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Re: absence of gestatinal sac

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 01:26:29 -0600 (CST)


At Fri, 9 Mar 2001, dana wrote: >
>I recently estimated my pregnancy to be at approx 6 weeks. I tested
>positive on a home pregnancy test on 3-7-01. I had a vaginal u/s and
>they could not find any evidence of a gestational sac or any other clear
>signs that I had a viable pregnancy. They said that it could be too
>early to see (if calculated wrong) or that I could have had a
>misscarriage. I did have some spotting and light bleeding last week but
>no pain. My question I guess is when do you normally see the
>gestational for the first time and does it vary much? Thank you

usually see a sac by 5 is weeks -- but you may well not be that far along -- or you may have an ectopic pregancy. You need follow up HCG levels

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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide

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