There exist various types of miscarriage or spontaneous abortion depending on the factors that influence it:
- Sporadic vs. recurrent
- Depending on whether it occurs spontaneously as an isolated event, or repeatedly in the form of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL).
- Clinical vs. subclinical
- We consider it clinical when takes place at the final stages of pregnancy; conversely, it's a subclinical spontaneous abortion if it takes place at a very early stage of pregnancy.
- Anembryonic vs. embryonic
- Anembryonic pregnancy or blighted ovum is a type of miscarriage in which the gestational sac is empty. An embryonic abortion, conversely, refers to an embryo that can be seen, but stops developing.
- Complete vs. incomplete
- We say it's complete if your body is able to expel all the products of pregnancy naturally, and incomplete if it doesn't.
Read the full article on: What is a miscarriage: symptoms, causes and consequences ( 78).
By Andrea Rodrigo B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist), Elisa Pérez Larrea M.D., M.Sc. (gynecologist), Óscar Oviedo Moreno M.D. (gynecologist), Zaira Salvador B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist) and Cristina Algarra Goosman B.Sc., M.Sc. (psychologist).
Last Update: 02/01/2018
