Stillbirth Needn't Preclude a Next Pregnancy Within a Year

Large cohort study found no evidence that interpregnancy interval after stillbirth affected subsequent birth outcomes.

The WHO recommends that women wait ≥2 years after a livebirth and ≥6 months after a miscarriage or induced abortion before conceiving another child, but guidelines for optimal interpregnancy interval after stillbirth are lacking. Thus, researchers conducted a population-based study from a database of 1,700,000 births spanning 37 years in Finland, Norway, and Western Australia to investigate the effects on the next pregnancy of spacing following a stillbirth at ≥22 weeks' gestation.

The study cohort included almost 14,500 singleton births after previous singleton stillbirth. Median interpregnancy interval was 9 months, and 63% of women had conceived again within 12 months of the stillbirth. Among these pregnancies, 228 (2%) resulted in anothe…

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Robert W. Rebar, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardMyovant Sciences, Inc.

Editorial BoardsEndoText; Clinical OB/GYN Alert

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine (Member, Ethics Committee)

Robert W. Rebar, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardMyovant Sciences, Inc.

Editorial BoardsEndoText; Clinical OB/GYN Alert

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine (Member, Ethics Committee)

Stillbirth Needn't Preclude a Next Pregnancy Within a Year

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