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Could My Recent Missed Period And Patchy Bleeding, Along With Upper Stomach Pain, Indicate A Miscarriage?

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Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2025
Question: I have missed my period first time after marriage. But after 6 days of missing period, I have first observed some brown and then light reddish spot, and then after one or two day, means today I have observed bleeding but in patches not continuous, I am feeling very much pain specially on the upper portion of my stomach below my ribs. I am very much upset, what is this, Is this a miscarriage, or some thing else.please guide
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Answered by Dr. Aaron Branch (8 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
May be an irregular period or a miscarriage

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

Irregular bleeding like this could be from multiple causes, such as a late period, or possibly a miscarriage. It can sometimes be hard to tell the difference between a period and a miscarriage when the miscarriage is very early like this, though normally the miscarriage will have more bleeding and clots. You could check a pregnancy test, and if it was a miscarriage, I would expect it to be positive.

If it wasn't a miscarriage, then it would just be a late period, which can happen even to women who normally have very regular periods. Normally your periods would return back to normal within a month or two, but if you continued to have irregular periods, you should be evaluated to figure out the cause, which could be from many causes, including thyroid disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and others.

I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any other questions about that, and I would be glad to discuss it with you further.

Regards
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Could My Recent Missed Period And Patchy Bleeding, Along With Upper Stomach Pain, Indicate A Miscarriage?

Brief Answer: May be an irregular period or a miscarriage Detailed Answer: Hello, Irregular bleeding like this could be from multiple causes, such as a late period, or possibly a miscarriage. It can sometimes be hard to tell the difference between a period and a miscarriage when the miscarriage is very early like this, though normally the miscarriage will have more bleeding and clots. You could check a pregnancy test, and if it was a miscarriage, I would expect it to be positive. If it wasn't a miscarriage, then it would just be a late period, which can happen even to women who normally have very regular periods. Normally your periods would return back to normal within a month or two, but if you continued to have irregular periods, you should be evaluated to figure out the cause, which could be from many causes, including thyroid disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and others. I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any other questions about that, and I would be glad to discuss it with you further. Regards