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bewildered about my OB's diagnosisFrom: Melissa (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:46:37 -0600 (CST)
I have a very regular menstrual cycle. And each cycle I flow heavily. My last menstrual period was on the week of December 11, 1998. I am now approx. 17 days late. However, last week, Jan. 18, I bled a little, then just droplets of brownish blood on the pad or nothing at all for the whole week. I suspected that I am pregnant, so I tested. It was positive. Then the following Monday, I noticed that the pad was soaked with a mixture of brownish and red blood. So, I decided to see my obstetrician. Giving her all the signs and symptoms that I experienced for the past week and the bleeding, Monday, she performed an abdominal and vaginal ultrasound in her office. At the same time, she estimated that I was 6 weeks pregnant. From the ultrasound, she said she could not find anything. She sent me for blood tests and another ultrasound in the hospital,STAT, which I did. The reading was identical to what she had earlier in the clinic. She said you had a blighted ovum and you had miscarriage. She seemed very definite about her diagnosis. But then, she scheduled for another ultrasound the following week, i.e., Feb.3. I asked her why is there a need for another ultrasound when you were so definite that I miscarried. She said, we're doing a "conservative treatment." Yesterday, the doctor's office called me stating that I need another blood test for beta HCG. Then I asked the doctor again, what for, I thought you said I miscarried. But anyway, I took the blood test, and the number of Beta-HCG was doubled. Last Monday's result was 13,000 and yesterday was 26,000. I'm bewildered because at this day in age, I thought it is not very difficult to determine whether one is pregnant or not, or has miscarried or not. It's grueling to wait for next Wednesday to find out what the Ultrasound readings will be. Is it possible that I had miscarried and yet the HCG values keeps increasing? As far as I know, at 6th-7th week of gestation, a gestational sac is visible. But according to my doctor it was an empty sac. I guess I'm just anxious because this is my first pregnancy and I am 38 years old.
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