Frozen pregnancy can occur in women at any age. Every future mother should know the first signs of a stiff pregnancy. You can reduce the risk of a stiff pregnancy if you constantly visit your doctor and follow all of his instructions when planning to conceive a baby.
What does frozen pregnancy mean?
With this pregnancy, the development of the fetus stops, it dies. Most often this pregnancy occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy. Provoke the termination of the fetal life can various inflammatory processes in the female body and many other factors. During a dead pregnancy, it may not be possible to find out the causes of its occurrence, which poses a great threat to the future offspring. To show signs of pregnancy with such pathology can not only in the early, but also in later terms.
Causes of this pathology
There are quite a few reasons for the appearance of a frozen pregnancy. These are chromosomal changes in the fetus, hormonal disorders in the female body, infectious diseases, various chronic infections, and others. But the most common cause is the wrong way of life of a pregnant woman. It is the abuse of alcohol, drugs, cigarettes. And also the use of potent drugs, typical diseases: chlamydia, toxoplasmosis, herpes, etc.
The first signs of a stiff pregnancy
Often in the early stages of pregnancy, they can be identified only at a routine next examination by a gynecologist. But the examination can be after some time after the birth of a frozen pregnancy, since it manifests itself without obvious signs, hardly noticeable.
The first symptom that can indicate a problem that has started can be a sharp cessation of toxicosis, unless of course the woman suffered from this ailment. Simultaneously, signs that are characteristic of pregnancy stop: pain in the region of the breasts, lowering of the basal temperature, and others. But, unfortunately, a woman who is in the first trimester of an interesting situation, these symptoms may not give much importance. At a later date, a frozen pregnancy can manifest itself with different signs. This is the occurrence of bloody discharge, discomfort and pain in the lower abdomen. Such signs may be the cause of exfoliation of the fetal egg, which can lead to miscarriage.
In late pregnancy, the first signs without attention, women do not remain. In late terms, a frozen pregnancy is characterized by the fact that the fetus stops moving. To my great regret, even specialists can not give concrete recommendations how to accurately determine the termination of fetal development at home. It is possible that the woman's abdomen in the event of a frozen pregnancy continues to increase and tests can confirm the presence of pregnancy. But thus the empty shell (fetal) develops, but not the fetus.
The following symptoms are also observed with a stiffened pregnancy: an increase in temperature above 37.5 degrees, drawing pains in the abdomen and lower back, deterioration of the general condition, a decrease in the volume of the stomach. But these signs may not immediately appear, and after five to seven days after stopping the development of the fetus.
A woman, knowing signs of manifestation of this pathology, can turn to a specialist in time and promptly begin treatment. The sooner medical care is provided, the better. When the deceased fetus is in the uterus for more than 5-6 weeks, development of desyncated intravascular coagulation may occur, otherwise the ICE syndrome is spoken. In this bleeding can lead to the most disastrous consequences, as the blood ceases to curdle.