PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: Dr. Braun/Christie, Thank you, 1 more ?

Re: Dr. Braun/Christie, Thank you, 1 more ?

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 00:55:14 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Cassie wrote: >
>Thank you so much for responding to my post. I am going out of my mind
>right now with anxiety! Christie mentioned she had a similar situation
>and it turned out to be a blighted ov. Typically arent the hcg levels
>supposed to be very high with blighted ov's? Did you see anything on
>your ultrasound? I have another one on Monday morning and if nothing is
>seen then, then I really feel like I should give up.
>My real concern is if I do have an ectopic, I don't want to wait so long
>that it ruptures, but I have NO symptoms. The radiology techs were
>pressing all over my pelvic area asking "Does this hurt?" NO (100 times,
>NO!) Have you been bleeding, are you bleeding? NO. Are you/have you
>been in pain? NO. Truthfully, I don't know how many weeks I am, that
>was one of the main reasons for the Ultrasound (size and dates). It
>could be anywhere from 4.5 to 7 -I'm guessing. It just doesn't seem
>very reassuring that all that was seen on the Ultrasound was a very
>thick lining-even though my hcg is only 1500. The one question I didn't
>get answered was could the thickness in my uterus be tissue from
>miscarriage that hasn't passed yet and could that tissue still make my
>hcg rise?

maybe -- or you may just be too early. I've seen this picture of not quite doubling HCGs more than once where it started out as twins, one didn't make it, but the second was fine. IWth your lack of symptoms, my advice would be to hang in there and have serioal HCGs and ultraosunds until it was unequivocal that you do not have a viable pregnancy

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

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide

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