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Carol
>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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