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Re: First Trimester QuestionFrom: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:09:04 -0500 (CDT)
At Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Cindy wrote: > >I am 6 weeks pregnant. 2 previous ectopics but this one made it to the >uterus!! The past 3 days I have had a nasty one-sided pain that extends >to my back and down my leg. No pain when urinating. The baby is in the >uterus so ectopic is out. I have no appendix or gallbladder so I am >confused what this could be. Please help. Being tossed around in the >military system is not helping. > >-- >Cindy > Cindy, The pain may represent stretching and pulling on some scar tissue from your previous ectopics. The other possibility is a heterotopic pregnancy (an intrauterine and ectopic at the same time-two different embryos). Occurs in 1 out of 20,000 pregnancies, but with your history, the possibility is increased... Lynn
-- Lynn D. Montgomery, MD Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center Missoula, Montana
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