PCOS Messages for September, 2000: Re: I HATE pcos! Now more than ever.

Re: I HATE pcos! Now more than ever.

From: Mona (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 13:46:38 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Kallie wrote: >
>- I am having so many emotions right now. Mainly, I am angry and hurt.
>I may be sitting here now losing my baby - and it could have been
>prevented. All the pain I am in and the bleeding - wasn't necessary.
>Pcos means that the ovaries may not produce enough progesterone to
>sustain a pregnancy. I brought this up to my Dr. (OB) on my first
>prenatal visit on 8-28-00. He agreed that we would monitor the
>progesterone levels because of the pcos.
>
>To be honest I all but forgot about progesterone until last week when
>the other Dr. in the practice put me on the vaginal supplements. I
>mean, we had done the test on 8-28 - I assumed if there was a problem
>when the tests came back I would have been notified. I mean - that is
>how it is supposed to work, otherwise what the hell was the test done
>for? Well someone made a mistake.
>
>I got the results from last Thursday's progesterone test before I
>started the supplements, it was 5.1. I read on the Internet recently
>that it should be at least 25 to sustain a pregnancy. The Dr. who
>prescribed the prog. said the level had to be at least 20.
>
>Here is the kicker - I asked what my level was from the test done on
>8-28 and it was only 7.7 then. I am so crushed. I could have been on
>this treatment over 3 weeks before it was started - if only someone had
>read my test results. Instead - my baby is fighting a battle for life,
>I am in tremendous pain and am bleeding. Let alone if this pregnancy
>sustains - I haven't even researched what kind of adverse effects may
>have occurred from the progesterone deficiency. How could this happen?
>All I can do now is rest and pray - and even so it may be too late. I
>don't think this has sunk in, God, please forbid I lose this baby -
>please help me make this error right.
>
>I felt like I did everything I could about the pcos effecting this
>pregnancy by requesting specific tests and asking for follow-ups MORE
>blood work and endless question on what *I* could do to help keep this
>pregnancy. Now it seems I missed the most important thing - If I had
>only called to ask how that 1st round of blood work was - maybe someone
>would have caught this earlier when it would have surely mad a
>difference.
>
>I'm sorry this is so long- I really just needed to vent and this seemed
>like the only place that would understand my pain and frustration.
>
>--
>Kallie
>
>--
>Kallie
>

Kallie I will keep you in my prayers,praying for good things lot of love to you.

--
MH

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