Some health conditions may increase your risk for miscarriage. Treatment of these conditions before and during pregnancy can sometimes help prevent miscarriage and repeat miscarriages. Your body does a good job of protecting your baby in the early weeks of pregnancy. You may have heard that getting too much caffeine during pregnancy can increase your risk for miscarriage. Caffeine is a drug found in foods, drinks, chocolate and some medicine.
If you have any of these signs or symptoms, call your provider. These tests can include blood tests, a pelvic exam and an ultrasound.
An ultrasound is a test that uses sound waves and a computer screen to show a picture of your baby inside the womb. If you have repeat miscarriages in the first trimester, or if you have a miscarriage in the second trimester, your provider usually recommends tests to help find out the cause. Tests can include:. Depending on how long you were pregnant, you may have pregnancy hormones in your blood for 1 to 2 months after you miscarry. Most women get their period again 4 to 6 weeks after a miscarriage.
It may take longer to recover emotionally from a miscarriage. You may have strong feelings of grief about the death of your baby. Grief is all the feelings you have when someone close to you dies. Grief can make you feel sad, angry, confused or alone. Ask your friends and family for support, and find special ways to remember your baby. For example, if you already have baby things, like clothes and blankets, you may want to keep them in a special place.
Certain things, like hearing names you were thinking of for your baby or seeing other babies, can be painful reminders of your loss. You may need help learning how to deal with these situations and the feelings they create. Tell your provider if you need help to deal with your grief. And visit Share Your Story , the March of Dimes online community where you can talk with other parents who have had a miscarriage.
We also offer the free booklet From hurt to healing that has information and resources for grieving parents. This is a decision for you to make with your partner and your provider. You may not be emotionally ready to try again so soon. Miscarriage can be hard to handle, and you may need time to grieve.
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But some miscarriages and repeat miscarriages can be caused by: Problems with chromosomes About half of all miscarriages are caused when an embryo fertilized egg gets the wrong number of chromosomes. Examples of chromosome problems that can cause miscarriage include: Blighted ovum.
If you have a blighted ovum, you may have dark-brown bleeding from the vagina early in pregnancy. Intrauterine fetal demise. This is when an embryo stops developing and dies. Molar pregnancy. Beyond the fetal heartbeat, we provide an overview of early developmental milestones you can expect during the first trimester of your pregnancy. Risk of miscarriage after seeing heartbeat:. There are several different factors that may affect your risk of a miscarriage in the first or second trimester of your pregnancy.
Seeing your baby's heartbeat on an ultrasound is usually a good sign and typically lowers your risk of having a miscarriage. Physicians generally agree that the risk of miscarriage decreases once the pregnancy reaches a point that an ultrasound can detect a heartbeat, which is about six weeks of gestation. The exact amount that it decreases, however, varies. The most common cause of pregnancy loss is chromosomal problems in the parent's sperm or egg which can be either hereditary or spontaneous.
Around half of miscarriages are linked to chromosomal issues and most happen randomly and are not due to either parent's health. There are some factors that raise the risk of miscarriage after a heartbeat is detected.
These include whether you are experiencing vaginal bleeding but have an otherwise low-risk pregnancy. If you are 35 and older, you have a more significant miscarriage risk even though your risk does drop after detecting a heartbeat. Having an incompetent cervix is the most common cause of second trimester loss.
Also called "cervical insufficiency," this is a condition in which the cervix weakens and dilates too early, leading to pregnancy loss or depending on the length of gestation pre-term delivery. For this, prenatal care early on is essential. This condition can be treated with cervical cerclage. Fetal heartbeat is an extremely important step in your baby's development. Here are some other notable things that happen during the first trimester of gestation.
This week marks the beginning of the embryonic period. During the embryonic period, your baby's major systems and structures start to develop. Your baby's external features also begin to develop during week five. The fifth week is a period of rapid growth for your baby.
During week five, your baby is most sensitive to teratogens things that may cause birth defects such as illicit drugs, certain medications, and infections. During weeks six and seven, your baby's heart begins to grow and beat at a regular rhythm. At this time, your baby's eyes, earbuds, and spine begin to form and the blood begins to circulate. During week eight, your baby's arms start to grow longer. The hands and feet look like paddles and the lungs start to form.
By week nine of your pregnancy , all of your baby's organs have started to grow. Additionally, hair follicles begin to develop, as well as your baby's toes. At end of the tenth week of pregnancy, your baby is no longer an embryo and is instead called a fetus. About 80 percent of miscarriages happen in the first trimester. Losses after this time occur less often.
March of Dimes reports a miscarriage rate of only 1 to 5 percent in the second trimester. These early weeks mark the highest risk of miscarriage. It may even seem like a late period. One study indicated that compared to women younger than Once a pregnancy makes it to 6 weeks and has confirmed viability with a heartbeat, the risk of having a miscarriage drops to 10 percent.
According to a study , the risk for miscarriage falls quickly with further gestational age. However, this was not specifically studied in patients with other risk factors for miscarriage. By week 12, the risk may fall to 5 percent. The most common signs of a miscarriage are bleeding and cramping that are felt in the abdomen, pelvis, or lower back. Some women have spotting light bleeding during pregnancy. But call your doctor right away if you see bright red blood, particularly in large amounts.
Cramping can also happen in normal pregnancies. The majority of miscarriages are the result of genetic abnormalities or other health factors that are beyond our control. The best thing you can do is to keep yourself as healthy as possible before trying to conceive and throughout your pregnancy.
Here are some tips to staying healthy during pregnancy:. A blood sample will be taken from one or both partners, and then sent to a laboratory to be evaluated for major genetic disorders. This testing and other evaluation are generally done after someone has recurrent losses. The experience of a miscarriage can be physically and emotionally painful. Talk to trusted friends and family, and ask for help when you need it. Your doctor may be able to recommend a support group or therapist in your area.
There are also many online organizations and support groups like March of Dimes that offer a safe place to share your story and grieve with others. Rena Goldman is a journalist and editor who lives in Los Angeles.
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