ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the physical aspects of earlier miscarriage although there is no hard and fast dividing line. The bleeding one's experience will vary over the duration of the miscarriage. If one's miscarriage is confirmed early and an evacuation of the retained products of conception (ERPC) is done fairly quickly, one may experience relatively little blood loss. As molar pregnancy is so unusual, and has such potentially serious consequences, one may feel quite isolated and desperately in need of information. Ectopic pregnancy also has longer-term implications and it has serious effects if it is untreated. In an ectopic pregnancy, which is most common between six and ten weeks of pregnancy, the fertilised cells implant outside the womb, generally in the fallopian tube. Pain and bleeding are the most common symptoms, as they are with other forms of miscarriage, but the pain can be very severe and it can be confused with surgical emergencies like appendicitis.
