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Re: Missed Abortion
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 06:25:28 -0500 (CDT)
All the term missed abortion means is that the fetus has died, but not
beeen expelled from the uterus.
At Wed, 25 Jul 2001, snl2001 wrote:
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>Doctor,
>
>I understand that by definition 'missed abortion' is an 'old'
>miscarriage that happens 4, possibly 8, weeks before it is discovered by
>doctor. And many women first find out that a fetus is dead and their
>pregnancy is over when they go to the doctor's office for a regular
>checkup.
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>What I am trying to understand is:
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>1. Does it mean that a woman knew she had already been pregnant for
>several weeks, and she just didn't catch the moment the fetus died?
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>2. Or it means that she never had known she was pregnant for several
>weeks when she discovers she had had a missed abortion? In this case,
>how does doctor know that it was a missed abortion vs other spontaneous
>abortions?
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>Appreciate your time.
>
>Thank you,
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