ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the issues that later miscarriage raises. If it is discovered that one's baby has died but they do not go into labour naturally, it will be induced artificially using synthetic hormones, in a drip or pessaries. The labour may take up to twelve hours, or even longer, and this turns the miscarriage into more of a medical event. If one miscarries later in pregnancy, follow-up appointments are normally offered four to six weeks after the birth. Hilary had been only too aware of her symptoms throughout her pregnancy and had almost been waiting to miscarry. The management of late miscarriage can be crucial in making a bad experience worse or in making it an occasion that has some dignity, and is both bearable at the time and can then be remembered in a positive way.
