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Re: *-- R. Daniel Braun --* Threatened abortion and Urinary Tract infection while pregnant - Worried - Would appreciate some insight
From: dawn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:21:24 -0500 (CDT)
I've been looking at the normal ranges of HCG levels and it seems as
though mine is really low. When I read the HCG level for 7 or 8 weeks
is that 7 weeks LMP? You said my HCG level is normal for 5.5 weeks.. is
that 5.5 weeks from LMP? I am almost about 8 weeks LMP. So if I was 7
weeks 4 days LMP yesterday with an HCG of 2090 is that still really low
being that I have read that 7 weeks HCG should be over 7000. Or is that
7 weeks from ovulation/fertilization or 7 weeks LMP? It just dawned on
me that maybe I'm reading the HCG scale wrong. If it is correct that
the scale goes by LMP, then I'm really low. With the bleeding I had for
10 min and the little clot I passed and the severe cramping, it would
seem as though I'm going to have a miscarriage. I'm still worried about
an ectopic. Can a hospital make the mistake of telling me everything is
in the right place when it's not? I was first told nothing was there
then later told it was there. Since my HCG levels seem to be so low,
and Ive had bleeding on one day with cramps and one clot, fever, 2
infections (UTI and one other) that they refuse to do anything for
because of being pregnant.. it seems as though everything is working
against me having a normal pregnancy and I'm just not getting the
answers I'm looking for. Thanks for your time.
dawn
At Thu, 8 Jun 2000, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote:
>
>At Thu, 8 Jun 2000, dawn wrote:
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>>Today I went for the second sonogram at 7 weeks 4 days pregnant to find
>>out if anything was able to be picked up on the sonogram since last Wed
>>the doctor said there was nothing in the uterus. I had bleeding on May
>>20th for 10 min along with severe cramps and a tiny little clot that I
>>passed. No bleeding since. The doctor still did not see anything in
>>the sonogram today and I was told to go straight to the ER since I was
>>having cramps because he feared it was ectopic. I was taken right away
>>in the ER and was there for almost 7 hours. They first put a tube into
>>my bladder that extended out and was taped onto my leg along with a bag.
>>Very uncomfortable. I was then wheeled to another place where I was
>>pumped through the tube with a bag full of water so that I suppose they
>>could get a better picture on the ultrasound. They did an external
>>ultrasound and a vaginal one. I then had 5 tubes of blood drawn and an
>>exam by the ER doctor. I was first told that they saw nothing in the
>>uterus then 30 min later he came back to my room and said that yes I am
>>7 weeks 4 days pregnant and it's in the right place in the uterus. After
>>getting the results of my blood within an hour, he came back and said my
>>HCG, if I remember correctly, was 2090.
>
>This is more like normal for 5.5 weeks.
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> He said I had a threatened
>>miscarriage.
>
>The definition of a "Threatened miscarriage" is Bleeding and or cramping
>before 20 weeks of pregnancy.
>With a normal pregnancy at this stage, the HCG should double in 48
>hours.
>
>RDB
>
> Then I was told that I had a UTI but because I'm pregnant
>>that they wouldn't give me any pills to treat the UTI and the only thing
>>I could do is drink lots of liquid. Is this true? I was doing a search
>>on here and saw that other people were put on antibiotics for a UTI
>>while pregnant. Also, I have NO symptoms of being pregnant and never
>>did. The one and only sign is my nipples are sore but they are not as
>>sore as when I first found out I was pregnant at 4 weeks. Does this
>>mean that the threatened miscarriage is likely to become a miscarriage?
>>Thanks for any info. I tried to talk to the ER doctor but he didn't
>>seem to want to answer my questions. I barely saw him and he acted as
>>if I was over-reacting.
>>dawn
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>R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
>
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