PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for September, 2002: Re: Bleeding during 16th week of pregnancy

Re: Bleeding during 16th week of pregnancy

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD

anonymous@obgyn.net

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:10:24 -0500 (CDT)

At Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Wendy wrote: >
>Hi again! I am following up to my message on Sept 8 because I just was
>informed by the hospital that the tissue I passed in the ER was never
>sent to Pathology it was discarded. Therefore we will never have any
>information on what it was. My next concern is that it has now been a
>week and a half and I am still bleeding dark, almost black blood. The
>doctor has not wanted to see me until the 27th of this month. Should I
>be concerned?
>
>--
>Wendy
>
>Sun, 8 Sep 2002, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote:
>>
>>Wendy
>>
>>Could be missed twin, could be polyp could be decidual tissue. Best
>>info is that babe is doing well.
>>
>>Sep 8 2002, Wendy wrote:
>>>
>>I am currently 14 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I
>>>have spent the last 3 weeks in and out of the ER with vaginal bleeding.
>>>Last night I went back with severe pain and heavy vaginal bleeding. The
>>>doctor did an examination and at that time found a clump of tissue that
>>>I had passed. He said he was sorry but that I had a miscarriage and
>>>lost the baby. He sent me down for a sonogram to see if we needed to
>>>clean anything else out. To our amazement and the doctors the
>>>radiologist said that the baby was just fine and that the heartbeat was
>>>154 beats per minute and everything was fully intact. My doctor then
>>>came back in and said he had never seen anything like this but assumed
>>>it must have been twins even though none of the other 5 ultrasounds
>>>showed anything. They then released me.
>>>My question is has anyone ever heard anything like this before? And
>>>second could it be something else we should look at?
>>

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