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Re: PREGNANCY: 17 weeks pregnant with chronic bleeding/spotting
From: Anita (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:44:23 -0500 (CDT)
Hi holly as i'm aware you would be almost due to give birth to your
little one so your posting has me very interested, I am 17 weeks 5 days
pregnant and have been bleeding off and on since approx 9 weeks, over
the past 3 weeks it has slowly become more persistant and very freash
looking, i have spent many hours up at our maternity unit being checked
over but not much light has been shed on what the cause is or even if
the pregnancy will be fine, so like you i'm told that they can hear a
fetal heart so baby is fine and that it will be a matter of "wait and
see", this is extermely stressful and i just wonder how your pregnany
has been going since you posted your concern, many thanks Anita
At Wed, 18 Feb 2009, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote:
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>Holly
>
>Previas can bleed at any time, so do not rule this out. Ask to see a
>perinatologist, if possible, and see if he can shed some light on what
>is happening...Dr. von Almen
>
>At Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Holly wrote:
>>
>>I'm 27 years old and currently 17 weeks pregnant with my third child. My
>>first two pregnancies were fairly uncomplicated--I had a few episodes of
>>slight brown spotting during the first trimesters of each (diagnosed
>>with a small SCH with #1, suspect the same with #2), but that's pretty
>>much it.
>>
>>With this pregnancy, however, I've been bleeding/spotting almost
>>continuously since 8 weeks. Sometimes it's bright or dark red blood
>>with small clots; other times it's slight red or brown spotting. It did
>>taper off and stop entirely from about 13-14.5 weeks, but then it
>>started back up again. I've had no significant cramping or pain with
>>the bleeding, but plenty of worry!
>>
>>My OB hasn't been able to tell me much other than the baby is doing just
>>fine and that we need to wait and see what happens. At my 16-week
>>appointment he suggested it might be due to a low-lying placenta.
>>However, from what I've been reading, it sounds like placenta previas
>>typically start bleeding late in the third trimester, not early in the
>>second trimester--is this correct? Are there other possible explanations
>>for this bleeding? My next appointments are in 3 weeks (for the standard
>>level II ultrasound) and 4 weeks (for my next OB checkup). . .Are
>>there any other exams/tests that should be conducted, or precautions I
>>should be taking in the meantime?
>
>--
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> relationship. This information is not intended to supplant
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>
>William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
>Private Practice
>New Orleans, La.
>
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