Causes of menstruation during pregnancy

I have a friend who is pregnant. We are all happy for her and hope she can give birth to a healthy baby. But a few days ago she suddenly told me that she had her period, and I was really shocked. According to my common sense, it is impossible to have a period when pregnant. We were both scared and rushed to the hospital for a check-up. Fortunately, everything was fine. So why do you still have your period when you are pregnant?

Interpretation

A woman will no longer have her period after she becomes pregnant. However, a small number of women still experience vaginal bleeding on the date of their next menstrual period after becoming pregnant. Pregnant women often mistakenly believe it is menstruation and do not know they are pregnant. This situation after a woman becomes pregnant is called "pregnancy menstruation." Its characteristics are less bleeding, lighter color, shorter duration, and it is different from any previous menstruation. In fact, this is not true menstruation. This phenomenon occurs within 3 months of pregnancy and usually only occurs once, but some pregnant women experience it 2-3 times.

The combined effects of hormones and HCG cause pregnancy reactions in pregnant women in the early stages of pregnancy. Each person will experience different physical changes in response to pregnancy depending on their physical fitness. In simple terms, different individuals will have different degrees of reaction. Symptoms of early pregnancy generally occur between 6 weeks after menstruation and 3 months of pregnancy.

Influence

In the early stages of pregnancy, women still have their periods as usual, with no discomfort and without causing harm to the fetus. As the fetus grows, their menstruation stops on its own, which is called "stimulated menstruation." It is also called "dirty fetus" and "full fetus". Although the ancients said that menstruation stimulation has no harm to pregnancy, it can also lead to miscarriage for many pregnant women, so active treatment should be given. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Ren governs the fetus, and the fetus is connected to the kidney. Insufficient kidney qi and spleen dysfunction are the main causes of bleeding during pregnancy. It can also be caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire, which burn the uterine vessels. Clinical diagnosis should be made based on the amount, color, quality of bleeding, and accompanying symptoms. During treatment, the priority is to protect the fetus, and astringent agents may be added as appropriate. Treatment should be stopped as soon as the disease is cured to avoid the risk of damaging the fetus.

Modern medicine believes that the human chorionic gonadotropin produced by pregnant women cannot transform the corpus luteum of the ovary into the corpus luteum of pregnancy, and the ovarian function continues to be active, resulting in a small amount of monthly vaginal bleeding. After 3 to 4 months of pregnancy, the sex hormones secreted by the placenta replace the ovarian function. So there will be no more periodic bleeding.

It turns out that menstruation after pregnancy is normal. It is because we don’t know this common sense that we get so panicked when it happens. In fact, there is nothing wrong at all. We are just scaring ourselves. This incident taught us once again how terrible it is to be uneducated. Even if you are not educated, you should watch more TV so that you can learn more knowledge and take good care of the people around you.