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Dr. Katherine Gold said about 15 percent of U.S. pregnancies end in early losses -- before 20 weeks gestation, 1.3 percent of pregnancies end in either stillbirth -- losses after 20 weeks but before delivery, or infant death -- deaths in the first year of life, most in the first week.

On average, the typical obstetrician performing 140 deliveries a year could encounter nearly two dozen women with a miscarriage and one to two with stillbirth or infant death, the study says.

"Obstetricians want to see a healthy baby. When a fetus or baby dies, the loss can be devastating for the physician", Gold, the lead author of the study, said in a statement "We know that stillbirth and infant death are traumatic events for families; this study suggests that they are also traumatic for the physician."

The study, published in the July issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, found 43 percent of obstetricians who responded said they had worried about disciplinary or legal action due to a perinatal death with no identified cause.

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