Intrauterine fetal death also known as intrauterine fetal demise or commonly stillbirth is fetal death after 22 weeks, it is a devastating event for the parents and family of the expired foetus. Discussion of the culprits, events and behaviours leading to stillbirth allows a better understanding of the recommendations and improvements that can be made to lower the rate of intrauterine death. The consequences of stillbirth are incredibly emotionally draining and tend to have both an immediate and long term effect, with the mother quite often carrying a great deal of undue guilt and shame. This extensive psychological impact should be a further incentive to attempt to reduce the numbers of stillbirth in the future. Though there has been a significant reduction in stillbirth already in the past years there is still a lot of improvement that could be made. There are current antenatal schemes which target specific causes with the aim of improving fetal outcomes. Significant changes could also be made in the delivery of skilled antenatal care and education in order to further lower the current rate of fetal demise.