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Re: Bad news, even though beta hcgs doubled at first, negative hpt this a.m.

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:16:47 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 8 Feb 2002, anonymous wrote: >
>I had a bad feeling last night, because my breasts abruptly stopped
>hurting. I took 2 hpts this am, the Confirm was barely positive, and
>the EPT an hour later was flat out negative. Even though my urine for
>the 2nd test was probably dilute, at 20 dpo, I ought to have had a CLEAR
>POSITIVE. My temp is still high, but last time it didn't drop until the
>day after the negative test, and then I started bleeding the next day.
>So I expect to in a couple of days. This will be my 2nd (and maybe 3rd)
>chemical pregnancy in a row after 18wk fetal demise last April (chemical
>pregnancies: confirmed by beta 3rd cycle, unconfirmed except by =hpt 5th
>cycle, and this confirmed by 2 betas in the 9th cycle). I am sick with
>worry about this, because my 3 children were concieved easily and I've
>NEVER had a single miscarriage before these. So now I'm worried that
>something terrible has happened from the fetal demise or the D&E that is
>preventing me from keeping a pregnancy. (scarring? anti-bodies?) I am
>just sick about it. I have had all the tests, my husbands has had the
>tests, and everything is supposedly fine, but how can it be??

what tests? Have you had antiphospholipid antibody testing? An HSG, hysteroscopy or at lest a sonohysterography to look at your uterine cavity? Have both of you had chromosome testing?

And how >can 3 in a row just be random?

unfortunatley, it can.

Please ladies — if anyone out there has >had 3 chemcial pregnancies in a row, but then finally got pregnant with
>a good one, PLEASE post and let me know. I am just heartbroken.
>
>Doctor's, anything? Do we have a chance??

if you have not yet seen a reproductive endocrinologist, then that would be the next step.

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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

author of "Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide"

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