Stillbirth Risk Calculator

The stillbirth risk calculator allows you to estimate the odds of stillbirth based on maternal characteristics: her comorbidities, obstetric history, and possible addictions.

The article below will shortly discuss a few important topics connected to the subject:

• Stillbirth vs. miscarriage;
• How common is stillbirth; and
• What are the causes of stillbirth.

We try our best to make our Omni Calculators as precise and reliable as possible. However, this tool can never replace a professional doctor's assessment. If any health condition bothers you, consult a physician.

Both miscarriage and stillbirth can be described as a loss of a pregnancy - we distinguish them based on when the loss happens.

• Miscarriage describes a loss of a pregnancy that happened before the 20th gestation week.
• We talk about stillbirth when a woman loses her baby after the first 20 weeks of the pregnancy or during the delivery.

According to general statistics, the chances of having a stillborn are usually said to be 1 in 455. This number differs for different countries and regions:

• 1 in 160 in the USA;
• 1 in 250 in the UK; and
• 1 in 121 in Latin America.

In reality, the odds of stillbirth are different for every single patient and depend on a variety of reasons, such as genetics, previous pregnancies, ethnicity, or history of substance abuse.

Our stillbirth risk calculator takes into account the following risk factors:

• Mother's age and ethnicity;
• BMI (Body Mass Index) and the pre-pregnancy weight; to calculate you BMI, use Omni BMI (body mass index) calculator;
• Previous obstetric history and the use of ISCI/IVF;
• Presence of diabetes or hypertension;
• Autoimmune diseases, such as lupus or anti-phospholipid syndrome (increased risk of blood clots); and
• Use of alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy.

Look here for a quick explanation of the work of our stillbirth risk calculator.

• For the baseline risk, we used the percentage of stillbirths for the general population of the USA.
• We choose to calculate the collective risk using the odds and risk ratios taken from the National Institute of Health's research, CDC records, and a few other peer-reviewed articles, available here.

There are multiple possible reasons for stillbirth:

• Genetics;
• Infections;
• Maternal chronic diseases, such as lupus, clotting problems, hypertension, diabetes;
• Preeclampsia and placenta problems; and
• Mother's addictions and lifestyle choices.

There is no definite answer on how to prevent stillbirth — however, we can significantly lower the chances of having a stillborn by eliminating some of the risk factors:

• Quit smoking;
• Quit drinking alcohol;
• Take care of proper treatment of hypertension, diabetes, or other chronic diseases; and
• If your pre-pregnancy BMI is greater than or equal to 30, consider losing weight.