Re: Missed question - could a doctor please give me feedback ? Thanx.

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At Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Brenda wrote: >
>I want to thank the ladies who were kind enough to respond to my query.
>I would be glad to hear what a doctor has to say as well.
>
>This was my question :
>
>I am just back from my u/s. From my LMP , August 31 , I should have
>been 7 weeks and 5 days along. However , the embryo on the u/s only
>measured
>only 5 weeks and 1 day , and was a mere 11 mm long. There was no
>heartbeat. I've had a blood test immediately after the u/s , to confirm
>my HCG
>numbers and date the pregnancy , and the results should be in by Friday.
>But I know that the blood test is a mere formality - there's NO way I
>could have
>miscalculated my dates , because we did NOT copulate later than Sept 14.
>
>This is the second time this has happened to me. I previously lost a
>pregnancy at 10 weeks , but the u/s revealed just a sac and no baby ,
>just a
>day before my last m/c.
>
>Could this be a progesterone problem ? I seem to be able to get pregnant
>, but totally unable to keep the baby. What could the problem be ?
>Please advice.
>
>Thank you so much for your time.

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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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