pregnancyand.wpengine.com/clinical-practice-guideline-on-the-diagnosis-and-management-of-ectopic-pregnancy/
First trimester loss
A loss within the first 12 completed weeks of pregnancy
https://pregnancyand.wpengine.com/clinical-practice-guideline-on-management-of-early-pregnancy-miscarriage/
Second trimester loss
A second trimester miscarriage may be defined as a pregnancy loss after the 12th and before the 24th completed week of pregnancy.
https://pregnancyand.wpengine.com/clinical-practice-guideline-on-the-management-of-second-trimester-miscarriage/
Stillbirth
A child born weighing 500 grammes or more or having a gestational age of 24 weeks or more who shows no sign of life. (Irish Stillbirths Registration Act, 1994)
https://pregnancyand.wpengine.com/clinical-practice-guideline-on-investigation-and-management-of-stillbirth-and-intrauterine-fetal-death/
Fatal fetal anomaly / life limiting conditions
Fatal fetal anomalies /life-limiting conditions include diagnoses that are highly likely to lead to death in utero or in the
newborn period (28 days of life), although for some of these diagnoses, survival beyond 28 days has been reported.
https://pregnancyand.wpengine.com/interim-clinical-guidance-top-following-diagnosis-of-ffa-llc/
https://pregnancyand.wpengine.com/perinatal-palliative-care-pathway/
Early Neonatal Death
Death of a live born baby occurring within 7 completed days of birth. Late neonatal death: Death of a live born baby occurring after the 7th day and within 28 completed days of birth. (NPEC, 2018)
