Re: What can mimic pregnancy?
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:16:25 -0600 (CST)
Perhaps you are not ovulating, Nausea and the rest may belong to any
organ in the body.
At Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jill wrote:
>
>Sterilised in 1998, at 42, during Caesarian section to deliver second
>son (Filshie clips. Problems from clips since. Pain, discomfort
>occasionally at orgasm, once or twice a huge twanging when I turned
>over, as if Fallopian tube were a rubber band and had been snapped.
>
>I am 46. Cycle steadfastly 28 days. I get Mittelschmerz, and PMT a
>week before period starts.
>
>Periods fine since sterilisation. Was due to start on 15th March.
>Everything as usual except PMT started earlier, seemed more severe.
>Noticed streak of blood at some point before I was due to start, and
>wondered if was going to be early for the first time ever. No.
>
>Still hasn't come. Was supposed to bleed on 15th, and it is now 28th.
>Instead of period I had continuation of severe cramping, plus new
>symptoms - nausea, tiredness, thirst, cravings, total inability to
>control emotions. I am not depressed. Have experienced this twice
>before - but both times was pregnant.
>
>This time it is impossible. I have been sterilised. Two
>over-the-counter pregnancy tests taken in the last week were negative.
>
>I have never missed a period in my life or been left with such cramping
>except when pregnant. I was pleased to be sterilised - family complete
>- so this is not wishful thinking. Questions:
>
>1. Is this just the start of the menopause? Can everything be exactly
>the same as before, except for menstruation itself? And if so why am I
>left with all these other symptoms? I am usually on top of the world
>when my period ends. I am stuck with the nausea, which lasts from the
>time I get up until the early evening, and abdominal cramps, which are a
>real discomfort.
>
>2. What else might be mimicking so effectively the symptoms of
>pregnancy?
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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Director Obgyn.net Latina
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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