WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2000: Re: Blood spotting after 7 weeks of pregnancy

Re: Blood spotting after 7 weeks of pregnancy

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:33:47 -0600 (CST)

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: Breast dimpling / Nipple retraction"
Previous message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: High BP & taking birth control"
In reply to: anonymous: "Blood spotting after 7 weeks of pregnancy"

At Tue, 29 Feb 2000, anonymous wrote: >
>Yesterday I had a discharge with blood and today I have a blood
>spotting. Is this normal? I went to my gynecologist and he said to wait
>if it gets heavy then it is bad. The size of the gestation is 15 mm the
>same 10 days ago.
>Is there any reason why or am I on the brink of miscarriage or is there
>a medicine to keep the embryo and not losing it.
>Please I need your advise. Thank you

Bleeding such as you describe is very common in early pregnancy, and is not necessarily a sign of a problem, but your concern is understandable. The vast majority of miscarriages are the result of chromosomal abnormalities of the embryo, and there is not any medication that can prevent what is going to happen, good or bad. There is a rare condition that causes recurrent miscarriage that can be helped with progesterone (possibly). The sad truth is that beween 25-33% of recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage. The process is so complicated, I guess we should be thankful that as many make it as actually do. I hope your bleeding turns out to be a false alarm.

--
William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
Clarksville, TN

This is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to be replacement
or substitute for consultation and examination by an appropriate medical
professional.  Due to time constraints, private e-mails cannot be answered.

Next message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: Breast dimpling / Nipple retraction"
Previous message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: High BP & taking birth control"
In reply to: anonymous: "Blood spotting after 7 weeks of pregnancy"

use when must restrict search to only the women's health forum...
Enter search keywords:
	Returns per screen: Require all keywords: