can you have a miscarriage when your period is due?
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A miscarriage can happen any time after fertilization. If you didn't know you were pregnant, it would be easy to mistake it for a period. Both a period and a miscarriage can cause spotting to heavy bleeding. After the first eight weeks or so, it's less likely that you'll mistake a miscarriage for a period.
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It is also called "spontaneous abortion," or early pregnancy loss. Miscarriage is very common. As many as 30% of women will experience one, usually before they even miss a period, or realize they are pregnant.
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Most women who miscarry do so in the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy. Many women have a miscarriage before they even know they're pregnant. If this happens it can feel like a late period with heavy bleeding.
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Signs of a miscarriage can include spotting or vaginal bleeding similar to a menstrual period. The bleeding will often have more clots than a regular period, appearing as tiny lumps in the vaginal discharge.
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Can sex during pregnancy cause a miscarriage? Having sex during pregnancy won't provoke a miscarriage. Most miscarriages occur because the fetus isn't developing normally.
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Miscarriages can occur at any time during a pregnancy. But they are more common before the 20th week. A chemical pregnancy, on the other hand, always occurs shortly after implantation. Since most often the only symptom is menstrual-like cramping and bleeding, some women assume they're having their menstrual cycle.
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The most common sign of miscarriage is vaginal bleeding. The bleeding may come and go over several days. However, light vaginal bleeding is relatively common during the first trimester (first 3 months) of pregnancy and does not necessarily mean you're having a miscarriage.
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You'll experience symptoms similar to a heavy period, such as cramping and heavy vaginal bleeding. You may also experience vaginal bleeding for up to 3 weeks. In most units, you'll be sent home for the miscarriage to complete. This is safe, but ring your hospital if the bleeding becomes very heavy.
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Also keep in mind that the return of your period doesn't necessarily mean the return of ovulation. It's possible that you may have one or more anovulatory cycles after a miscarriage (which means that you get your period but you haven't actually ovulated).
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Not all miscarriages are physically painful, but most people have cramping. The cramps are really strong for some people, and light for others (like a period or less). It's also common to have vaginal bleeding and to pass large blood clots up to the size of a lemon.
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Chemical pregnancy – This is a very early miscarriage. It usually happens in the first few weeks after conception. Chromosomal abnormalities keep the embryo from developing normally. The tissue is passed from your uterus around the same time that you normally have your period.
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Miscarriage is more likely if the bleeding progresses from light spotting to something more like a normal period, if the colour is bright red rather than brownish, or if you are also feeling cramping. Spotting or bleeding can be a scary symptom when you are pregnant.
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As with abortion, miscarriage often may delay your first period afterward due to the increased levels of hormones in your system from pregnancy. Usually, the longer a pregnancy has advanced, the less typical the first period after a miscarriage will be.
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You may be surprised to learn that you can get pregnant after a miscarriage without even having a “normal” menstrual period. How? Well, after you miscarry, your body starts the process of getting back into its usual reproductive routine. This means that you'll experience ovulation before getting another period.
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Weeks 14–20 Between weeks 13 and 20, the risk of experiencing a miscarriage is less than 1 percent. By week 20, a miscarriage is known as a stillbirth and may still cause a woman to go into labor.
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If your periods were irregular before you got pregnant, they often remain irregular after your miscarriage. So it's possible it may take your body longer than four to six weeks to begin its next period.
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If your first pregnancy test result is positive, but a later one is negative or your period starts, it's possible you've had an early miscarriage. Speak to your GP or midwife for advice.