What does the hospital do with your baby's body after a miscarriage?

Answer 1

If you are in your first twelve weeks of pregnancy you will probably not even notice passing the baby. If you are miscarrying, the baby will detach and be passed from your body along with a lot of blood clots and you probably wont see it. The further along in your pregnancy, the more blood clots and the bigger they will be. If you miscarry past the 12 week mark, you will need to seek medical attention and will most probably have an operation to remove the remains of the pregnancy. By this time the baby will be large enough to identify as a baby. The baby and all the tissue will be incinerated at the hospital. If you are past the 22 week mark the baby will probably be classified as stillborn rather than a miscarriage. It will be your choice what to do with the body of the baby. Some people will take it and have a proper burial and funeral. If you do not want to take responsibility for this, the baby will be taken by the hospital and cremated.

Answer 2

After a miscarriage the baby usually discards the baby from your body through your vagina. The expelled urterus can appear as large clots or as a greyish colour sack with veins.

Miscarriage can be like a mini-labor, as your uterus has to contract to expel both baby and placenta. It isn't anywhere near as painful as a normal labor, but painful none- the- less for some. Very often, the miscarriage is incomplete and not everything comes away. If you have fever following the cramps- it may be days later- then get help as infection is serious. Also bear in mind that not all bleeding is a miscarriage.

Answer 3

It depends on how far along the pregnancy is when the miscarriage occurs. If it is under 8 weeks, they will probably be sure that your body did this completely on its own and do a D&C (dilation and curettage) to be sure the uterus is empty of tissue and clots. Later, if the fetus has developed more, they may use vacuum extraction which is a special suction device to remove the fetus and uterine contents and they usually follow that with a D&C, too. Even later in the pregnancy, they may have to allow your body to expel the contents with contractions that may or may not be strengthened by medications. It is rare, but in some circumstances they may have to do surgery like a Cesarean Section (C-Section) to completely care for the mother after a late term miscarriage.

Answer 4

It is delivered by the Labor Process- is born dead- and classed as a stillborn. It is baptized and presumably named in the Catholic Church. The body is buried in a special section of a cemetery- usually the juvenile section. a special Mass is held called a Mass of The Angels.

Answer 5

You take it to the hospital/doctor. There are laws on how to dispose them.

Answer 6

Well the cramping expels the embryo/fetus but not always which is why it's so important to see a doctor afterwards, so you can have a D&C and scrape the uterus.

Answer 7

You have the option to bury it if you want but if it's a early one they send it to pathology lab and then to be burned as human waste, according to the law.