A Study for Detection the Causes of Vaginal Bleeding in Pregnant Women at 1st Trimester in Bint al-Huda Teaching Hospital at al-Nasiriyah City, Iraq

The present study was aimed to detect the more suspected causes related to incidence of vaginal bleeding (VB) in pregnant women during 1^st trimester. Using specific questionnaire forma, the required information were obtained from a totally 50 pregnant women at 1^st trimester of gestation. Collected data were divided into three parts; socio-demographic, reproductive, and other-related factors. Regarding to sociodemographic factors, significant increase (P<0.05) for affected cases were showed in women 21–25 years of age, uneducated or primary school graduated, housewives, resident in urban, and poorly economic status. In reproductive factors, significant elevation (P<0.05) were detected in women married at 16–19 years of age, 4–8 gravida, 4–8 para, 1–2 abortions, 3–6 live children, 3–5 years interval for last pregnancy, irregular attended to hospital and singleton pregnancy. Among other factors, significant increasing (P<0.05) were detected only in mother-related factors including abnormal mother's weight, have reproductive illness, Rh incompatibility, non marriage to relatives, non infected, received medication, smoking passively, and having previous history for abortion and curettage.