Pregnancy is the most important period in a woman’s life, when you just need to carefully monitor your health and pay attention to any changes. After all, even the slightest violation can cause irreversible consequences. Blood during pregnancy is a serious reason to contact an obstetrician-gynecologist without any hesitation.
If the expectant mother does not pay attention to this symptom in time and takes it all by chance, then this is fraught with a miscarriage. Do not self-medicate, rereading an incredible amount of women's magazines and websites - your body is individual, and only a doctor can make a diagnosis and prescribe the right treatment (if necessary). It must be remembered that blood during pregnancy is not the norm, this is a clear deviation.
According to doctors, the first and last trimesters of pregnancy are most dangerous. It is during these periods that various kinds of complications develop, both vaginal and uterine. Blood in early pregnancy may indicate cervical erosion.
Also, bleeding can provoke benign tumors that form in the cervix and directly inside it. It should be noted that significant blood loss and pain are not observed. Typically, such neoplasms are easily removed and do not harm the health of the expectant mother and fetus.
Thick blood during pregnancy, especially dark brown, can be observed with serious complications - oncology, cervical pathology, infectious diseases of the vagina and varicose vessels on the genitals. In such situations, you can not hesitate for a minute, you must urgently call an ambulance.
Often blood during pregnancy in the first weeks may appear due to detachment of the ovum. Moreover, as a rule, the discharge is scanty, pink or light brown in color, without accompanying the pain syndrome. This is due to a lack of the hormone progesterone, which is responsible for the normal development of pregnancy. If the body can cope on its own, then the detachment may stop. But most often a drug containing this hormone is prescribed.
Placental abruption can occur in the later stages and lead to the threat of termination of pregnancy. But the treatment will be more difficult than in the first weeks. A woman must be hospitalized, she will be under constant medical supervision.
The most serious and dangerous complication is spontaneous miscarriage. It all starts with minor discharge, and ends with bleeding and severe spasmodic pain. Another cause of bleeding can be an ectopic pregnancy. An unnoticed tubal pregnancy can result in death for a woman or lead to rupture of the cervix.
Blood during pregnancy in the second trimester appears against the background of an incorrect position of the placenta (at the bottom of the uterus, when it partially or completely blocks the exit of the cervix). With such problems, the fetus lacks oxygen, which subsequently may adversely affect its mental development. In most cases, a woman is kept in gynecology until delivery. She is contraindicated in any physical and emotional stress, so as not to aggravate the condition.
Remember, any spotting indicates a problem, and how dangerous they can be, only a gynecologist can figure out, having performed the necessary tests (ultrasound, blood, urine). Pregnancy is a serious test for a woman’s body, so a expectant mother needs to visit a doctor in a timely manner and follow all recommendations in order to make a healthy baby.