Second Trimester of Pregnancy Question Posted: 01-01-06 03:10am
i just want to no how common is bleeding
from a womens placenta, and how does it
accur when i have had no injury to my
self? i started to bleed heavy when i was
13weeks and 4days pregnant with my 5th
baby, im now 15weeks and 3 days then did
scan me and the baby was fine i have to go
for another scan on wednesday to see what
is going on can any harm come to my baby
from this bleeding and what are the
chances of me missscarrying now so far on?
for just over the past week i have been
losing a brown discharge more in a morning
and i bit at nite what is this, and for
the last few days there has been a bit of
fresh coloured blood mixed in with it,
last nite i was experiencing some pain in
my left side and this morning when i woke
i had some more brown discharge with a bit
of fresh blood my side feels a little
tender this mornin as though im bruised,
how long will all this go on for and will
my baby still grow normal with me having a
bleed please give me some advice im goin
crazy with worry
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Second Trimester of Pregnancy Answer A75 Posted: 01-06-06 13:47pm
Bleeding is a serious sign/symptom of
possible miscarriage, but does not always
indicate a miscarriage. About 20% of all
pregnant women experience vaginal bleeding
in the first trimester. Another 5%
experience the same symptoms in the second
and third trimester of pregnancy. Only
half of those who bleed will miscarry.
Sometimes bleeding may be the result of
cervical inflammation, either a polypus
inflammation or a physiological
inflammation. These types of inlammation
occur during expected ovulations and
normal menstrual periods that the body
skips as a result of pregnancy.
Miscarriages before the 12th week are
called “early”; those from 13th to
20th weeks are called “late”. From
the 21th to the 38th weeks there are no
miscarriages; these are termed "premature
childbirths". Injury is a very rare reason
for vaginal bleeding and miscarriage in
the second trimester of pregnancy. The
most common reasons for miscarriages in
this trimester are fetal anomalies,
uterine malformations and tumors (cervical
insufitiention, placenta’s diseases,
cervico-vaginal infections, etc.) Vaginal
bleeding is the result of diseases within
the placenta (placenta praevia, abruption
placenta pretemporalis). In your case,
there is hope for a healthy birth as long
as the fetus is alive.
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