Your options and decisions during miscarriage

During and after a miscarriage, you may have to make some decisions about your care and what happens to your baby’s body and pregnancy tissue. This can be really difficult. We hope this information and support helps you through.

  • Expectant management of miscarriage

    Expectant management means waiting for a missed or incomplete miscarriage to happen by itself, without medical or surgical intervention.
    Expectant management of miscarriage

  • Medical management of miscarriage

    Medical management means taking medicine to help the remains of your baby and pregnancy tissue come away from your womb.
    Medical management of miscarriage

  • Surgical management of miscarriage

    Surgical management means having surgery to remove the remains of your baby and pregnancy tissue through your cervix, using a suction device.
    Surgical management of miscarriage

  • After a second trimester loss (late miscarriage)

    If you have had a second trimester loss (also called a late miscarriage), doctors may need to help you to give birth to your baby and the placenta.
    After a second trimester loss (late miscarriage)

  • What happens to my baby's body after a miscarriage?

    What happens to your baby's body after a miscarriage will depend on the length of the pregnancy, where you are when it happens, and what you decide.
    What happens to my baby's body after a miscarriage?

  • What happens to my body during and after a miscarriage?

    This page is about what may happen to your body during and after a miscarriage in the first trimester (early miscarriage).
    What happens to my body during and after a miscarriage?

  • Management of missed miscarriage - leaflet

    Support to help you understand your options, talk to healthcare professionals and feel more prepared, whatever you decide.
    Management of missed miscarriage - leaflet

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