From stretch marks, leaky breasts, to literally growing a beard (yes, you can grow hair on your face!) it’s clear pregnancy can cause your body to do some WEIRD stuff. However, in this article, I am going to discuss some pregnancy complications you may have that you should ALWAYS, 100% of the time bring up to your doctor.
Signs to call your doctor when pregnant!
1) Bleeding
Vaginal bleeding is always scary during pregnancy. When you’ve gone months without a period, a drop of blood in the toilet can be quite nerve-wracking.
Some women do experience bleeding in the first trimester, as the baby implants to the uterine wall. This is usually described as very light spotting, many times happening even before you find out you are pregnant.
Causes for vaginal bleeding include:
Problems with the placenta, including a previa or an abruption: A placenta previa is when the placenta is implanted close to or fully covering the cervix. Typically, this is not harmful to the baby, unless the bleeding is excessive. A placental abruption is when the placenta detaches from the uterine wall, either partially or completely. A placental abruption is an emergency and is usually accompanied by constant jarring abdominal pain in the location of the abruption.
Miscarriage: Miscarriage is commonly accompanied by abdominal cramping, and heavy, bright red bleeding. The further along you are in your pregnancy, the more severe the cramping and heavier the bleeding will be.
Sexual intercourse: Sex is a very common reason for vaginal bleeding during pregnancy. The cervix is very vascular (lots of blood flows to it), and any sort of manipulation can cause it to bleed.
Abdominal trauma: External bodily trauma can cause vaginal bleeding, such as getting into a car accident or having a fall.
Ectopic pregnancy: An ectopic pregnancy is a medical emergency and sometimes associated with vaginal bleeding. It is also associated with severe abdominal pain. This is when the embryo implants outside the uterus, commonly inside one of the fallopian tubes.
Preterm labor: Similarly to how your cervix can bleed a bit when you are in labor at term, preterm labor commonly causes bleeding as you have contractions and your cervix changes.
Uterine rupture: A uterine rupture is a very rare event, and would most likely happen to a woman who is in labor and has had a previous c-section. However, it can happen to anyone regardless of circumstance.
Infection: Sometimes bacterial infections of the vagina, uterine infections, or sexually transmitted diseases can cause some bleeding.
2) Abdominal pain
There is only one time you should have abdominal pain that is warranted during your pregnancy, and that is when you are in labor! Labor after 37 weeks to be exact. All other instances should be brought up to your doctor, as abdominal pain can signal many different problems. most of these I’ve brought up above in the bleeding section, but some common reasons include:
Preterm labor
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Braxton-Hicks contractions
Placental abruption
Ectopic pregnancy
Infections
Uterine rupture
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Round ligament pain: The uterus is a muscle, and there are ligaments running alongside it on the front of your belly that stretch as your baby grows. sometimes this stretching can be painful, and cause some discomfort during pregnancy. This will happen especially as you change positions. It’s important to note, round ligament pain is not at all harmful to baby.
3) Leaking
Amniotic fluid is the cushion that helps to protect baby during your pregnancy. It’s also important for baby’s lung maturity.
It’s common to have your water break spontaneously when you are in labor, however, sometimes it happens before you are term. This is what your OBGYN is concerned about if you report any vaginal leaking before week 37.
Sometimes vaginal infections can cause some increased discharge during pregnancy. Also, towards the end of your pregnancy, you may have an increase in this discharge as your body is preparing for labor.
Discharge is a different consistency than amniotic fluid, however. Amniotic fluid is usually in a much greater abundance, and much more watery than normal vaginal discharge.
If you think your water has broken at any time in your pregnancy, regardless of your gestational age, call your doctor. There are a number of tests that can be done to determine if you have or not.
4) A decrease in movement
When you are around 24 weeks pregnant, your doctor will talk to you about performing “fetal kick counts”. Fetal kick counts are an easy way to check to see if baby is doing ok!
Basically what you do is lie on your left side without any distractions, and pay attention to how your baby is moving.
You should do this at approximately the same time each day. I used to do it before I was drifting off to sleep at 8 am after a long night shift, because that’s when my baby liked to move the most!
You should count how maNY Times Baby hareket eder ve hareket etmesinin ne kadar sürmesi gerekir. Herhangi bir hareket, küçük bir çırpınandan büyük bir vuruşa kadar sayılır. “Geçmek” için bebek iki saatte on kez hareket etmelidir. Bebek on kez hareket ettikten sonra saymayı bırakabilirsiniz. Bazen bebekler ilk dakikada on kez hareket eder! Bazen iki saatlik işarete daha yakındır. Her ikisi de normal!
Bebek iki saatte on kez hareket etmezse, doktorunuzu arayın. Bu, bebeğin sıkıntı içinde olduğunun bir işareti olabilir. Ne zaman hasta ve hava altında hissettiğinizi düşünün, hareket etmeyi sevmezsiniz ve yatakta kalmayı sevmektir. Bu, bebeklerin stresli olduklarında neden daha az hareket etmesinin arkasındaki nedendir.
Bebeklerin rahimde uyku döngüleri olduğunu ve bebekler uyuduğunda çok fazla hareket etmezler. Bebekler hareket ederken uyumaktan hoşlanırlar. Bu yüzden uzanırken fetal tekme sayıları yapmak önemlidir, çünkü bebeklerin uyanmayı sevdiği zamandır!
5) Baş ağrısı veya bulanık görme
Planlanan randevularınıza gittiğinizde, doktorunuz size her zaman baş ağrısı veya bulanık bir vizyonunuz olup olmadığını soracaktır.
Baş ağrısı veya bulanık görme, sizin ve bebek için hayatı tehdit eden bir gebelik komplikasyonu olan preeklampsinin bir işareti olabilir.
Preeklampsi hamileliğinizin sonuna karşı daha yaygındır, ancak 20 haftalık gebelikten sonra herhangi bir zamanda olabilir. Yüksek kan basınçları, ekstremitelerinizde şişme ve idrarınızdaki protein ile karakterizedir. Doktora her gittiğinizde bir fincanda işemek zorunda olmanızın nedeni de budur!
Preeklampsi sizin için tehlikelidir, çünkü kan basıncınız son derece yüksekse, nöbet veya inme yapmanıza neden olabilir. Bebek için de çok tehlikelidir, çünkü kan basıncınız arttıkça, daha az kan akışı ve oksijen plasentanıza ulaşır, bu da sonuçta bebek için daha az kan akışı ve oksijen anlamına gelir.
Bunu zaten bir düzine kez söylediğimi biliyorum, ama lütfen bu endişelerden herhangi birini doktorunuza getirin. Hamilelik komplikasyonlarınızı teşhis etmem için bana küçük güvenmeyin. Ben bir hemşireyim, ama ben senin hemşirem değilim, ben de bir doktor değilim! Buradaki amacım eğitmek. Lütfen feragatnamıma bakın. Bununla birlikte, güvenli ve sağlıklı bir hamilelik için!
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