Re: Pregnancy problems?
From: Jane (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:28:11 -0500 (CDT)
Dear Carol,
You might find the site medicine.creighton.edu/radiology useful.
Good luck
Jane
At Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Carol wrote:
>
>I am currently somewhere around 6.5 and 7 weeks pregnant. I had very
>light spotting (light pink) on three separate occasions last week and
>went to the hospital on two of those occasions. My HCG level was
>approx. 1600 on July 17th, approx. 8500 on July 26th and 15,686 on
>July 29th. However, when I went for an ultrasound on July 28th
>(estimated 6 weeks, 2 days pregnant), they could not detect a heartbeat.
>They want to do another one in 2 weeks, but I'm an absolute basketcase
>and two weeks seems like an eternity.
>
>Given my HCG levels should I still be concerned, or was this just too
>early to detect a heartbeat? Would HCG continue to rise if there was no
>fetal development?
>
>Thank you.
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