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Allocations at week 5 of pregnancy

 
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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
 
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Approximately 20% of women in the first months of pregnancy continue to menstruate. Bloody discharge at the 5th week of pregnancy may not always indicate a threat of interruption. Obstetricians call this phenomenon - the washing of the fetus. Usually this happens quite rarely, because in the body of a woman with the onset of pregnancy hormone progesterone increases, which eliminates menstruation.

Menstruation is different from the discharge at a threat of spontaneous abortion with consistency, color, duration. However, if the pregnancy has been confirmed, and the spotting regularly continues, you should consult a specialist for advice.

The 5th week of pregnancy, which is accompanied by secretions with blood, may indicate a threat of miscarriage, especially if the discharge is bright red and abundant. In this case, immediate medical attention is needed, otherwise it will be almost impossible to save the child.

Allocations during pregnancy have not only a bloody character, they can be curdled, have a yellowish, grayish, greenish color, an unpleasant smell. Usually the allocation of such a plan is associated with a venereal or infectious disease. Allocations on the background of puffiness, itching, burning, irritation in the genitals can indicate diseases of the genitourinary system. Only a specialist can judge a disease after conducting an appropriate diagnosis (smear, blood test, etc.).

Mucous discharge from the genitals at the 5th week of pregnancy can be quite natural, most often this is due to hormonal changes. In this case, you need to pay special attention to personal hygiene, use hypoallergenic intimate means.

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Brown discharge at the 5th week of pregnancy

If 5 weeks of pregnancy occurs with brownish discharge, this may indicate a threat. Allocations can be associated with detachment of the fetal egg, in this condition it is extremely important to prevent miscarriage in a timely manner. If the discharge is accompanied by a strong pulling or cutting pain in the lower abdomen - you need to urgently call an ambulance, before her arrival you need complete rest, as this indicates a miscarriage that began, otherwise spontaneous abortion will be almost impossible to stop.

If the doctor suspects the threat of termination of pregnancy, he will send a woman for ultrasound and a blood test for hCG. At low rates of hCG, a woman is urgently sent to the hospital, since low levels of this hormone indicate that pregnancy proceeds with pathologies and the body may possibly reject the fetus.

However, brown discharge in a pregnant woman in the fifth week does not always indicate a pathology. Minor discharge in the early stages of pregnancy is considered a natural process, which should not greatly frighten a woman. In the early stages of pregnancy, the woman's body begins a complete restructuring, both at the physiological and hormonal levels. Allocations in a pregnant woman can appear during the process of fixing the fetal egg to the wall of the uterus, while small pieces of mucosa can be torn and separated from the vagina. Such discharges can be light or dark brown, bright red in color. As a rule, the allocation has a meager character, flow with minor spasms or absolutely painless. But in any case, the consultation of the gynecologist will not be superfluous, to make sure that the child is all right and the development process is proceeding normally.

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Bloody issues

Plentiful spotting is a sufficiently alarming signal for a woman. In addition to the threat of miscarriage, severe bleeding in the early stages may be associated with ectopic pregnancy, cervical pathology, an infectious disease.

5 week of pregnancy, during which bleeding begins, can first of all be interrupted by spontaneous miscarriage. Usually, when the threat of isolation lasts for several days, increasing every day. In this case, you need to seek medical help as soon as possible. With strong painful sensations below you can take a pill no-shpy, be sure to go to bed, to ensure a maximum peace. In modern conditions, timely medical assistance allows you to save your pregnancy.

Also, one of the causes of severe bleeding in a pregnant woman is an ectopic pregnancy, when a fetal egg is attached outside the uterus. It should be noted that often an ectopic pregnancy and the symptoms accompanying it begin when a woman does not even suspect her pregnancy.

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Bleeding

Painful sensations in the lower abdomen or back, before or during bleeding, indicate the rejection of the fetus and spontaneous termination of pregnancy.

In this case, you must go to the hospital, even if you do not plan to save the child.

Chances to keep pregnancy with bleeding started 50/50.

5 week of pregnancy increases the risk of spontaneous miscarriage in women with an elevated level of male hormones in the body (a man-like figure, increased growth of hair on the body, etc.), overweight. Such women are advised to register as soon as possible in the women's consultation.

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Monthly at week 5 of pregnancy

5 week of pregnancy is usually the period when a woman learns about her situation. The first signs of pregnancy is usually the absence of menstruation, but sometimes there are situations when already pregnant women continue to allocate spotting.

In some cases, bleeding in pregnant women is not due to a miscarriage that has begun. More than 20% of cases, a woman in the position continues to have relatively normal menstrual flow. As for this state, a lot of disputes arise, allotments have a variety of names, but this happens and in this case nothing depends on the woman. In some cases, a woman learns of her pregnancy in the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy. This is due to the fact that every month, at regular intervals, it has a similar to menstruation discharge. In obstetric practice, this phenomenon is called "ablution of the fetus" or "colored pregnancy."

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