PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for January, 2003: Re: 20-week loss

Re: 20-week loss - long sorry

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG

anonymous@obgyn.net

Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:11:06 -0600 (CST)

Wait for the results of the test and talk to doc about anything he noticed in his exam of baby. Hopefully you will get some answers altho sometimes you just do not.

At Sun, 19 Jan 2003, jamie wrote: >
>Thank you for your quick reply. Doctor didn't say anything that I'm
>aware of, but I was out of it. An autopsy was performed as well as
>testing chromosomes, no results yet. I heard the comment made that it
>resembled a baby of someone who did drugs, but the comment was not made
>at me or anything bad, because they're well aware that I never so much
>as took a tylenol while pregnant, only the prescribed macrobid.
>
>--
>jamie
>
>At Sun, 19 Jan 2003, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote:
>>
>>Jamie
>>
>>I would discuss with doc. Did he think baby looked anomalous? Did you
>>do autopsy or do chromosomes? Get his countenance here. He was there
>>and can guide you
>>
>>At Sun, 19 Jan 2003, jamie wrote:
>>>
>>>I am 34, husband 41. No children together, 4 live births, youngest 11
>>>years ago, m/c at 8 weeks May 2002; recent loss at 18-20 week. Husband
>>>also has two children.
>>>ultra sound showed everything normal at 17.6, routine ultrasound at 22
>>>week showed no fetal heart beat. Induced two days later, baby seemed to
>>>have abnormalities, although everything looked normal and great at the
>>>last ultrasound. AFP testing came back good. Could they be from being
>>>deceased for so long? Looked as if it only had two fingers on one hand
>>>and a clubbed hand on the other; facial deformaties also; very long and
>>>skinny. I'm desparate for answers. I'm thinking incarcerated uterus.
>>>15.4 ultrasound still showed uterus to be really tipped back, nothing
>>>was said at 17.6 ultrasound. two urinary tract infections during
>>>preganncy; never confirmed by urine test, I just called the doctor and
>>>they prescribed macrobid, bad back pain. The baby never seemed to move
>>>above my hairline, always seemed like a ball in that area, never moving
>>>up.
>>>They will have test results hopefully in a week or two, but i'm
>>>desparately searching for answers now. I can't imagine what else went
>>>wrong.
>>>thank you
>>
>>--
>>William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
>>Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
>>Pregnancy and Birth Section
>>Private Practice
>>New Orleans, La.
>>

-- William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board Pregnancy and Birth Section Private Practice New Orleans, La.

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