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Re: what should I be tested for?

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:55:59 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Kim wrote: >
>I am 30 years old. I have three healthy children ages 6,5 and 2. I
>have had uncomplicated pregnancies. Only pre-term labor w/second child
>at 33 weeks that was stopped w/mag. sulfate. I had a miscarriage at 8
>weeks in October - heartrate was detected at 6 wks only 70 bpm. Stopped
>beating a few days later. D&C on Nov.1 - pregnant again in December -
>again heartrate detected at 6 wks only 68 bpm. Miscarried Monday -
>passed tissue w/o D&C. I am devastated and confused. Dr. wants to do
>karyotyping on tissue this time and some tests on me. What should she
>test for? We conceived with little difficulty for first three and it
>took us a year to get pregnant with the first one we just miscarried. My
>cycles were strange during that year w/ brown spotting around the time I
>should have been ovulating. And sometimes brown spotting for a few days
>before the actual bleeding began. Should my Dr. Have tested me when I
>told her about that a year ago?
>
>--
>Kim
>

Hi Kim, With the symptoms you describe (the brown spotting before your periods) I would ask for a progesterone test seven days after ovulation. I am not a dr tho, so please see what they suggest. Best wishes,

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k

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