The difference between menstruation and miscarriage

Menstruation and miscarriage are not unfamiliar to women, but these two phenomena cannot be equated. It is normal for women to have menstruation. It is part of the normal physiological cycle and there is no need to worry about it. However, miscarriage is an acquired phenomenon. Some mothers lose their children unexpectedly due to external or internal reasons after becoming pregnant. This is called miscarriage, and miscarriage is very painful. Therefore, female friends must pay attention when they just become pregnant and be careful in everything.

Miscarriage is a very painful thing for expectant mothers, it is heartbreaking and heartbreaking. Because both miscarriage and menstruation will cause blood, some friends cannot tell the difference between miscarriage and menstruation. Some people think there is no difference between miscarriage and menstruation, but in fact there is some difference. So, what is miscarriage? What is menstruation? What are the differences between miscarriage and menstruation? Next, I will give you a detailed introduction.

What is miscarriage

Termination of pregnancy before 28 weeks of gestation and with a fetal weight of less than 1000g is called abortion. Abortion that occurs before 12 weeks of pregnancy is called early abortion, and abortion that occurs between 12 weeks and less than 28 weeks of pregnancy is called late abortion. Abortion is divided into spontaneous abortion and induced abortion. The incidence of spontaneous abortion accounts for about 15% of all pregnancies, and most of them are early abortions. There are also two specific types of miscarriage: missed miscarriage and habitual miscarriage.

What is menstruation

Menstruation is a physiological cycle that occurs in some fertile female humans and in chimpanzees and other hominins. Cows, mares, female camels, sows, and sheep also have menstruation, and some mammals experience estrus cycles. In women of childbearing age and female primates, the endometrium undergoes cyclical changes every month or so, with autonomous thickening, blood vessel proliferation, glandular growth and secretion, and endometrial collapse and shedding accompanied by bleeding. This periodic vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding is called menstruation.

The difference between miscarriage and menstruation

Generally speaking, meat-like white embryonic tissue can be seen in the blood of miscarriage. If the menstruation is delayed for half a month and the pregnancy has miscarriage, then this white embryonic tissue will be about the size of the first joint of the thumb, like a disc. If you look closely and don't find any such tissue, then you are having your period. If you want to confirm whether you are pregnant now, you can go to the hospital tomorrow to have a blood HCG test. Whether it is menstruation or miscarriage, as long as the bleeding can stop within 7 days and the amount of bleeding is not heavy, it can still be regarded as a menstruation. Just replenish nutrition and rest.