The greatest fear any pregnant woman has is the possibility that she may miscarry the pregnancy. While the actual percentage of miscarriages isn’t known, what is known is that the possibility increases with age of the mother as well as certain, uncontrollable genetic factors. Most miscarriages occur in the first few weeks of pregnancy and may not even be recognized by the mother as such – they can seem like an overly heavy period. But the most important thing to say before going further is that miscarriages are spontaneous in most cases, meaning that they can not be prevented – and they’re not the mother’s fault.

Miscarriage is usually thought of as bleeding during a pregnancy, but this isn’t always true. Up to twenty five percent of pregnant women will experience some sort of bleeding or spotting during their pregnancy and not have a miscarriage. But because bleeding and cramping are the main signals of an impending miscarriage, it’s important to report these to a doctor as soon as they are seen. A further evaluation can determine if they are dangerous.

Aside from that, there are other ways to test for a miscarriage or an impending miscarriage. When the woman becomes pregnant, they begin to produce the HCG hormone in their body and this level begins to double each day since conception. If the levels are monitored and they do not continue to increase, this may be a sign that the body is going to miscarry.

A possible miscarriage can also be seen in a pelvic ultrasound. If development is continuing, the possibility of miscarriage is lessened, but when the heart rate of the child slows or is absent, this may be an indictor that something is wrong. And in some cases, a miscarriage will occur spontaneously and expel the fetus that has begun to develop.

If this should be the case, later term miscarriages will need the assistance of a physician. There may be a possibility that the remaining tissues will need to be removed from the uterus to avoid infection.

There are a few different categories of miscarriage. The first ‘level’ is a threatened abortion. This is where the body is beginning to show signs of an impending miscarriage, but when caught early enough, the woman may be able to receive medical attention to prevent the miscarriage from completing. This is the first stage of a possible miscarriage and may or may not turn into a full miscarriage. Sometimes women are put on bed rest until the physician can determine the future of the pregnancy.

The miscarriage that most women are familiar with is the inevitable abortion. This miscarriage is when the fetus stops developing, the heart rate stops, and the cervix opens to release the miscarried pregnancy. In an incomplete abortion, the embryo or fetus is expelled incompletely, leading to the need for physician intervention to remove the rest of the fetus via dilation and curettage.

In a septic abortion, there is a danger for an infection to harm the mother when a miscarriage has not been completed. These can occur when a birth control method fails without the woman knowing it. They become pregnant, but there is something wrong with the pregnancy, so the body miscarries. But since the woman doesn’t realize that they were pregnant, they will not be able to recognize that they have miscarried necessarily, leading to infection from the process no being completed.

What you will want to know is that miscarriage happens for a reason. It is a natural response of the body to get rid of a fetus that isn’t healthy or developing normally. The body wants to get rid of this fetus so that you can try again for another healthier child. And while this is hard to hear and experience, there are plenty of psychologists that will be able to help you through the aftermath of a miscarriage. You will get through.

Many women will have a miscarriage, but then be able to have a perfectly healthy child afterwards, so there’s no need to think that once you have one miscarriage that you’ll continue to miscarry. Some women may have troubles with keeping a pregnancy, but this is rare. And with the improving medical care, there are plenty of options to help women that might have any troubles.