Re: oligohydraminos-stillbirth
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 22 Dec 2002 16:08:09 -0600 (CST)
tracie
Ureaplasma should cause problems getting pregnant, not being pregnant.
We often do not find a cause for a stillbirth. So many can be because
of multifactorial problems. I know a tragic thing has happened to your
family, but I would be encouraged that no 'medical problem' was found,
and this would suggest to me it would be safe to try again when you are
ready.
At Sun, 22 Dec 2002, tracie wrote:
>
>I have had 2 unproblematic pregnancies resulting in a boy 2/98 and girl
>3/00. I got pregnant with my third in spring 2002. Other than feeling
>rather "flu-like" almost all the time everything was normal. I went for
>my rountine sono at 20 weeks on Monday 7/15 and was told my fluid was
>below normal range (7.?). I was assured everything else looked normal,
>kidneys,heart... I was not even told to rest etc. I was sent to a
>perinatoligist on fri 7/19 and was told my fluid was up (almost 8) but
>there was no heartbeat detected. I delivered my son stillborn at 21
>weeks on 7/20. We had every test done that I was offered --normal
>chromosomes, normal autopsy,cultures etc.. The only thing that came
>back was possible ureaplasm? Which I only found out because my new Dr.,
>whom I just saw for my new pregnancy (7weeks), went over what had been
>forwarded to him with me briefly. What factor if any, could that have
>played? Because everything came back normal what could be the reason
>behind the oligohydraminos? It was a pretty hot summer --I was
>dehydrated upon admittance to the hospital for the birth could that
>simply have been the reason? Are there any precautions I should be
>taking this time? My doctor said I am now high risk and will be
>monitored more carefully. Sorry for going on so long but it would be
>nice to even get some kind of guess as to why this happened.
>
>thank you so much--wish me luck.
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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.
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