What to do if you have brown discharge at 38 days of pregnancy

Brown discharge appears at 38 days of pregnancy, causing pregnant women to worry about whether their fetus has miscarried. If brown discharge appears at 38 days of pregnancy, although there is a high chance of miscarriage, you should still do relevant examinations and take relevant measures in time. It is common for pregnant women to have physical abnormalities, but the causes need to be identified and dealt with in a timely manner.

What to do if there is light brown bleeding in early pregnancy

You must have good self-cultivation and some dietary adjustments. In daily life, any phenomena that occur in the early stages of pregnancy must be promptly dealt with according to the amount of bleeding, and then measure blood pressure and eat some other types of diet if the symptoms of bleeding are more common.

Pregnancy bleeding is a common problem in early pregnancy, occurring in about one in four pregnant women. When faced with this problem, pregnant women are usually very worried, not knowing whether they will have a miscarriage or give birth to an abnormal fetus. According to statistics, about half of patients with bleeding in early pregnancy can successfully continue their pregnancy, about another 30% of patients will have spontaneous abortion, 10% of patients will have ectopic pregnancy, and a very small number of patients may have problems such as hydatidiform mole, cervical lesions, etc.

If you experience bleeding during pregnancy, you must seek medical attention as soon as possible. The doctor will first assess the amount of bleeding and measure blood pressure and pulse to determine whether immediate hospitalization is needed. The patient will then be asked some relevant information, such as the date of the last menstrual period, whether the menstrual period is regular, whether she has ever experienced morning sickness and breast tenderness and whether these symptoms still exist, and whether she has symptoms of lower abdominal pain. Then further physical examination will be carried out and a preliminary judgment will be made. Once the diagnosis of bleeding in early pregnancy is confirmed, appropriate treatment must be given based on the diagnosis.

The diagnosis of bleeding during pregnancy is sometimes complicated. First, it is necessary to determine whether it is an intrauterine pregnancy. When it is determined to be a normal intrauterine pregnancy, bed rest is required. At the same time, the patient should be informed that the chance of her fetus having congenital abnormalities is the same as that of ordinary pregnant women. As the saying goes, "survival of the fittest", the fetuses that can be kept are mostly normal, and abnormal fetuses will mostly be expelled from the uterus. If it is found that the pregnancy is not intrauterine, further diagnosis is required to determine whether it is spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy or hydatidiform mole, and appropriate treatment is given to avoid harm to the mother.

Precautions for prenatal check-up in early pregnancy

Initial prenatal checkup:

After the pregnancy is confirmed, the expectant mother needs to go to the street hospital for the first prenatal check-up at 12 weeks of pregnancy and establish a health care handbook for pregnant women. Future prenatal examinations can be conducted in a secondary hospital or the hospital where you decide to give birth.

Prenatal diagnosis:

Every pregnant woman hopes to give birth to a healthy baby, so prenatal diagnosis is very important. Prenatal diagnosis can exclude some major abnormalities and can be done as early as 8 weeks of gestation. Currently, the most commonly used chromosome testing methods are chorionic villus sampling and peripheral blood screening. Of course, chorionic villus sampling and peripheral blood screening are not confirmatory tests. If the examination finds that the baby may have abnormalities, amniocentesis will be needed at 16-20 weeks of pregnancy for further diagnosis.

In prenatal diagnosis, chorionic villus sampling may cause certain damage to the fetus or even lead to miscarriage. Therefore, generally speaking, only pregnant women who are over 35 years old, have given birth to unhealthy or healthy children, have a family history of genetic diseases, have taken harmful drugs or have been infected with viruses need to undergo chorionic villus sampling (the above-mentioned pregnant women should go to a medical care institution for genetic counseling before pregnancy); ordinary pregnant women only need to undergo peripheral blood screening. If abnormalities are found, amniocentesis will be performed to confirm the diagnosis.