WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2002: Re: 6 wks u/s showing bleeding outside the sack

Re: 6 wks u/s showing bleeding outside the sack

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 06:41:44 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 8 Aug 2002, caz wrote: >
>I've just come back from my u/s scan which confirmed I am 6 weeks. The
>baby is in the womb and the heart is beating, which is very reassuring,
>except that they said there was a small dark area running along the
>outside of the sack which they said was blood - only small though.

No way they could determine it is blood and not a collection of other fluid. Ultrasound doesn't show the make up of a fluid, just that it is there.

They >said it should settle down and hopefully all will be OK.

Most likely.

Is there >anything else you can tell me, what causes this and whether my pregnancy
>could be at risk.

Fairly common.

They were quite vague and said that it could be OK >but then it might not be.....

No one can promise that a pregnancy will turn out OK.

I am ever so nervous as this is our >second pregnancy and our first one ended at 14 weeks as our baby had T18
>- and I am just desperately hoping this one will be ok?

Unless either you or your partner are carriers of a balanced translocation(The chromosomes of the prior pregnancy would have indicated whether or not this might be the case), the risk of recurrence is quite low.

I'm hoping >you'll genuinely say there's nothing to worry about, and that it's
>really common, and most people are fine !
>
>Thanks in advance for any help - Caz

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