PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: Slow Growing Embryo, no heartbeat

Re: Slow Growing Embryo, no heartbeat

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 24 Mar 2001 00:07:01 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Accepting wrote: >
>At 6 weeks LMP, I had a transvaginal u/s which showed just a sac. 10
>days later, I had another one (I was then 7 weeks 4 days LMP). The tech
>said the sac showed me to be 5 weeks 3 days. I KNOW that is not right.
>I know exactly when I ovulated (through temps, OPK, etc.) There was a
>fetal pole, but no heartbeat. At 6 weeks, my HCG was 3000, then 2 days
>later 5053. What is going on? I'm pretty sure this is a loss, but why
>am I not bleeding or cramping? Can you have an embryo that is just
>growing slowly?
>
>Thank you for your time and consideration.

with an HCG level of 3000, and ceratinly iwth one of > 5000, a heartbeat should be seen. This is a missed abortion -- where the pregnancy has stopped developing but you haven't miscarried yet.

I'm sorry -- I've had 2 missed abortions and 1 where we saw the heartbeat for a couple of weeks before I miscarried, so I know how disappointed you must be

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

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