PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for February, 2001: Re: Is anyone out there?

Re: Is anyone out there?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:28:51 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 28 Feb 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Hi....again...I was wondering if anyone read my post the other day about
>being pregnant with endometriosis.I got no replies, not even one. Thought
>mabey it didnt go through the posts. But I do have another question to ask of
>you. My cousin just found out she was pregnant this last weekend by taking a
>home urine test. It came back positive. She took another and another and they
>too came back positive. So she went to the DR and they gave her a blood test
>but that came back negative. Could she be getting false results from her home
>tests? I always thought that a blood test was much more accurate then home
>urine tests. And I also thought for sure that if a home test will detect your
>HCG level then a blood test should be able to as well...am I wrong on this?
>
>Christie T

If the physician actually did a blood pregnancy test, then this should be more accurate than her home tests. With regard to your previous question, I did not see it but pregnancy is the best thing that can happen to a woman with endo. It is the closest thing to a cure... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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