Without a doubt, it causes a great alarm to bleed during pregnancy, however, it is much more normal than we might think. One in five women bleed in the first half of their pregnancy without this fact causing any problem for the fetus or for the mother. When something like this happens, it is very important to go to the doctor, but you have to try not to be too alarmed, since this does not mean that you are going to suffer an abortion, but we are talking about small losses, a big loss means going to the hospital urgently.
Of course, it is very easy to give advice, but you have to be in the skin of the future mother to understand that this situation worries a lot, despite what the specialists say. The risk of abortion is greater during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, but a loss of blood does not mean that it will occur. There are several possible causes for a loss, a hormonal change, an infection, sexual intercourse, etc.
Whenever you have a loss, however slight, you should go to the gynecologist, he will ask you the appropriate questions, such as blood color, if you have dizziness or nausea, etc., he will also perform the necessary tests to discover the reason that has caused stains. You will have an ultrasound in the hospital, this can be of two types, one that is external and abdominal, such as those usually done and the other internal and vaginal. They generally use the latter if the pregnancy has been recent, with this type of ultrasound it is much easier to detect the embryo and the beating of its tiny heart. Specialists indicate that detecting the sound of the heart at eight weeks of gestation, guarantees 96% that the pregnancy comes to fruition, and this even if you have any loss after the tests.
The problem is when the ultrasound has not detected the beats of the fetus, then the doctor advises you to perform the test again after a few days, since it is possible that the ultrasound will not capture the beats, if in the second test they are still without detect, the next step will be tests to measure a series of hormones that appear during pregnancy, and if the levels are not normal, it will indicate that the pregnancy comes to an end.
3% of women who experience losses in their pregnancy lose the baby, the percentage is low, but we hope that one day not too far away, it will stop happening. Life is something precious and much more precious the birth of a baby.
