Ask the Expert Series: Bleeding in Early Pregnancy - When Should You Worry?

Dear user, thank you for your question! In the most severe cases of bleeding in pregnancy, the worst complications to the mother include severe bleeding causing low blood pressure and anemia, and serious blood clot formations due to imbalance of clotting factors.

Dear user, thank you for your question! Yes, bleeding during pregnancy is a sign of miscarriage - which may be threatened miscarriage, missed miscarriage, inevitable miscarriage, incomplete or complete miscarriage. Bleeding in pregnancy could also indicate other causes, such as ectopic pregnancy or cervical polyps.

Dear user, thank you for your question! Common causes of bleeding in early pregnancy include miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and cervical polyps. Some rarer causes include molar pregnancy and cervical cancer.

Dear user, thank you for your question! Threatened miscarriage is vaginal bleeding in an ongoing pregnancy. Dear user, thank you for your question! Common causes of bleeding in early pregnancy include miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and cervical polyps, while causes of bleeding in later parts of pregnancy include placenta previa, abruptio placentae and vasa previa. Hope that helps!