Last updated on July 27th, 2018 at 05:07 pm<\/p>
Having symptoms and signs of miscarriage\u00a0at 5 weeks with or without vaginal bleeding can cause anxiety and worry in expecting mothers.<\/p>\n
A miscarriage simply means the sudden\u00a0loss of pregnancy that occurs\u00a0before your baby can survive outside the womb. In the united states and united kingdom, the age of viability (when baby can survive\u00a0outside the womb) is about 20 – 24 weeks gestation.<\/p>\n
Commonly, women with miscarriage will experience vaginal bleeding that occurs with or without any pain in your abdomen<\/p>\n
While it’s possible may experience mild spotting when pregnant, a heavy bleeding from your vagina may indicate serious health issues.<\/p>\n
Spotting during pregnancy<\/a> can occur due to vaginal infections, sexual intercourse, antepartum hemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy or a miscarriage.<\/p>\n The truth is at five weeks; your baby is still not well-formed and very small. It’s difficult to see fetal tissue with your spotting.<\/p>\n However, as your\u00a0baby grows, some women who\u00a0have a miscarriage\u00a0later than five weeks will see fetal parts with blood clots coming from their vagina.<\/p>\n From research<\/a>, more than 80 percent of women who have a miscarriage, occurs in the first three months; and about 20 percent of all pregnancies will end up in a miscarriage. The chances could be higher if you are more than 40 – 45 years, smoking, taking alcohol or abusing drugs like caffeine.<\/p>\n The main cause of miscarriage\u00a0at 5 weeks is a genetic abnormality when your baby is formed differently.<\/p>\n Other causes are abnormal hormones, uterine abnormalities and excessive exercise in the first trimester.<\/p>\n This article explains the causes of miscarriage at 5 weeks, symptoms, risk factor and when you should get pregnant after a miscarriage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the most common symptom<\/a> you will experience when if you have a miscarriage. In some women, bleeding may be light; while in others it could be heavy resulting in dizziness and body weakness.<\/p>\n At 5 weeks pregnant, your baby is\u00a0about 1\/10th of an inch long. You will not see fetal parts coming out as baby is so small.<\/p>\n While some women may experience light spotting\u00a0which resolves on its own without any harm to the baby; some women may end up losing their baby.<\/p>\n If you start having bleeding when pregnant, you must inform your doctor immediately. After vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, your doctor may book you for an anti-rhesus, if you are Rhesus negative.<\/p>\n If you bleed while pregnant, it’s possible that you may develop antibodies to your baby and become sensitized. This will cause your body to attack future pregnancy resulting in fetal death.<\/p>\n To prevent this, schedule a visit immediately and talk to your doctor.<\/p>\n Abdominal cramps may not be felt during a miscarriage; some women may just have painless\u00a0spotting that resolves. However, if you are bleeding with abdominal cramps, the chances are your uterus is contracting to force out your baby.<\/p>\n During your\u00a0clinic visit, your doctor will examine your cervix through vaginal examinations and request for an ultrasound and other blood tests.<\/p>\n If your pregnancy is viable, it’s important you have a lot of rest, stay hydrated and take pain relief medications to feel better.<\/p>\n Remember that at five weeks into your pregnancy, you are just a week past your period and may start experiencing<\/a> breast changes, breast pain, breast heaviness, mood swings, body weakness and abdominal cramps.<\/p>\n During a miscarriage at 5 weeks, you will notice your symptoms<\/a> start to disappear. This happens because pregnancy hormones begin to fall.<\/p>\n After ovulation, if pregnant, the corpus luteum starts to produce estrogen and progesterone that helps thicken uterine endometrium in preparation for gestation. These hormones are responsible for your pregnancy symptoms.<\/p>\n If you miscarry, the level of these hormones will fall and make your pregnancy symptoms gradually go away.<\/p>\n It’s important to inform your doctor if you have no symptoms of pregnancy with vaginal bleeding.<\/p>\n After implantation of the embryo into the endometrium, your body starts to secrete a hormone called HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). This hormone can be detected in urine and blood days before your next menstrual period if you are pregnant.<\/p>\n In fact, for you to get pregnant, HCG levels will be higher than 25 mIU\/ml; On the other hand, a negative pregnancy test means HCG less than 5m IU\/ml.<\/p>\n In normal pregnancy and more than 85 percent of women, your HCG levels will continue to rise in the first 11 weeks of pregnancy, doubling every 2 -3 days.<\/p>\n According to the American Pregnancy Association<\/a>, HCG levels at 5 weeks pregnancy ranges from 18 – 7340 mIU\/ml. However, HCG levels can vary in pregnancy and may not be very useful in determining the health of your baby. Some women who have lower than normal HCG to\u00a0gestational age still end up having a normal baby and pregnancy.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, if you have vaginal bleeding or severe cramps during pregnancy, your doctor will request multiple HCG tests to determine if HCG level is rising or not.<\/p>\n During a miscarriage, you HCG hormones begin to fall and in most cases reaches pre-pregnancy levels in 4 – 6 weeks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Normally for your baby to form, genetic material is mixed from both the man’s sperm and your egg. This result in the formation of an embryo that is later implanted into your womb.<\/p>\n In more than 30 percent of pregnancy, a miscarriage can happen even without you knowing; and in most cases is due to chromosomal disorders.<\/p>\n In fact, most women who have a miscarriage at 5 weeks occurs because of genetic abnormalities.<\/p>\n Before pregnancy, both estrogen and progesterone help to build\u00a0up<\/a> the endometrium. When you have a menstrual period, this thickened endometrium is expelled from the vagina.<\/p>\n Progesterone is more efficient after ovulation and is mostly involved with thickening of the endometrium.<\/p>\n If progesterone is low, you may have a miscarriage; You doctor will place you on progesterone pills during the first trimester.<\/p>\n<\/span>Miscarriage at 5 weeks: What to Expect<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>1. Vaginal bleeding<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>2. \u00a0Your pregnancy symptoms begin to disappear<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>3. \u00a0Your HCG levels begin to fall<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Why did miscarriage happen?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>1. Genetic disorders<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>2. Low progesterone hormones<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>3. Uterine fibroids<\/span><\/h3>\n