Please help!
I am so confused. I conceived sometime
in the beginning of november, and
discovered I was pregnant beginning of
december. (5 weeks). I had my first
doctors appointment three weeks later,
which according to her made me 8 weeks.
She said everything seemed fine. A week
after my appointment, I began spotting.
It was very light, brown, and only when I
wiped. The doctor was not in, so I
simply talked to the nurse. She said
this was very normal, as long as I did not
have any heavy bleeding or cramping. She
said I needed to stay on bedrest until mu
next appointment. This was on dec 29th,
and my appointment was not until jan 13th.
I did was was told, and stopped spotting
on jan 4th. Yesterday, I became very
anxious, and could not wait till my next
appt. To make sure everything was ok.
She did a pelvic exam and said everything
seemed ok and my cervix was not bleeding.
She used a doppler to hear the heart
beat, but there was no luck. She said it
was because it was still far back. I was
not satisfied, so they did an ultrasound.
After the doc revieved this she stated
the baby was a five week old fetus. And
she said the dates don't match, and
soundeda little confused, and later siad
she is leaning more toward a miscarriage,
and wants to do a d&c. She was not
definate, and I never had cramping or
heavy bleeding. Also, if the baby
stopped developing at five weeks, why did
I not start spotting until 4 weeks later.
I was never even pregnant then, when I
went in for my first appt at 8 weeks!
Pregnancy tests are still coming back
normal, how long will this last? And when
do they date it back from? 5 weeks? When
the baby stopped developing? I am soo
confused, and refuse to have a d&c
untill I am certain of what is going on.
Should I get a second opionion? Oh, also
the nurses story is inconsistant with the
doctors, she is saying I don't need a
d&c, and my body will just absorb it,
but doc is saying if I don't pass tissue
in a few days I will need a d&c. Soo
confused!!
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jenncard
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Yakima
Posted: 01-08-04 13:50pm
Same thing happen to me on march 2003. I
did not cramp I just started to bleed.
Until this day I don't know what happened
to that pregnancy or what went wrong.
Questions that I had didnt' get answer
because I was to early along. But i'm
happy to say that I got pregnant again. I
haven't had any problems since then and
i'm 21 weeks. Just keep faith and things
will turn out.
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kerrynajah
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 6
Posted: 01-08-04 14:58pm
I have never been in your shoes but I want
to say please go see another doctor before
you do anything or go to a hospital....
Hope everything works out good luck.....
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honeycoco
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 375 Location: georgia
Posted: 01-08-04 17:38pm
Honey,
i know how you feel the same thing
happened to me in dec. I was having no
problems until I went for my u/s and they
found out I had a blighted ovum. I was
devastated because I didnt know anyting
was wrong.
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Farah
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 201
Posted: 01-09-04 02:22am
What she probably meant is that you lost
the baby at five weeks but did not abort
it (it didn't come out). This is commonly
referred to as a missed miscarriage. It
can happen without any pain and for
unexplained reasons. I am very sorry for
your loss.
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 01-09-04 03:39am
For your peace of mind both now & in
the future get a second opinion & a
second ultrasound & have the dr there
when it's done & ask is there a heart
beat, if yes have the dr show you, ifno
have the dr explain how he/she is sure.
Also ask any other questions you have of
the Dr.
The information about needing a d&c is
correct (basically) because although there
are such things as miscarriages where the
system absorbs the tissue this occurs only
in the case of a miscarriage that occurred
so early that you would not hav known you
were pregnant.
I had several miscarriages, inluding my
sons twin, if my dr had not insisted on
double checking i'd have had a d&c
& so lost him too.
