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Re: Question For Dr. Shanahan, Please

From: chris (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:24:18 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Midge wrote: >
>Dear Dr. Shanahan,
>I am just recovering from my 2nd m/c (and d&c) in 5 mos. In both cases
>I had a sono @ 6wks. and saw a heartbeat and had a follow-up sono @ 10
>wks. and discovered the heartbeat had stopped and that I was going to
>miscarry. Both times this happened, I had not yet had any symptoms of
>miscarriage and was totally taken by surprise. The dr. ran extensive
>blood work to rule out any health problems on my part and all came back
>fine. He assures me (and I'm trying to believe him) that I can
>successfully have a baby since I have 2 children already (ages 6 &
>8-1/2). I'm 36 but he says my body and my health are perfect so it's
>not my age. My question to you is: Do miscarriages usually happen where
>the baby's heart just stops beating for no apparent reason? Did you see
>either of your babies' heartbeats? I'm bothered by the fact that I
>thought I read something that said once you've seen the heartbeat, your
>chances of miscarriage is less than 5 percent. It makes me wonder if my
>body is doing something to the babies. Please help me resolve these
>questions in my mind. It does help me to know that my dr. isn't
>concerned but for my own piece of mind I'd like to know someone else's
>experience.
>Thanks for your time!!!
>
>--
>Midge

Add me to the list of one who would like to know. I had a mc this year at 17 weeks where everything was OK then -boom -no heartbeat. Mine was at about 15 week size. My doc thought it was prob genetic because of my age(41)but no tests were done on the fetal tissue. Some tests were done on me but nothing conclusive. I did have a low TSH reading (have past history of thyroid problems) during the pregnancy but was told it wasn't relevant. Now that I heard that less than 5% after a heartbeat number, I am concerned that I should have done more testing and I don't want to go thru another mc like that if it can be prevented. Thanks. >

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chris

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