According to statistics, one in six pregnancies ends in miscarriage. This means that the pregnancy ends before the end of the 22nd week. Unfortunately, medicine is often helpless in the face of its threat. Doctors cannot predict that a woman will miscarry or stop this process. This usually happens in the first three months of pregnancy, miscarriage is much less common in the second trimester.
If you notice certain symptoms such as low back pain, bleeding, spotting and abdominal pain, you don’t need to panic right away. These are usually normal symptoms of a developing pregnancy, however, you should always consult your doctor after experiencing them to rule out possible complications.
Miscarriage symptoms
Miscarriage symptoms vary in severity. It all depends on the stage and age of the pregnancy, and the more severe the symptoms, the worse it gets. It should be remembered that very often these are normal signs of a developing pregnancy and only a doctor can determine whether it is at risk.
Threatened miscarriage is a small separation of the fetal egg. Then, it is possible to apply conservative treatment, e.g. lying down, but if this does not help and there is still contraction and bleeding, the pregnancy has little chance of surviving. Symptoms of a threatened miscarriage include:
- Pain in the lower abdomen,
- Pain in the back area,
- Bleeding from the genital tract,
- spotting.
Another type is a miscarriage in progress, where the symptoms are almost the same as those of an impending miscarriage, but the pain in the back and lower abdomen is throbbing, strong and more like cramping. This type of miscarriage leads to pregnancy loss.
The third type is late miscarriage. We are talking about it when the loss of a child occurs after the 13th week of pregnancy. This is the situation where the miscarriage does not take place in the first trimester, but already in the second trimester. After the 16th week of pregnancy, the fetal egg is excreted twice. Miscarriage then has a course similar to that of childbirth. If you are 20 weeks pregnant, it is considered a stillbirth. Early symptoms of a late miscarriage include:
- Cramps in the lower abdomen,
- Bleeding from the genital tract,
- Departure of the amniotic fluid.
It also happens that a woman experiences a complicated miscarriage, i.e. one accompanied by other symptoms, such as:
- Stiff neck,
- Muscle aches,
- Fever above 38 degrees,
- Chills,
- Adnexitis,
- Endometritis.