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Re: Hey Megan re ultrasound due date confusion. Tell us what the doc said!
From: Carla (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 3 Feb 2002 08:50:26 -0600 (CST)
Hi Megan, just wondering what the doc ended up saying to you about the
discrepancy in your ultrasound dating for the due date. I am curious.
At Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Megan wrote:
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>At Sat, 2 Feb 2002, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote:
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>>At Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Megan wrote:
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>>>According to my ultrasound due date (7/5) I am now 18 weeks. This
>>>confuses me because my LMP was 10/23 (making my due date 7/30. When I
>>>had my scan I thought I was about 6 weeks. That was on 12/4. I told
>>>the tech my LMP and she said that I was 5 1/2 weeks. The external scan
>>>showed the sack. The vaginal probe showed the fetus- looked like a
>>>flicker of light- I couldn't really make out the baby, but the heart
>>>beat was very strong. Anyway, when I went to my Dr. a few weeks later,
>>>she said the due date came back as 7/5! She said I was 13.5 weeks. I'm
>>>confused about this. I if I was ten weeks at the time of my scan,
>>>wouldn't the external have picked up the fetus? And what about what I
>>>thought was my LMP. Could that have been implantation bleeding?
>>Megan
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>>I would not hazard to guess without seeing/doing the scan myself, but it
>>sounds like you need to have a detailed talk with your doc.
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>>Thanks. I'm seeing her this week. I am going to get to the bottom of this!
>>--
>>William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
>>Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
>>Pregnancy and Birth Section
>>Private Practice
>>New Orleans, La.
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>>*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.
>>
>>*These comments are for educational purposes only. They are
>>not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
>>health care provider. They are not intended to be the start
>>of a physician-patient relationship.
>>
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