Patient's question:
These past few days, I've had some abdominal pain. This morning, I experienced skin breakdown in the lower body again. I'm currently less than two weeks pregnant and I'm wondering if this could be a sign of miscarriage. What should I do if I'm experiencing signs of miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy?Doctor's answer:
The entire process of early miscarriage is accompanied by vaginal bleeding. In late miscarriage, the placenta has already formed. The process of inducing abortion is similar to preterm labor. The placenta is expelled from the fetus during labor. Generally, there is not much bleeding. It is characterized by abdominal pain followed by vaginal bleeding. During miscarriage, abdominal pain is characterized by intermittent cramping pain. Recurrent vaginal bleeding in early miscarriage is caused by the stimulation of the uterus by embryo fusion and intrauterine blood clots, leading to intermittent lower abdominal pain. It is characterized by vaginal bleeding usually occurring before abdominal pain. Before late miscarriage, there are intermittent uterine contractions. Then the placenta is expelled, and vaginal bleeding reappears after abdominal pain.