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| Miscarriage | There are different terms, which are used to describe miscarriage , the application of these terms depends on what the ultrasound investigation or an internal examination shows.
A miscarriage is also called spontaneous abortion, this term is used to describe a pregnancy, which occurs on its own within the first 20 weeks of gestation, however, it should be pointed out, that most miscarriages occur before the 13th week of pregnancy, or by the end of the first pregnancy trimester. Considering the miscarriages, which take place within the first weeks of pregnancy, in about 30% of them have no fetus associated with the sac or placenta. The term “blighted ovum” is used to describe this condition, and most women get surprised when they find out that there was no embryo inside the sac.
Miscarriage is also considered to be any pregnancy loss before the fetus is able to survive on its own, otherwise before the fetus is more than 500 grams. There is a statistic, in accordance with which miscarriage occurs in about 15 – 20% percent of all pregnancies. However, the real percentage of miscarriages is estimated to be more than in 50% of all pregnancies, simply because most of them occur during such early terms of pregnancy, like during the first days, or even hours, that a woman does not even know yet about her condition. It results in bleeding, which usually takes place somewhere around the time of a woman’s expected menstruation. This kind of a miscarriage is called chemical pregnancy. According to the statistics, about 15% of fertilized eggs are lost yet before the egg manages to get implanted into the wall of the uterus, and this kind of miscarriage will also not be identified by a woman. However, any woman should know that when the fetal heart function becomes able to be detected in a given pregnancy, her chance to experience a miscarriage is less than 5%.
Threatened miscarriage is the term, which is used to describe vaginal bleeding, which may occur during the first weeks of pregnancy, and when the cervix is found to be tightly closed. In this case the pregnancy is most likely to continue, if a woman follows the doctor’s advice, and takes all necessary medications and does everything, which is prescribed.
Inevitable miscarriage is the term, which is used to describe vaginal bleeding, which may occur during the first weeks of pregnancy, and when the cervix is found to be open. In this case the pregnancy will be lost.
Incomplete miscarriage is the term, which is used to describe a miscarriage, which has already started to occur, however, some pregnancy tissue remains in the uterus. In this case the cervix is usually found to be open.
Complete miscarriage is the term, which describes the situation, when the pregnancy is lost. In this case the uterus is empty and the cervix has closed after it occurred.
Missed miscarriage is the term, which is used to describe a pregnancy, in which the embryo or the fetus stopped growing and developing some weeks ago, however there was no vaginal bleeding taking place at that time. In the result of this type of a miscarriage it is possible that only a small amount of dark – brown blood loss may occur along with the sudden end of pregnancy symptoms, which usually experiences nearly every woman. However, missed miscarriage can occur without any symptoms at all, and it is also possible that it may come to light only during a routing ultrasound investigation.
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