Pregnancy 101 » Miscarriage http://pregnancy101.org Online pregnancy guide: information on pregnancy tests, week by week pregnacy, symptoms, and early stages of pregnacy. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:48:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Uterine Fibroids and Pregnancy http://pregnancy101.org/uterine-fibroids-and-pregnancy/ http://pregnancy101.org/uterine-fibroids-and-pregnancy/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:52:31 +0000 admin http://pregnancy101.org/?p=349 According to medical practitioners, fibroids grow in size during pregnancy. Most women do not even experience any symptoms related to the condition. In some cases, however, women might experience spotting or pelvic pain. While medical practitioners say that fibroids do not interfere with the pregnancy, they agree that it does increase the chances of a miscarriage or pre-term labor in women. In more severe cases, women may have the following complications:

i. Obstructed labor
ii. Post-partum hemorrhaging
iii. Stalled labor
iv. Fetal malpresentations
v. Cesarean section

Rarely, pregnant women may also suffer from renal failure, urinary retention, and uterine incarceration.

It is advised that women seek treatment or removal of uterine fibroids after their pregnancy. Only if the fibroids become large and start causing pain, do doctors administer treatment of fibroids during pregnancy. After pregnancy, the fibroids generally shrink in size. But, if they do not, then the following line of treatment can be taken up:

i. Hysterectomy
ii. Medication

]]> http://pregnancy101.org/uterine-fibroids-and-pregnancy/feed/ 0 Menstrual Cycle After a Miscarriage http://pregnancy101.org/menstrual-cycle-after-a-miscarriage/ http://pregnancy101.org/menstrual-cycle-after-a-miscarriage/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:33:50 +0000 admin http://pregnancy101.org/?p=240 When a child is lost before the woman enters her 20th week of pregnancy, it is termed as a ‘miscarriage’ or ‘spontaneous abortion’. Mostly, miscarriage occurs when the pregnancy is about 12 weeks old. It is an emotionally devastating time for the woman, often shaking up her hormonal system. But having a miscarriage does not signify an inability to have a child. Women can have a healthy pregnancy after their miscarriage.

Normally, a woman who has suffered a miscarriage is in a position to conceive once she resumes her menstrual cycle. But because miscarriage is a disturbing time for the woman, both physically and emotionally, it may take time for the menstrual cycle to normalize. In some women, it may stabilize soon after the miscarriage, while in others it may take a longer time. On an average, the menstrual cycle is restored between 4-6 weeks of a miscarriage. Resumption of the menstrual cycle also depends on how old the pregnancy was before the miscarriage occurred.

While couples tend to try for a child immediately after the resumption of the menstrual cycle after miscarriage, medical practitioners advise caution. According to them, the couples should wait for at least one cycle to pass by before they try for another pregnancy. This time, opine doctors, is important for the physical and mental recovery of the woman.

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