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Re: 16.5 wks- pressure down there- worry???
From: Emily (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:34:45 -0400
Not to sound stupid, but I have a similar pain (pressure). What is an
incomptent os? Should I call my dr also?
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (samir fouad Aziz MD)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH
><pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Re: 16.5 wks- pressure down there- worry???
>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:10:38 -0500
>
>At Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Valerie wrote:
> >
> >I am 16.5 wks pregnant, I have PCOS and am on 200mg oral progesterone
> >twice daily to sustain this pregnancy because I had 2 prior
> >miscarraiges. Around 10-13 wks I felt little flutters like almost like
> >a goldfish flipping in my ovary, then I got an upper respiratory virus
> >and started to feel almost nothing, the doc did a doppler check 5 days
> >ago and all seems fine, and 3 days ago I think I got my first cervical
> >kick (a switch from the ovarian bongos, but not too pleasant either :)
> >and there has been a titch more activity since then... the problem I am
> >now worried about is that I have also recently noticed a feeling of
> >pressure "down there" that started to just be a transient thing whilst
> >standing or walking, however it now feels weighty almost every time that
> >I stand or walk, and stairs are almost scary because the pressure seems
> >heavier... is this normal? When I am walking for more than 30 minutes
> >or so, the pressure is such that I start to wonder if coughing hard is
> >safe because I would swear I could cough this baby out as hard and s/he
> >is sitting there.
> >
> >--
> >Valerie
> >
>
>check the cervical canal measures by ultrasound to see if there is
>evidence of incomptent os or not
>
>--
>SAmir Fouad Aziz MD
>Assist Professor OB.Gyn
>Director Gyn.oncology
>Al-Azhar University-Egypt
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