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Re: Discrepancy in tests, am I PG or not? Doctors?
From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 17:38:35 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Anon wrote: >
>The morning I missed my period I had a qualitative beta done Monday
>morning. That night I had a faint ++ HPT, also had another faint ++ HPT
>Tuesday morning. Today my beta came back "indeterminant" so doctor
>ordered a quantitative stat. What could cause this discrepancy? Why did
>it not come back +++?

There are a variety of possibilities, including early pregnancy loss, pregnancy that is not going to survive, etc. I would rely on the physician's quantitative value in this circumstance... Lynn

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