YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for June, 2003: Re: seven weeks

Re: seven weeks

From: Asem Anwar Moussa MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 29 Jun 2003 04:36:44 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 29 Jun 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am seven weeks pregnant. I am currently across the country from home and I
>started having a brown discharge about nine days ago. My doctor advised me
>not to go to the ER because an internal exam might do more harm than good. He
>said if I feel it's an emergency, then to do as I please. Otherwise he'd see
>me when I get home. I've been reading one story after another on line and in
>books, and hearing one story after another of bleeding and discharge during
>early pregnancy froom everyone around me. I tested positive for the beta strep
>test. Could that infection combined with "old blood" be causing this brown
>discharge? It's not continuous. Usually only happens when I am standing up,
>rarely occurs when I'm lying down. NO pain at all, no cramping...however it's
>been going on, off and on, for the last nine days. It's somewhat mucousy,
>somewhat fluid, changing off and on. No red blood, no changes in color. I
>understand that I should still seek emergency attention and I'll be heading home in
>three days. I just wanted to know if you could offer some reassuring words
>that this might not be a miscarraige...or even some painfully truthful words if
>it seems to have been one.
>Thank you for your time and attention.
>Sincerely,
>Kathleen Donovan
>patchoo777@aol.com

I think that you better ask for ultrasound examination &beta HCG to assess your pregnancy status before return back,however with that tiny bleeding&no colics things look good.Good luck

--
Dr:Asem Moussa MD
Prof.of OB/GYN.
Alazhar School of Medicine.
Cairo-Egypt
This is for teaching purposes

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