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Re: Provera Pregnancy????

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:36:05 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 5 Apr 2001, nlf wrote: >
>Approximately 10 weeks ago, my daughter in law saw a new OBGYN. Since
>the birth of her first baby 18 months ago, she has been having heavy and
>irregular periods. She told by the dr. that her uterus was enlarged
>and tilted and she would not be getting pregnant any time soon. He
>prescribed Provera without taking a blood test or doing a pregnancy
>test. She took 3 of these pills before we advised her stongly not to
>take them in case she was pregnant. I read that if she were pregnant,
>she would miscarry. She bled quite a bit at that time. She then got in
>to another specalist office and was given a vaginal ultasound. This
>showed no pregnancy. Her appointment to see the doctor is not for 3
>weeks. Well, in the meantime, it has become quite obvious that she is
>pregnant. She went to the lab and had blood taken and it came back
>positive that she is definitely pregnant. It has been 8 weeks since she
>took the Provera. She looks very pregnant. More than 8 weeks. Could
>this be possible. Could something be wrong with the baby. She is
>already showing and looks very pregnant. During her first pregnancy,
>she had a period for 2 months into her pregnancy. Her last normal
>period was Jan. 20th. She took 3 Provera beginning on Jan. 28th. She
>was given a vaginal ultrasound on Feb. 3rd. Knowing all of this, how
>pregnant could she be?
>
>--
>Concerned Grandma....
>

We used to give provera as a pregnancy test. If there wass no bleeding after taking 5 days worth, a pregnancy existed. We gave it to millions of women. It does not cause miscarriage. There is a question as to whether or not it might double the incidence of a rare birth defect from one in a million to one in a half million. The chances of provera causing a problem is really exceedingly small.

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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