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Re: An embarrassing question for the doctor, mildly graphic
From: offpill (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 03:24:33 -0500 (CDT)
Chadwick's sign is when the cervix, vagina and vulva (doesn't have to be
all three) appear blue BUT it is not said to appear until 6-8 weeks of
pregnancy. It's probably too early for this to be an important sign,
and it can be caused by other things.
At Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. wrote:
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>At Thu, 26 Sep 2002, mary wrote:
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>>Hi! When you see your pregnant patients do you ever notice that in the
>>early stages of pregnancy, that their "privates" say the labia portions
>>of their genatalia turns bluish? I heard the cervix turns bluish, but
>>what about the woman's genatalia lip area? The reason i ask is my
>>husband and i are trying to conceive and i am on clomid. This cycle,
>>for the very first time i have not had cramps in the week prior to
>>menstration that i always get, and weirdly enough last night while i was
>>going potty i noticed my lip area looked a bluish, and i thought i was
>>seeing things, and today it still looks that way. Is that possibly an
>>early sign of pregnancy? Do the lip areas turn a slight bluish tinged? I
>>am not colored blind. LOL But i also am not one who experiences
>>"hopeful generated pregnancy signs". Thanks for your time! Mary
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>Bluish labia as an early sign? very unlikely.
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>Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
>Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
>Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
>Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
>Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
>Buenos Aires
>Argentina
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