Problems in pregnancy: spontaneous abortion, types and causes

One of the most common problems in pregnancy is spontaneous miscarriage at an early age. The cause can serve as anomalies of fetal development, and pathology in the mother. Miscarriage before 20 weeks, most often, gives the woman fewer problems both psychological and physiological plan than what happened after this time.

According to statistics, such a situation as spontaneous abortion, happens in every 6th pregnant woman. Doctors conditionally distinguish several types. Thus, threatening abortion, or the threat of miscarriage, is characterized by mild uterine bleeding and minor pain in the lumbar region of a pregnant woman. Such a process with timely treatment is considered reversible, and pregnancy in the future can develop without problems.

In addition, a spontaneous abortion may occur. Its main symptom is heavy bleeding with severe pain. In such cases, an immediate request to the hospital is required, since it can threaten not only the life of the fetus, but also the mother. In this case, in some cases, there is an opportunity to save pregnancy.

Abortion in the course or inevitable occurs in the event that the fetal egg separates from the walls of the uterus and begins its expulsion from the cavity. The woman in this case experiences cramping pains, often there is a bleeding. This situation leads to the termination of pregnancy. In most cases, surgical care will be needed to purify the uterine cavity from particles that have not left.

There are several reasons why a miscarriage may occur. Among them, artificial abortions made before this (especially when pregnancy was first), a time interval of less than two years between pregnancies, greater physical exertion of the future mother, stressful situations, genetic disorders or infectious diseases. In addition, there may be a rhesus conflict (incompatibility between the mother and the child), this happens, most often, if the parents have different rhesus.

Increase the likelihood that a spontaneous miscarriage, hormonal disorders in a woman can occur. It means the deficiency in the body of the future mother of the yellow body and the excess of testosterone, the male hormone. With early diagnosis of this, treatment is prescribed that corrects this problem. In rare cases, the causes of natural abortion may remain unknown.

Also, risk factors can be the age of parents over 35 years old, the work of the future mother in harmful production, where one must inhale dangerous chemicals, psychological or physical trauma. A woman who has suffered a miscarriage should do the fullest possible examination before planning the next pregnancy, so that the unpleasant situation does not happen again.

There are several symptoms that should serve as a reason to always seek medical help. This is even a slight bleeding in the early stages (after 20 weeks, most often if a spontaneous abortion has begun, amniotic fluid can go away , as with normal births), severe pain in the lower abdomen or in the lower back. It must be remembered that with timely treatment in the consultation, it is possible to save the pregnancy and subsequently avoid such a problem.

In cases where spontaneous miscarriage still happened, do not assume that the following pregnancies may end as well. The main thing that needs to be done is to identify the reason why it happened. After its elimination, there will be a very small probability of a recurrence of such a problem.