وَالدَّمُ الَّذِي تَرَاهُ الْحَامِلُ، وَمَا تَرَاهُ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي حَالِ وِلَادَتِهَا قَبْلَ خُرُوجِ الْوَلَدِ: اسْتِحَاضَةٌ.
Meaning: Bleeding seen during pregnancy, and bleeding during delivery before the child emerges, is classified as istihadah.
This Hanafi classification distinguishes bleeding before delivery from bleeding afterward. Pregnancy-related bleeding does not automatically acquire the rules of menstruation or postnatal bleeding.