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At Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Brenda wrote: > >Hello.
>
>My LMP was 12/18/00. I ovulated about Day 22, so I'm about 7 weeks
>pregnant. My first OB visit was one week ago (Wednesday). U/S showed a
>baby (saw the heartbeat!), 0.44 cm long, and a yolk sac. I had blood
>work done, but I don't know my HCG levels.
>
>Last weekend, I started spotting -- bright red with clots, then brown.
>Per doctor's orders, I stayed off my feet as much as possible. This
>past Monday a second u/s showed that the baby was 0.75 cm long, heart
>still beating, cervix was closed, no blood... everything looked fine.
>
>This morning, I started spotting again -- this time reddish-brown. U/S
>showed baby is now about 1.0 cm, heart still beating (picture seems to
>show arms and legs!), but the yolk sac appears smaller and more oblong
>in proportion to the baby. The doctor was concerned enough about the
>yolk sac size and the spotting to prescribe progesterone.
>
>My questions are:
>1. Am I at a high risk of losing the baby or of a pre-term delivery, or
>is the spotting "normal"?
>
>2. How long can these spotting episodes keep happening if I'm supposed
>to make it all the way to October 2?
>
>3. Does anyone have a clue as to what a small yolk sac and recurrent
>spotting would indicate? My doctor says there's no way of really knowing
>why this is happening.
>
>Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
>
>--Brenda

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