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Re: To DR. McIntosh (Re: Wondering)From: AJ (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:11:00 -0500 (CDT)
At Wed, 18 Oct 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >At Wed, 18 Oct 2000, AJ wrote: >> >>Dr. McIntosh, >> >>I have recounted all the dates and here is the exact scenario. I became >>pregnant on April 28,2000. I found this out on May 24th, which put me >>at 3 weeks pregnant. I had sex a few times during May and the last time >>was on May 26th. I decided to have an abortion which was performed on >>June 1. I found out the second week of July that I was pregnant again. >>Based on the ultrasound the doctor has put the gestational age of the >>baby at the end of May, prior to the abortion. Would the abortion had >>not taken care of that? I am hoping that the gestational age is wrong >>and I just have a bigger than normal baby. I did have sex a couple of >>weeks after the abortion. I have read about superfecundation and I know >>it is possible to ovulate twice and get pregnant again, but I dont see >>how the abortion would not have gotten both eggs. >> >>Thank You for any info you can provide. > >Well, one possible explanation is that the second pregnancy was still in >the tube at the time of the proceedure, and then implanted subsequently >(though it boggles the mind to understand how this could have happened!) >Another is that you are still pregnant from the original pregnancy, >either with a singleton that was untouched by the abortion, or with a >remaining twin. When you say that you got pregnant on 4/28, do you mean >that is when you conceived you think, or that is the time of your last >menstrual period? I personally think (and I realize that I do not have >all the details) that this is the original pregnancy that was supposed >to be aborted, and which was not. Yet another possibility is that you >had a missed miscarriage (a miscarriage in which the bleeding has not >yet started), ovulated, conceived, then had the D&C which removed the >miscarriage but not the second conception, which is now progressing >normally. All of this is pure guesswork. > >-- >William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG >Clarksville, TN > >This is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to be replacement >or substitute for consultation and examination by an appropriate medical >professional. Due to time constraints, private e-mails cannot be answered. > April 28th was when it was conceived. I was 30 days pregnant at the time of the abortion. The pregnancy I have now was either conceived 1 week before the abortion, or the doctor is wrong about the u/s saying that the end of May was the conception date.
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