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1 son, 1 missed m/c, and unsure what to expect from doc's? (long)

From: TAMARA (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:41:54 -0600 (CST)

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I am in a somewhat unique situation. My husband is active duty military. We have been married for 7 years and during this time I have always felt that I have gotten excellent medical care. However, In late Sep 2000 I had a missed miscarriage (diagnosed at 12 weeks; baby died at 9 weeks). It was followed by a d&c. Prior to that, in April 1999, I delivered a perfectly healthy baby boy after a picture perfect pregnancy. It has been four months since the m/c and my husband and I are now actively trying to conceive again. After reading many of the posts on this site, there are serveral things that make me curious about the quality of care I have been receiving. First, the military clinic will not see anyone who is pregnant until they are 10 weeks. Secondly, to my knowledge, my hcg levels and progesterone levels were never checked with either pregnancy (this especially concerns me with the second one). Now, there is a good chance I could be pregnant again, though it is still too early to tell. Is it wise not be seen by a doctor until you are ten weeks pregnant? I am so nervous about a repeat m/c and should there be a problem (especially something as simple as a hormone problem) wouldn't earlier care be helpful? Is it reasonable to request that hcg and progesterone levels be checked regularly, especially with a previous m/c? I guess in short what I want to know is... What is reasonable to expect from my doctors when it comes to future pregnancies. I am sorry this is so long, but any insight would be extremely helpful.

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