Pregnant women are often asked to remain very careful about their health during the first few months of the pregnancy as this is the time when they have maximum chances of undergoing miscarriage. Miscarriage is medically defined as the termination of a pregnancy before the 24th month of child bearing.

A threatened miscarriage on the other hand, is a pregnancy which shows signs of bleeding and abdominal pain [associated with miscarriages] which continues for a long time. It is extremely stressful for a woman to deal with threatened miscarriage symptoms and some of these major symptoms have been given below:

Threatened Miscarriage Symptoms

Some of the Common Threatened Miscarriage Symptoms

  • The symptoms which are associated with threatened miscarriage also occur in healthy and normal pregnancies. For example, vaginal bleeding is a common occurrence in most pregnancies and women who experience this also go on to give birth to healthy babies without any trouble. However, bleeding at any time during pregnancy may also be a sign of a threatened miscarriage and therefore it must be consulted with the doctor.
  • Other common symptoms of threatened miscarriage are discharge of something that resembles tissue and extreme abdominal pain
  • It is also common for a women who has threatened miscarriage chances to experience symptoms like fever, severe cramps which don’t go away and even severe vomiting in some cases.

If a pregnant woman is experiencing any of the above mentioned symptoms or signs, then it is best for her to consult a doctor immediately as she might be threatened with a miscarriage situation.

Causes of Threatened Miscarriage

The following are some of the common causes which may result in a threatened miscarriage situation:

  • During the first three months of pregnancy, an abnormal fetus is usually the cause of a threatened miscarriage. This happens due to problems in the genes. The problem associated with the genes increases with the age of the mother.
  • If the miscarriage happens in the fourth to sixth month of pregnancy, then it generally means that the problem lies with the mother rather than the fetus. These problems or abnormalities may result from a varied number of causes such as usage of certain drugs, excessive use of caffeine, alcohol, tobacco or cocaine, acute infections like German measles, CMV etc, severe emotional shock, chronic illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease, over or under-active thyroid gland and inadequate ovarian hormone production.