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Re: low lying embryo

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 01:26:23 -0600 (CST)


At Fri, 30 Mar 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am presently 10 weeks gestation. At 7 weeks I had small amount of brown
>spotting and a small blood clot. My ob doctor ordered a sonogram and said I
>had a low lying implantion and I would most likely have a miscarriage due to
>the inability of the embryo to grow. All of the research i have seen
>correlates this to a low lying placenta. Is this the same thing?

a low implantaion usually leads to a low placenta, but not to an inevitable miscarriage

I feel my >ob doctor was incorrect with the information he gave me.

well, he certainly wasn't very reassuring! If a heartveat was seen at that 7 week ultraosund, that is reassuring however.

Please let me know >if you have any more information for me.
>If you could e-mail me at ccook73346@aol.com. P.S. At this time I have no
>further spotting.

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

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

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