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Re: Could I be Pregnant after miscarriage 7wks ago?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 May 2001 20:33:03 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: josie: "Could I be Pregnant after miscarriage 7wks ago?"

At Thu, 31 May 2001, josie wrote: >
>I had a miscarriage 7 weeks ago and had D&E at 6.5weeks preg. I did not
>take a hcg blood test after that. I bled for aprox. 1 1/2 and had a
>followup visit with my ob/gyn. He said everything was ok and asked me
>if I want to go on birth control. I declined, however he did not take a
>blood test to test my hcg levels at this point. I had unprotected
>intercourse shortly after, maybe the same week. I have started having
>some crampings that lead me to believe that my period was about to
>start, on and off for a few days. I saw a spotting of blood that is
>typical for the first day of my period,but then it went a way and I am
>still having crampings on and off almost every day that lasts a second.
>A pregnancy test showed positive results, very quickly. Could I be
>pregnant, or left over hormones from previous pregnancy?

Unless there is still some placenta from the first pregnancy in the uterus, there should not be any left over hormones from the first pregnancy.

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