It is estimated that everyday 7000 women worldwide have their pregnancy end with a stillbirth, however, research and data collection on stillbirth remains underfunded. This stillbirth case series audit investigates an apparent rise in stillbirths at a Sydney tertiary referral hospital in Australia. A retrospective case series of singleton stillbirths from 2005-2010 was conducted at Westmead Hos...

BACKGROUND Maternal age is a known risk factor for stillbirth and delayed childbearing is a societal norm in developed country settings. The timing and reasons for age being a risk factor are less clear. This study aimed to document the gestational specific risk of maternal age throughout pregnancy and whether the underlying causes of stillbirth differ for older women. METHODS Using linkage o...

Introduction: Intrauterine fetal death after 20 weeks of gestation is a pregnancy-related problem. The rate of stillbirth in each area is an indicator of health status and prenatal care in that specific region. In different countries, the rate of stillbirth has been reported as 4 to 20 per 1000 births. Several factors contribute to the occurance of stillbirth including timely identification and...

The Auckland Stillbirth Study, a prospective populationbased case control study, was the first study to report maternal sleep related practices as risk factors for stillbirth [1]. In brief there were 155 women with a singleton late stillbirth (at or greater than 28 weeks’ gestation) without congenital abnormality, born between July 2006 and June 2009 and booked to deliver in Auckland. They were...

OBJECTIVE To report maternal sleep practices in women who experienced a stillbirth compared with controls with ongoing live pregnancies at similar gestation. DESIGN Prospective case-control study. SETTING Forty-one maternity units in the United Kingdom. POPULATION Women who had a stillbirth after ≥ 28 weeks' gestation (n = 291) and women with an ongoing pregnancy at the time of interview ...

Stillbirth is one of the most common adverse pregnancy outcomes in the United States, occurring in one out of every 200 pregnancies. There is a paucity of information on the outcome of pregnancies after stillbirth. Prior stillbirth is associated with a twofold to 10-fold increased risk of stillbirth in the future pregnancy. The risk depends on the etiology of the prior stillbirth, presence of f...

BACKGROUND Approximately 5 in 1,000 deliveries in England and Wales result in stillbirth, with little improvement in figures over the last few decades. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between clinical and socio-demographic factors and stillbirth, with a particular focus on ethnicity and obesity. METHODS Analysis of routine maternity data on 53,293 singleton births occ...

BACKGROUND There is growing evidence from high-income countries that maternal country of birth is a risk factor for stillbirth. We aimed to examine the association between maternal region of birth and stillbirth between 2000 and 2011 inclusive in Victoria, Australia. METHODS Retrospective population based cohort study of all singleton births at 24 or more weeks gestational age from 2000-2011 ...

Objective: The possible toxicity of drugs in pregnancy should be tested before their use in pregnant patients. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the safety of phytovagex, a pessary formulation of Nigella sativa (N. sativa), which is already in clinical use for vaginal fungal infection. Materials and Methods: The pregnant rats were treated intravaginal with physiological saline (vehicle...

The stillbirth rate in twins is a more sensitive indicator of environmental hazards than the stillbirth rate in singletons. Medical care or other socioeconomic factors may be more influential for perinatal survival in twin than in single deliveries. Studies have indicated that stillbirths among children in a set of multiple maternities are not independent. Models were considered assuming indepe...