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Re: Empty Sac

From: LL (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:27:28 -0600 (CST)

At Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. wrote: >
>At Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Debbie wrote:
>>
>>Had u/s at 6.5 weeks.. there was a sac but no yolk or any embryo..
>>empty. Went in for another u/s a week later, same thing. Set up D & C
>>for two days later. My OB wanted to check my HCG level before
>>proceeding with D&C. HCG level was quite elevated 39,000. Will repeat
>>HCG in 48 hours. What are the chances that an embryo will show up? Can
>>HCG level be so high if sac is empty?? Pregnancy symptoms are still
>>there.
>>
>>Any advice or related experiences would be quite helpful. Thanks
>
>You can have an empty sac with high HCG.
>
>--
>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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>

I had the same thing with slightly increaing levels after the second hcg test. i waited it out with no D&C delivered the sac and very small baby about a month later at home. (My uterus continued to grow most of that month looking more and more pregnant.) The docs called it a Molar Pregnancy)



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