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Re: Yolk Sac

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 19:41:22 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Averil wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I'm 8 weeks pregnant today and I had an ultra sound yesterday because I
>had been bleeding (not a lot, no cramping; it was fresh, bright red).
>Well, the doctor sees a pregnancy sac, but no yolk sac. We're both
>pessimistic that this is a healthy pregnancy, and from what I've read,
>this can't be fixed. Do you know of any reasons for why the yolk sac
>would not have developed?

if you saw a heartbeat that is a better sign - -the yolk sac begins to deteriorate around week 9, and may just not have been well seen

And if the yolk sac appears at about four >weeks and deteriorates at nine to let the placenta take over, why
>haven't I miscarried? I still have some spotting and it has become
>brownish. I thought I saw some tissue (very little, almost stringy,
>like discharge).
>
>We're waiting 'til Monday, July 2 (it's now Friday, June 29 and my
>bleeding started last Friday, stopped a few hours later and didn't come
>back until Wednesday night just before midnight) for another ultra sound
>and also for a blood test so we can compare HcG levels.

why the hcg levels? the ultrasound findings are more important at this stage >
>Thanks in advance for any opinions you might have.

if there is a good heartbeat, that is a very positive sign >
>--
>Averil Massie
>

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

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