The W.O. Frohring Family Resource Center

Part of Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, this center has a resource library with information on parenting, breastfeeding, sibling relationships and much more. Materials may be borrowed for a limited time within the hospital, and copying services are available.

Patients who have recently given birth at MacDonald Women’s Hospital find the library to be an excellent source on topics relating to newborns and their parents. The Frohring Family Resource Center supports a caring and effective partnership between families and their healthcare team by providing general assistance on baby care and health-related issues. You can learn more about the Center on the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital website. Community residents are also welcome to visit or call the center for information.

Health Encyclopedia

Abortion - complete

Early pregnancy
Early pregnancy

Definition

  

A complete abortion is an abortion (induced or spontaneous) in which the entire fetus and placenta have passed out of the uterus before the 20th week of pregnancy.

See also: Miscarriage


Alternative Names

  
Complete abortion

Causes, incidence, and risk factors

  


Symptoms

  


Signs and tests

  


Treatment

  

This type of abortion usually does not need medical help.


Support Groups

  


Expectations (prognosis)

  


Complications

  


Calling your health care provider

  


Prevention

  


 
Review Date: 8/17/2007
Reviewd By: Melanie N. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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