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Re: 3 questions about Miscarriages
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 27 Jul 2000 11:51:05 -0500 (CDT)
Carrie, check with Brian, I sent hi a huge note about all this. Hope it
helps! :)
At Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Carrie wrote:
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>I have a few quick questions for the Experts!!
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>What happens to HCG Levels when someone has had a Miscarriage?
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>What are the primary symptoms of a Miscarriage? Just Bleeding?
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>If someone has one, what does the doctor do? I assume you go see the
>doctor, but what does he check or do?
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>How soon after a Miscarriage can someone get pregnant again?
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>Thanks,
>Carrie
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>At Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Kelly Shanahan, MD wrote:
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>>At Fri, 2 Jun 2000, april wrote:
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>>>I am sorry to be such a nuisance, but am feeling really confused (and
>>>fed up!!)
>>>I wrote a little while ago, complaining of tender breasts, a poss sign
>>>of pregnancy.(Or so I hoped).
>>>Since Wednesday, day 31, I have had occasional cramps,around the area of
>>>my left ovary.
>>>Today, day 33, I have noticed a browny pink disharge, which I suspect to
>>>be the very beginnings of my period.
>>>The weird thing is, I am using an ovulation kit and began using it a
>>>couple of weeks ago. On day 20, it was "normal" but day 21, showed that
>>>I was about to ovulate.......If this was true, then surely my period is
>>>due somewhere between Sunday - Tuesday?
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>>If you ovulated on day 22, then your period should arrive around day 36.
>>Of course, if you are pregnant, it won't arrive at all!
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>>>I have also been checking mucus, which seemed "right" through days 19,
>>>20, 21, 22.....
>>>Yet today is Friday (day 33). Can my period begin so early?
>>>Am I grasping at straws that this is implantation? How do I know?!
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>>This could be implantation, the time is right. You will "know" when you
>>don't get a period on day 36 or so and you do a pregnancy test. Hang in
>>there, it is just a few days more!
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>> Just
>>>for the record, I have slightly irregular periods (anything from 33
>>>days) but the ovulation "thing" is what convinced me that my period is
>>>early....
>>>Thanks, sorry to waffle on so much.
>>>
>>>--
>>>april
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>>Give it a few more days, and if you have not had a full fledged period,
>>do a home pregnancy test. If you have any history of ectopic preganncy
>>or miscariage, ask your doc about blood testing.
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>>--
>>M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
>>S. Lake Tahoe, CA
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>>Replies are for educational purposes only and do not construe a doctor-patient relationship; they do not take the place of a face-to-face consultation with your own doctor.
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>>PRIVATE E-MAILS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED! My daughter deserves some of my very limited free time!
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>--
>Thanks!
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