Re: post...could someone help me...I need to know : Could this have been a miscarrage?
From: John Essien MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 9 Nov 2002 14:47:02 -0600 (CST)
If you had been pregnant, the blood pregnancy test would have been
positive inspite of having expelled the conceptus. This test is
positive for several weeks even after a miscarriage. I'd agree what the
doctor said.
At Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Jessica wrote:
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>At Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Jessica wrote:
>>
>>Back in January, I was a day late for my period and took a HPT. It came
>>out faintly positive. Just enough to see a line. The next day, I took
>>another just to make sure and it was even lighter. I called my ob/gyn
>>and made a pg appointment. The next day, I had major cramps and
>>bleeding. I went to the bathroom and a quarter size clot came out and
>>inside of it was a gray mass about the size of a pea and inside that was
>>a black dot the size of maybe a sesame seed. After that I had alot of
>>bleeding. I called my doctor and they sent me to the ER. I had a beta
>>pg test done. The next day the doctor called me and said my numbers
>>were 0 that I was never pregnant. That discharge was just a clot and
>>nothing more.
>>
>>I somehow can't pull myself to believe that. Does my description sound
>>like an early miscarrage?? Is it possible that my numbers were 0 because
>>everything was expelled? This is something I have wondered about since.
>>I was since pregnant and had an uncomplicated pregnancy.
>>
>>Your opinions would be greatly appreciated!
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John Essien, M.D. SOCOG
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