Estimate the age of blood in pregnancy

Can We Estimate the Age of a Pregnancy Bleed?

Pregnancy bleeding may not only reveal what is happening now. It may carry traces of when the bleeding began. This article explores whether hemoglobin breakdown, oxidation, hemosiderin, macrophages, clot organization and RNA degradation could help estimate the age of a pregnancy bleed.

Microscopy and pregnancy bleeding

Microscopy of Pregnancy Bleeding

What would we see if pregnancy bleeding were placed under a microscope? This article explores how red blood cells, inflammatory cells, macrophages, hemosiderin, fibrin and tissue fragments may help reconstruct the biological story behind bleeding.