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Re: miscarriage again?
From: Michele (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 16:09:10 -0600 (CST)
Thank you Dr. Marchbein. I saw my family doctor on Friday and had a
blood test done. Now I`m waiting for the results. It`s just
frustrating that I have to have 3 miscarriages before I can be refered
to a Gyn.
At Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote:
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>At Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Michele wrote:
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I had a miscarriage on Sept 17 (I was 8 weeks along). I had a normal
>>period on Oct 21. We decided to try again and I was sure that I was
>>pregnant. (backaches, headaches and some nausea) Last night I woke up
>>with severe menstrual cramps (very similar to the contractions I had
>>with my previous miscarriage) I then started to bleed like I would with
>>a normal period but with lots of cramping and some clotting. I'm still
>>cramping today. It was too early for me to take an hpt, therefore I'm
>>not absolutely sure if I was pregnant. However, intuition and the
>>symptoms made me think that I was. Could this be a second miscarriage?
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>Could be.
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>>I know that the frequency of miscarriage happening before a pregnancy
>>confirmation is high. Does this warrant a trip to my family doctor? (I
>>just don't want to go through all the poking and proding again...) I'm
>>also O negative and my husband is A positive...do I need that shot again
>>even if I'm not sure if this is a miscarriage or not. Ahhh...I hate
>>this.
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>Get a blood pregnancy test. If negative, no problem. If positive, get
>"the shot" (RhoGam).
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>--
>Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
>Great Neck, New York
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