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Can stress cause you to bleed during pregnancy?
When you first conceive, and the embryo implants, you'll see a little blood. Fear of being pregnant
strikes around the same time, so you think the stress is making you bleed.
I heard that stress could cause it, not the worry that you are pregnant. Fear that you
are pregnant could make you pull out your hair or eat a gallon of chocolate chip ice
cream.
I can understand blaming the ice cream consumption on the pregnancy, though I assure you, the
kid doesn't need the calories yet. But bleeding in pregnancy is not a good sign.
What is it a sign of?
If your body isn't putting out many hormones, the bleeding could be a sign of your period
trying to start before stopping. Conversely, it could be a sign of a miscarriage.
Can stress trigger a miscarriage?
It's rare, but it can happen. Failing a test won't make you miscarry, but fear that your
boyfriend will leave you alone to raise the kid or death of a loved one could be enough
to do it.
But the pregnancy test is still positive.
If you think you've miscarried, go to the doctor. There are other hormone levels that
will reveal if you've miscarried or are about to.
So stress could cause the bleeding, if it is a miscarriage.
Yes. So you should go to the doctor if you have bleeding, though it still might not save
the baby.
That just leaves me with more stress!
Then get to a doctor to get an answer! Then you won't be so stressed.
Then what do I do?
Then you either mourn the loss of your child or get a prescription from the doctor to fix
whatever is causing the bleeding. But there isn't much I can do.
Actually, you could.
Do you need me to drive you to the doctor?