If the risk of infection is thought to be less than the risk of premature delivery, then expectant management is done.

Some sources report that approximately half of the patients will fully recover after lengthy (mean time 14.5 months, range 2-24 months) expectant management.

This period of waiting, called expectant management, allows the miscarriage to end naturally while your doctor watches for and treats any complications.

Related terms include expectant management, active surveillance and masterly inactivity.

Treatment options can often involve discomfort to the child so initial recommendations are often expectant management, simply waiting for the lesions to resolve spontaneously.

Alternatively, she can choose expectant management, that is, she waits for the onset of labour naturally.

Risks of expectant management vary between studies.

It is a choice between expectant management and active management.

Article: Long-term maternal depression after expectant management of early preterm birth.

Also called watchful waiting, active surveillance, and expectant management.