Diagnosing Miscarriage - Tests Doctors Use to Diagnose Miscarriage
How Doctors Diagnose Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss - An Overview
Worried about miscarriage? If you are experiencing vaginal bleeding or other miscarriage symptoms, read this overview of the tests doctors use to diagnose pregnancy losses, such as hCG doubling times, transvaginal ultrasounds, and fetal heart rate monitoring.
What to Do If You Think You Are Having an Early Miscarriage
Signs and symptoms of an early miscarriage would include bleeding after a positive pregnancy test, cramping, and possibly loss of pregnancy symptoms. Find out what to do if you think you are having an early miscarriage.
How Can Doctors Tell That a Pregnancy is Ectopic?
It's not always obvious when a pregnancy is ectopic, and many people do not have symptoms until the ectopic pregnancy has become an emergency. Here is how doctors determine whether a pregnancy is ectopic.
Up to How Many Weeks Is a Miscarriage Considered a Chemical Pregnancy?
The only difference between a chemical pregnancy and a clinical miscarriage is the point at which the baby stops developing. In chemical pregnancies, the baby stops developing sometime before the fifth week of gestational age.
Chemical Pregnancy or Clinical Pregnancy?
Chemical pregnancy is a potentially confusing term for a very early miscarriage. Here's how to understand the difference between a chemical pregnancy and a clinical pregnancy, and why you might hear the term clinical miscarriage.
Threatened Miscarriage
Doctors use the term threatened miscarriage for women who experience bleeding in pregnancy (or other miscarriage symptoms) but the cervix is still closed. In these cases, finding out whether or not the signs mean miscarriage might mean waiting a few days to a week for hCG or ultrasound test results.
What Happens During a Miscarriage?
By the time miscarriage symptoms appear, what is happening in the body during a miscarriage is that the body has recognized a nonviable pregnancy and begun shedding the uterine lining. In the majority of cases, the baby's heartbeat has already stopped before the physical process begins.
