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Re: Miscarriage

From: Don Shuwarger, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:18:52 -0600 (CST)


At Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Angela wrote: >
>I've had one successful pregnancy (4 years ago)and two miscarriages
>(over the past two years)in a row. Yesterday I found out that I am
>pregnant. At the time my temperature spiked, I began progesterone
>therapy twice a day. My questions are: 1) How long should I continue
>the progesterone? and (2) Should I be doing HCG(?) quantitative counts?
>

Angela,

Good questions.

1) Until 10 weeks from the LMP. But more interesting to me is: why you are asking a bunch of strangers instead of the doc who gave you the treatment?!

2) hCG levels will give you information about the progress of the pregnancy. It doesn't influence what you or your doctor can do about it. But we do them to avoid false hopes and delays to diagnosis when there is a miscarriage, and to give hope and encouragement when they are rising normally.

Good Luck!

Don

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Don Shuwarger, M.D.
obdoc@inmind.com



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