Miscarriage at week 20 of pregnancy

20 week is the deadline on which miscarriage can occur, later it is called premature birth, and the born fetus is a premature or stillborn child.

Causes of miscarriage at week 20

The causes of miscarriage in 20 weeks may be:

• any chromosomal abnormalities, congenital malformations of the fetus incompatible with life;
• intrauterine infections;
• Rhesus-conflict between mother and child;
• severe maternal diseases (eg, diabetes mellitus, blood diseases);
• ishmiko - cervical insufficiency ;
• severe trauma, intoxication, shock of any etiology in the mother.

Signs of a miscarriage at week 20

The first symptoms of the appearance of a threat of miscarriage at week 20 are lower abdominal pains, acute or aching, which indicate that the woman's uterus is contracting. Over time, the pains become cramping, there may appear mignifying brown or spotting (especially with a reduction in the attachment of the placenta and its complete or partial detachment).

The fetus may die due to circulatory disorders, and the woman ceases to feel his wiggling, if they already were. A gynecologist can not determine the fetal heartbeat. When a full miscarriage occurs at 20 weeks, then a live or dead fetus and its membranes are born. With incomplete miscarriage, parts of the membranes remain in the uterine cavity, and it can not contract. This leads to bleeding, which stops only after scraping the uterine cavity.

Diagnose the threat of miscarriage, fetal death, a full or incomplete miscarriage, you can after an ultrasound examination of a woman. After a miscarriage, a woman is recommended to abstain for six months from subsequent pregnancies. It is compulsory to undergo a survey by a gynecologist to find out the reasons for miscarriage and eliminate the threat to subsequent pregnancies.