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Re: Empty SacFrom: 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 > >Note: opinions expressed here are for educational purposes > only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient > relationship. This information is not intended to supplant > the need for you to consult with your physician prior to > choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions. > > **Private emails cannot be entertained due to time > constraints; consequently, they will receive no response. > > **Thank you for understanding :).** > 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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