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Re: Miscarriage and HCG levels

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 20:52:59 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 2 Sep 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I miscarried at nine weeks (August 2, 1999). I felt as if I was ovulating
>approximately three weeks after that (August 20). Then approximately one
>week later I started having some pregnancy symptoms (morning sickness, bad
>cramping for two days). Therefore, I took a pregnancy test that Friday
>(August 27) and it came out positive. I called the doctor on Monday and came
>in for a blood test. They told me it was negative. I asked them if there
>was any trace of the hcg hormone left in me from the miscarriage and they
>told me that is not what they tested for. They said they tested for the beta
>count. Here I am four days later and I am still getting a positive on my home
>pregnancy test. Could this positive result be from the miscarriage? Could I
>even ovulate with hcg still present in my system? One last twist, my basal
>body temperature in the morning is 98.6 and I have been getting a temperature
>of 99.4 during the day. I am not sure what all this means. Help please!

I'm not sure either. I'd recommend repeating the serum HCG. Something doesn't add up.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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