Miscarriage is a term used to describe a pregnancy that has stopped before the twentieth week. It has been established that almost half of all miscarriages are caused by chromosomal abnormalities in the developing baby. The other causes of miscarriage are hormonal deficiencies, anatomical problems in your uterus or cervix, incompatible blood types and viruses or infections.
There are four types of miscarriages:
1. Threatened miscarriage
This type of miscarriage is characterized by light bleeding. Besides, you may spot on and off for a few days. As a rule, the pain is not harsh with a threatened miscarriage. Losing the baby is not predictable and your cervix stays closed. An ultrasound can find out what is happening and a blood test will determine your HcG levels.
2. Inevitable miscarriage
Bleeding will carry on with an inevitable miscarriage. For the reason that your body is going to drive out the pregnancy, you are having contractions and you might suffer from low back pain and abdominal cramping. Your doctor will give you a test, and you will start to dilate. At this point, a miscarriage will most likely occur within twenty-four hours. A spontaneous abortion is when you are passing clots and experiencing pain. In a finished and spontaneous miscarriage, all of the placental and fetal tissue is removed from your uterus. Some practitioners will want you to save the placenta and fetus in a container so that it can be examined. Doctors will try to find out what went wrong with the pregnancy and ascertain it does not happen again. If the miscarriage was complete, your bleeding and pain will stop and you will feel fine in a few days. Your uterus will contract back to its prepregnant size and shape.
3. Incomplete abortion
You have experienced a miscarriage and with an incomplete abortion, your body has thrown out most of the placenta and fetus but not all. Hemorrhaging is an option because your uterus will not be able to contract to stop the bleeding. Your practitioner will prescribe a dilation and curettage - D&C. During the D&C, your cervix is widened and the remaining tissue is scraped or sucked out.
4. Missed abortion
Sometimes the fetus will die early in the pregnancy and stay in the uterus. Throughout a missed abortion, you will not suffer from any pain or bleeding, but you will start to feel that something is not right. Your symptoms of pregnancy may reduce or get away totally. Even though the fetus and placenta are still in the uterus, your HcG levels have dropped. An ultrasound will corroborate that the baby has stopped developing and you will be sent for a D&C.
If you abruptly do not feel pregnant anymore, contact your doctor. Do not wait until your next meeting. After a miscarriage, your emotions will be running wild. Be ready to feel guilt, fear, blame, anger, frustration and a sense of personal failure. For the reason that your pregnancy has been very private up to this point, other people may not understand your sorrow. Even if you have only been pregnant a small amount of time, it is completely normal and okay to feel upset. The pregnancy was real, and so is your loss. Don’t just try to forget about it or wonder what if. Many women wonder what would have happened if they did not carry the groceries, or if they did not have sex...but in most cases, it was just nature's way of ending a pregnancy that was not growing properly.
Discuss with your doctor when you can become pregnant again. Some doctors consider you can try again right away, at the same time as others prefer their patients to wait at least three menstrual cycles. Above all else, make sure that you are emotionally ready to take on another pregnancy.
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