Signs of a frozen pregnancy

Many married couples dream of becoming parents, but not always and not all of these dreams come true. One of the reasons for failure may be the development of a frozen pregnancy. Moreover, no one is immune from this pathology.

Freezing early pregnancy

It is customary to call development pregnancy frozen, if at some point the baby in the womb stops growing, develops and dies. In this case, a miscarriage does not occur, and the dead fetus continues to be inside the uterus. For this reason, doctors also call this condition a failed miscarriage.

In this condition, after fertilization, the egg passes into the uterus and is fixed in it. After some time, for one of the reasons, the growth of the embryo stops. Another scenario of the formation of the frozen pregnancy assumes an empty egg. With such a picture, the membranes develop and hCG is produced, but the embryo itself is not. In this case, the pregnancy test shows a positive result.

According to statistics pregnancy becomes frozen in every second case and a spontaneous miscarriage occurs. But since this happens even before a woman has a suspicion of pregnancy, she perceives what happened as ordinary menstruation. The probability of pregnancy fading after the test has given a positive result is much reduced and, according to statistics, is no more than 20%.

Immediately after the termination of the development of the baby, the woman may not even guess about his death. Before the placenta begins to exfoliate, she has all the symptoms of pregnancy. But over time, toxicosis disappears, the mammary glands return to their usual state. In some cases, discharge may begin.

If there is a suspicion of such a situation, an examination of a pregnant woman is mandatory, which includes an ultrasound scan and a blood test for hCG. During an ultrasound scan, the specialist compares the parameters of the baby and the timing of pregnancy, be sure to establish the presence or absence of the baby's heartbeat.

Most often, when pregnancy fades, a woman notices discharge with blood from the genital tract, her general condition worsens, painful symptoms appear in the form of contractions or a pulling character in the lower abdomen. Further, the woman shows signs of intoxication, chills develop and body temperature rises. If the gestation period is long enough, then one of the symptoms of fading is the long absence of the baby's jerks.

Depending on the timing of the pregnancy, the doctor suggests waiting for a spontaneous abortion or performing a medical abortion. For the last operation, the gestational age must not exceed 8 weeks. Scraping is mandatory, since the dead fetus begins to decompose in the uterine cavity, which threatens the health and even the life of a woman. After the release of the uterine cavity, after a week or two, a control ultrasound of the state of the reproductive organs is performed.

Deadlines of a frozen pregnancy

This tragic event can happen absolutely at any stage of pregnancy. In certain cases, freezing stops the development of the baby even before the very birth. But most often this pathology develops at the initial stage of pregnancy, in the first trimester.

According to experts, the most dangerous in this regard are weeks from the third to the fourth, from the eighth to the eleventh and from the sixteenth to the eighteenth. At the same time, the most dangerous for stopping fetal growth is precisely the eighth week of pregnancy. During this period, the vital organs and systems of the child are formed.

Causes of a frozen pregnancy

A sufficient number of studies have been carried out to identify the factors that cause the arrest of the development of pregnancy. According to their results, the most common causes of the development of fetal death were determined:

• Hormonal disruptions and disorders that occur in the body of the expectant mother. They can occur due to certain diseases or in the case of improper prescription or use of drugs.
• Disorders in the development of the fetus, which are of a genetic or chromosomal nature.
• The woman has chronic infectious diseases. These include sexually transmitted diseases, for example, herpes, chlamydia and others.
• Acute infectious diseases, including influenza or ARVI.
• The fact that a woman smokes, uses alcohol or drugs often leads to a halt in the development of pregnancy.
• Usually, the pathology of fetal formation of this kind, such as freezing, is diagnosed in those women who, before its onset or at the time of pregnancy, lead an asocial life.

If the fading of pregnancy happened, in the future a woman needs to approach the process as responsibly as possible planning their motherhood. First of all, it is necessary to find out the cause of the pathology that has happened and direct all efforts to eliminate it and prevent its occurrence in the future.

Doctors recommend taking a break before the next pregnancy for at least six months, so that the woman's body can recover from the shock, rest and gain strength. At this time, treatment should be carried out, the nature of which depends on the cause of the pathology. Hormone therapy, a complete examination of both partners, or simply healing the body and vitamin therapy can be prescribed.