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What does a miscarriage look like? Is it normal to spot during pregnancy? These are the questions that many pregnant people ask themselves, especially early on in their pregnancies, and especially if they’ve ever dealt with a previous loss<\/a> before.<\/p>

Pregnancy can be a joyful time but it can also be scary.<\/p>

Bleeding in early pregnancy can strike fear, whether it’s a person’s first pregnancy or their third. Early pregnancy bleeding could be related to implantation or other normal causes, but it could also be due to something more serious.<\/p>

Here’s where it can be helpful to get some answers about what implantation bleeding looks like and what a miscarriage can look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What does a miscarriage look like? Is it normal to spot during pregnancy? These are the questions that many pregnant people ask themselves, especially early on in their pregnancies, and especially if they’ve ever dealt with a previous loss before. Pregnancy can be a joyful time but it can also be scary. 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