Yes, you can lose a baby by falling down a flight of stairs. You can also very well lose your own life. One bump to the head in the right manner and your life could be completely over. If not that, you could be left with broken bones and serious bruises. Many people die from simple accidents like that.
If a pregnant woman really did fall down a flight of stairs and the baby did die then her body already began to expel the tissues and such. The doctors will go in and scrap out the inside of her uterus in HOPES that she doesn't get an infection or be left with scar tissue (scar tissue would make the woman infertile for the rest of her days). She would still bleed just as much, if not much more because of the seriousness of the matter, from falling down stairs as having an abortion. She would bleed for weeks probably--just like an abortion--only she may suffer some more pain because of the injuries.
It would be likely she suffer a lot of internal bleeding so she may bleed excessively or have to be hospitalized for a lengthy period of time because of the internal and external bleeding.
As a note, the baby isn't just going to magically POP out of the woman and lay on the bottom of the stairs. The baby has attached to the inside of the woman so the woman's body will have to expel in. If the baby is large then the doctor has to go in and manually pull the body out. If the baby is small the woman's body will try to expel it and the woman may see chunks of flesh coming out of her body over a period of weeks. This is why a doctor is absolutely needed.
For further note, there have been cases in which a baby has died in the womb and the mother's body does not realize it so it does not expel it. Take note that this is extremely dangerous and you can die from poisoning from it. It can lead to major, MAJOR health complications later in life, if you live through it all.
Any way it is, when a woman loses a baby--abortion, miscarriage, accident, etc.--it is extremely risky. Accidents are probably the most riskiest followed by an actual abortion. Purposely miscarrying means you damaged your body so much that it can no longer function properly. When your body cannot function properly you, of course, lose a baby--but your life is then in jeopardy too and a visit to the hospital is ALWAYS required, even if the fall was accidental.
Stop trying to kill your own baby and start acting like a grown-up. You made grown-up choices and now it's time to figure out how you're going to deal with them.
You do not need to murder your unborn child.
Adoption is completely available and it costs NOTHING.
Hell, you can even leave a newborn at a hospital and you won't be questioned or anything. It is LEGAL to just up and leave your newborn in the hospital if you don't want it.
Regarding your pregnancy: Your parents WILL get over it.
Your partner WILL get over it--even if they do not support you! There are MANY women who make it as a single mother.
There is no reason to stop another's life because you're too selfish to let it interfere with yours. Your baby did NOTHING wrong! He/she did not choose to be created. He/she did not decide it was smart for you to be having sex when you weren't ready to deal with possible consequences.
WittyUsernameHere answered Wednesday September 10 2008, 3:59 am: This website now has an archive of your post.
What that means, is that if you fall down the stairs and have a miscarriage, you can have felony charges pressed against you.
If you hurt yourself enough to cause a miscarriage then you will more than likely hurt yourself enough to need emergency transport to the hospital. Doctors are not stupid. They can generally tell what different kinds of trauma means, and you are putting yourself in plenty of legal risk, not to mention the generally screwed up nature of purposefully throwing yourself down stairs to get rid of a pregnancy.
Things like this are why you are far too young and immature to have sex. If you are willing to risk life, limb, and criminal charges rather than dealing with the consequences to actions you chose to take in a safe and responsible way, you need to close your legs until you are mature enough that "telling mommy and daddy" isnt the thing you are trying hardest to avoid.
karenR answered Tuesday September 9 2008, 4:56 pm: Well there is a lot of bleeding involved.
You could actually bleed to death if you
don't see a doctor or emergency room.
You can tell because of all the blood loss.
Sometimes miscarriage doesn't expel everything.
A docotr will determine weather or not you
need a D&C procedure done to clean you up.
Not doing this can cause life threatening
infection. [ karenR's advice column | Ask karenR A Question ]
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