Key Facts To Understand And Cope With A Miscarriage

Diagnosis

If a woman begins to experience signs of a miscarriage, it is important to seek immediate medical attention to get a proper diagnosis. Doctors will ask when the bleeding started, how heavy it is, and whether or not there has been cramping. If there are pregnancy symptoms still present, such as nausea, let the doctor know. The presence of these symptoms could indicate a molar pregnancy, which may require a procedure to remove the abnormal tissue from the uterus. It is also important to report abdominal and pelvic pain, which could indicate an ectopic pregnancy. This condition occurs when the fertilized egg grows outside of the uterus. Note that these conditions are rare: only one in fifteen hundred pregnancies result in molar pregnancies and only one to two percent are ectopic pregnancies.