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Re: -POST, PLS. ANSWER - DEFINE 'ABNORMAL' PREGNANCY, PLEASE.

From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:41:01 -0600 (CST)


Abnormal measn that there might be something intrinsically wrong with the fetus, such that it were destined to miscarry. spotting in early pregnancy is quite common and more or less "normal".

At Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Elaina wrote: >
>I had asked a question earlier on this forum regarding prometrium. I
>was prescribed prometrium at 2 months pregnant because I had bled for a
>few days and after they tested my progesterone level, I was only 9.1. I
>asked if the prometrium would actually help sustain the pregnancy to
>term. The answer I received was that if my level of progesterone was
>just low, this supplement would help and all should be okay. However,
>if the pregnancy was "abnormal" then no, the taking of prometrium did
>not guarantee the pregnancy from miscarriage. Please define abnormal
>medically. Would bleeding pink and red one day and then brown three
>more days constitute an "abnormal" pregnancy at 2 months along? Thanks,
>e-

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James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine

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