2007-01-20 18:02:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
When a woman has a miscarriage the fetus is dead and it is expelled along with some blood and any other tissue that was there. Sometimes if the entire fetus is not expelled a D&C aka dilitation and curettage is done where the scrape the lining of the uterus to get rid of the fetus and tissue that did not get completly expelled.
2007-01-20 18:07:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A number of things could be happening, you can have a molar pregnancy, and ectopic pregnancy or a blighted ovum. With a molar pregnancy - the woman's hormone HCG level will skyrocket but there's no baby just a placenta that misdevelopes with tiny vesicles that can't support a baby. An ectopic pregnacy happens when an egg is fertilized outside of the womb. A woman is in serious danger if this happens - if it is tubal - the fallopian tube can rupture leading to internal bleeding. HCG levels are telltale to help diagnose this as well. With a blighted ovum HCG levels will tend to be lower than normal. An egg sac develops but no embryo. Usually, when the bleeding starts with a blighted ovum - they call it a threatened miscarriage because doctor wants to be sure that it's not a really early pregancy because they have made mistakes before. Most miscarriages happen because of a chromosomal defect where the baby develops in a way where it's life cannot be sustained. Most miscarriages happen very early many before a woman even knows she was pregnant. Most of them happen by 12 weeks. There are very few where the baby just dies for one of numerous reasons later along in the pregnancy and just deteriorates in the womb. That is rare. Basically, miscarriage is a pregnancy loss before birth. A baby that dies during birth is called still born. Most miscarriages start with blood loss. Ectopic miscarriage can start with intense pain. All have varying telltale levels of HCG that help with the diagnosis.
2007-01-20 18:13:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have 4 sons ages eleven to twenty nine and i have had 5 miscarriages they all were different some just bleeding some felt weak and bled alot and it took a couple of weeks to happen one i passed a clear sack and bled and felt weak and one i kept feeling weird and i was about 4 months along and my heart even beat fast that one i had a d and c and stayed in the hospital 3 days each one was different but highly upsetting
2007-01-20 18:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by Mississippi's Jersey girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋