What does a miscarrage feel like? |

Pain is an unpleasant experience we've all felt. Its the feeling we get when a toe gets stubbed, when lemon juice squirts in your eyes, or you forget to wash your hands before you go to the bathroom after cutting-up spicy peppers. It's the body's natural reaction to protect a healing part of the body, and to remind us not to do the thing that hurt us anymore. So pay attention to your body, because contrary to what Patrick Swayze said in 'Roadhouse,' pain does hurt.

Miscarriage is the term for losing a pregnancy before term. It usually happens spontaneously and often the exact reasons are unknown. Sometimes in very early miscarriages the mother may not even know that she was pregnant. About 10 to 20% of known pregnancies end in early miscarriage. A miscarriage is the body’s way of saying that the fetus was abnormal and not growing correctly so the uterus expels the embryo.