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Re: What is going on? Slow miscarriage recovery?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 May 2001 09:40:28 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 23 May 2001, Heather wrote: >
>I have posted here before and am very thankful for your thoughtful
>advice. I am very frustrated right now and don't know where to turn.
>Here is my situation. On Febuary 9 I had an ultrasound and found a
>blighted ovum only at 5.5 weeks (I should have been 8)but my HCG count
>was still 20,000. Started miscarring on Feb 15 and bleed for 3 weeks,
>then no bleeding for a week, then another week of bleeding. Then
>spotting off and on for a few weeks. Around March 15 had another
>ultrasound and found a small mass still in the uterus, HCG 300. Two
>weeks later HCG was 109 then another 2 weeks it was 40. On April 22
>started what I thought was my first period, was light but lasted 6 days.
>On March 7 got a positive OPK, on March 8 started spotting again then
>bleeding very heavy with bad cramps on March 10 bleeding lasted 9 days,
>also had a HCG done on March 14 and it was 0. Then yesterday I started
>spotting and lightly bleeding again with cramps. I also have been very
>moody, depressed, and have acne much worse than normal throughout these
>entire 4 months. I have called my doctor's nurse and she just told me
>to wait a few more months and see if things become normal but I am
>worried something is seriously wrong besides wanting to get pregnant
>again very bad. Should I be concerned, and does anyone have any idea
>what is going on with me? Thanks again for your time and consideration
>and sorry this is so long, I just really need some help.

Heather, I can certainly see why you would be frustrated. It sounds as though you likely had some chorionic tissue (placental like tissue) that hung on in the uterus for a while and continued to produce HCG. This can cause problems with resumption of your ovulation/cycles. Given that the HCG has finally gone to 0, the advice to wait a while longer sounds prudent... Lynn

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

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