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Re: hCG levels -- Is there any reason to hope? :(
From: bonedigr (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 19 Feb 2001 20:35:04 -0500
I am so sorry for your lose.I will keep you in my prayers.
Joy
>----- Original Message -----
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
To: "Multiple recipients of list WOMENS-HEALTH"
<womens-health@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 5:34 PM
Subject: hCG levels -- Is there any reason to hope? :(
> I found out that I was pregnant on Valentine's day and was absolutely
> thrilled. This was on a Wednesday. On Thursday, late afternoon, I began
to
> have mild to moderate cramping and felt somewhat lightheaded. I woke up
at
> 5:30 Friday morning to BRB in my underwear and as I was urinating, about 2
> tsp. "fell" into the water. It was like menstrual blood -- red, "clotty."
I
> continued to have cramps and light spotting (mostly upon wiping), pink to
> light brown throughout the day. I also became lightheaded again in the
> afternoon. My fiance took me to the ER -- this is my first pregnancy and
I
> was concerned. The ER doc did a pelvic exam and said it seemed like I was
> further along than 5-6 weeks (since LMP). An abd. and vag. US revealed no
> gestational sac in my uterus and nothing was seen outside of it either.
My
> hCG came back at 260. I spent the night for observation. The cramps
> disappeared the following AM, but I continued to have very light,
> intermittent spotting (light brown, pink). My hCG had gone down to 119,
but
> the Dr. didn't confirm a miscarriage. It is now Monday -- no cramps,
light
> spotting, lightheadedness in the late afternoons, eating well, lots of
> fluids. Could hCG levels drop if one was carrying twins, and miscarried
one?
> I had a dream about this last night, that I miscarried a twin, but then
had
> the other one. Could levels rise again? I am so, so sad as I have little
> hope, but could any of my questions be possibilities? Any information
would
> be so greatly appreciated -- thank you so much.
>
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