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Re: odds of miscarriage after seeing the heartbeat?

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 22 Mar 1998 15:46:41 -0600 (CST)

At Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Nancy wrote: >
>I had a blighted ovum with my first pregnancy. I am currently just over
>7 weeks pregnant. At my first Drs. appointment at 7 weeks exactly, We
>looked for and saw the heartbeat!! My Dr. says that after he checks me
>at 10 weeks we can be very certain that we wont miscarry again. What
>are my odds now, I thought they were pretty good once you saw the
>heartbeat at any stage! Also the baby measured a few days to small but
>Doctor sait it is most likely the machines inaccuracy...Any help would
>be appreciated...Thank you!

Once a heartbeat is seen, the risk of miscarriage drops, but unfortunately, it is nver zero. Your odds this time are excellent, however. 

--
Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA


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