Miscarriage (cont.)

Medical Author:

Vicken P Sepilian, MD

Coauthor:

Chester D Shermer, MD

Coauthor:

Verena Valley, MD

Medical Editor:

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.

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When to Seek Medical Care

Call your health care provider if you know or suspect you are pregnant and you are experiencing any of the following:

• Vaginal bleeding

• Abdominal pain or cramping, or low back pain

• Weakness or dizziness

• Uncontrollable or severe nausea or vomiting

• Urinary symptoms such as burning, frequency, or pain with urination

• You know or suspect you are pregnant and have heavy vaginal bleeding (soaking more than one pad every hour) or pain in the back or the abdomen.
  
  
• You are passing something that looks like tissue (place what you have passed into a jar or container and take it with you to the hospital).
  
  
• You have a history of ectopic (tubal) pregnancy.
  
  
• You are extremely dizzy or pass out.
  
  
• You have a known pregnancy accompanied with passage of clots or other material.
  
  
• You have a fever of greater than 100.4°F.
  
  
• You are vomiting; nothing stays down.