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What Causes Spotting During Pregnancy?

I am 7 weeks pregnant. No dr visit yet as they don t want to see me until I am at least 9 weeks. This will be my 4th child. I am having Red blood spotting and some cramping....like menstrual cramps.I did have some bleeding with my third child.I wound up being my placenta partially detaching. ( I was 4 months along at that time ) No issues after that. I am worried as this was an unplanned pregnancy but I do not want to lose it.
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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Hey thanks for your faith in the health care Magic

Bleeding in the first trimester is not always a problem. It may be caused by:

Having sex
An infection
The fertilized egg implanting in the uterus
Hormone changes
Other factors that will not harm the woman or baby
More serious causes of first-trimester bleeding include:

A miscarriage, which is the loss of the pregnancy before the embryo or fetus can live on its own outside the uterus. Almost all women who miscarry will have bleeding before a miscarriage.
An ectopic pregnancy, which may cause bleeding and cramping.
A molar pregnancy, in which the pregnancy does not form properly..thank you
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What Causes Spotting During Pregnancy?

Hey thanks for your faith in the health care Magic Bleeding in the first trimester is not always a problem. It may be caused by: Having sex An infection The fertilized egg implanting in the uterus Hormone changes Other factors that will not harm the woman or baby More serious causes of first-trimester bleeding include: A miscarriage, which is the loss of the pregnancy before the embryo or fetus can live on its own outside the uterus. Almost all women who miscarry will have bleeding before a miscarriage. An ectopic pregnancy, which may cause bleeding and cramping. A molar pregnancy, in which the pregnancy does not form properly..thank you