Miscarriage
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![Transvaginal ultrasonography showing an abnormal mass in the gestational sac, next to a normal embryo (at bottom right) of a gestational age of 7 weeks with visible heartbeat. Masses like these are presumed to increase the risk of miscarriage.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Abnormal_mass_and_normal_embryo3204.gif")
![Transvaginal ultrasonography after an episode of heavy bleeding in an intrauterine pregnancy that had been confirmed by a previous ultrasononography. There is some widening between the uterine walls, but no sign of any gestational sac, thus in this case being diagnostic of a complete miscarriage.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Complete_miscarriage3204.jpg")
![Transvaginal ultrasonography, with some products of conception in the cervix (to the left in the image) and remnants of a gestational sac by the fundus (to the right in the image), indicating an incomplete miscarriage.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Incomplete_miscarriage3204.jpg")
Miscarriage, also known as spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss, is the natural death of an embryo or fetus before it is able to survive independently. Some use the cutoff of 20 weeks of gestation after which fetal death is known as a stillbirth. The most common symptoms of a miscarriage is vaginal bleeding with or without pain. Sadness, anxiety, and guilt may occur. Tissue or clot like material may also come out of the vagina.