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Re: Low heart rate at 7 weeks...

From: Alicia Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:10:21 -0500 (CDT)

At Thu, 28 Aug 2003, LES wrote: >
>I am 7 weeks pregnant. This is my 2nd (m/c 5/03). This one has my drs
>baffeled. My quants started at 71, 48 hours later down to 61. They
>said it wasn't a valid preg. So, in following my levels to 0, tested
>quants 7 days later, up to 660. 48 hrs after that, up to 2200. Had an
>t/v ultrasound at 6 weeks, saw sac, but no heart beat. Had a second t/v
>this morning (7 days later), we saw the heartbeat. However, the heart
>rate is only 78. Scheduled to go back again in 5 days. What are the
>chances of this pregnancy being a good one? Kind of in limbo here... is
>there any chance the heart rate will pick up and be where it's supposed
>to be?

It doesn't look good. 

--
Alicia Lapidus MD
Head Obstetrics Division,
Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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