Re: Ruling out ectopic pregnancy

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At Wed, 21 May 2003, lorie wrote: >
>I have gone through an IUI cycle and tested positive with the home
>pregnancy test. I have lower abdominal pain and my doctor suspected
>that ectopic pregnancy should be watched for. The following are the
>findings as of today (Day 35 from the last menstrual period) : beta-HCG
>level is 3767.8 mIU/ml. The ultra sound scan reported : "a single
>intra-uterine gestational sac measuring 4 mm with decidual reaction
>noted; corpus luteum cyst 4.3x3.0 cm seen in left ovary; minimum fluid
>in pouch of Douglas".
>Is this sufficient to rule out an ectopic pregnancy? I am so worried
>because of the pain(mild as of now) in the lower abdomen. I do not have
>any spotting or bleeding or nasuea as of today.
>Can you please tell the steps to exclude ectopic pregnancy for sure?
>
>Thanks,
>Lorie

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