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Re: missed abortions

From: Autumn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 19:29:00 -0600 (CST)


At Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Dr. wrote:

>>>The term missed (abortion) miscarriage is reserved for the situation where ultrasound shows a clear fetal "pole" but no fetal heart pulsation.To be clear the diagnosis should only made with a fetal pole length of 6mm.

My new question is this.. at 5 weeks gestation or 7 LMP would you be able to see fetal heartbeat with ultrasound?? This is when the second was diagnosed. Could my doctor have possibly jumped the gun a little? They said they were diagnosing missed abortion because of "little measurable growth" on 2 ultrasounds spaced a week apart.

>>your chance of being successful in any pregnancy does not

diminish significantly until after the third or fourth miscarriage.

I HAVE had three miscarriages..which is why I am concerned for this fourth pregnancy. I also had to have D&C 's after two of them (to remove the embryos that were not expelling themselves)

>>The most significant area of concern is antiphospholipid syndrome (or Reproductive autoimmune failure syndrome RAFS)which needs careful investigation and then treatment in pregnancy.

Can you give me any more information about this??






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