pregnant and bleeding ectopic ? Posted: 02-27-08 21:45pm
Hi my name is Jenna, I am pregnant for the
first time and very excited! I started
bleeding when i was just over 6 weeks(a
week ago today) And of course assumed i
had lost the baby, well i went in and the
doctors said to come in every few days to
check the HCG level in my blood. It has
been going up just as it should, and on
monday it was right at 2,000 so they
decided to attempt an ultrasound. They saw
Nothing, no baby and no sack, Fearing it
might be ectopic they sent me to have a
second one done to check my tubes and
again saw nothing. Well they only waited
two days and had me go in and repeated
almost exactly the same process today
(again they saw nothing, not even a sack,
and it should already be to the yoke sack)
But my HCG level went up almost
accordingly(it was like 4% low) After both
ultrasounds the are assuming it is ectopic
and want me to take a shot to begin
"flushing" the baby out of my "tubes"
which is where they are assuming the baby
is. Well ive heard of babys not showing on
ultrasounds in my condition, and if they
saw no baby in the tubes and no baby in
the uterus I think it is wrong to just
assume the baby is in the tubes. PLEASE
reply and help me understand. I would love
to hear more stories of similar
situations, and opinions.
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lats
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Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 64 Location: New Zealand
Posted: 02-28-08 01:14am
Are you absolutely sure you are at least 7
weeks? Coz anything below say around 6
weeks decreases the chances of even being
able to see the baby on the screen so you
may only be 3 weeks and not realise and
this may be the reason you cant see the
baby. Even tho your period might say youre
a certain amount of weeks it may not be
true if you have an irregular cycle (like
myself - its been 12 weeks since i had a
period but i have an irregular cycle
making me ovulate at a different time and
i had a scan which showed i am only nearly
11 weeks.) so if you are quite irregular
then your period date may be even more out
than mine.
What was the bleeding like? Heavy and
bright read? Or more of a bloody
discharge?
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lats
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Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 64 Location: New Zealand
Posted: 02-28-08 01:22am
If there is a chance that you may not be 7
weeks then perhaps you should wait before
you act upon the recent cirumstances if
you believe the bleeding was just normal.
I have heard it is quite normal for the
body to flush out the old "crap" which
sometimes occurs at the start of
pregnancies. If this is the case i believe
the bleeding would have been more like a
bloody discharge (i assume like the end of
a period or something).
A miscarriage from experiences that i have
heard is likely to be bright red bleeding
and heavy (i guess it depends how far
along the woman is) and the people i know
of found it very painful - but every woman
is different so this is just a guideline
im sure there are probly people who had
painless miscarriages......
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jennaclark
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Posted: 02-28-08 14:50pm
well my cycles are extreamly normal so i
picked up on it as soon as i was pregnant,
i might not be exactly 7 weeks but im
close to it. But they say you cant judge
the size of the baby by weeks because its
different with everyone, but you can judge
the size by the HCG count and im just over
3,000 so according to them they should
deffinatly see something. I know its not a
miscarrige because the doctors have told
me its not. They are just scared it might
bt ectopic, and i was wondering how many
experiences/stories everyone knew on an
ectopic diagnosis that was made VERY early
with no proof (no sightings of the baby
anywhere, uterus or tubes.) that ended up
being perfectly fine. and just a false
diagnosis by a negative doctor who is
assuming the worst.
you would not be able to see a baby via
ultrasound at 7 weeks. i only saw a sac on
mine at 6. you will have to wait at least
2-3 more weeks
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lats
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Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 64 Location: New Zealand
Posted: 02-28-08 20:16pm
I had a look on a site and it said the
baby should be visible by the time your
HCG levels are 2000 so it sounds like
wherever this baby is, it should be
visible. Have they ruled out abdominal
pregnancy? Ive read about a few cases of
this lately surely there has to be a baby
somewhere.... I had my scan at 8 weeks and
the baby was very obvious to see, have you
had a second opinion? I would get one
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sunflowergrl
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I had a miscarriage Posted: 02-28-08 20:32pm
What type of ultrasound did they use? Was
it a vaginal ultrasound? Where they put a
condom on it and it looks kinda like a
penis? Or was it the ultrasound they put
on the belly? The reason i ask is because
if they use the one on the belly it may
not pick it up. The cells are still
dividing at this point. If they used a
vaginal one, (which i hope) then if they
cant see it you might have already passed
with the bleeding. It is normal to still
have HCG levels after a miscarriage. They
reccommend that you go through 3 periods
before you try again. I had my levels high
for about 1 week after my miscarriage. If
you were bleeding heavily like you were
dying then it is possible that you did
have a miscarriage and did not even know
it.
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greeneyesfromga
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Posted: 03-26-08 13:20pm
I would think you would be in a lot of
pain if it was ectopic ..right?
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Broken Black Roses
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Posted: 05-04-08 11:45am
I had a vaginal ultrasound at 7 weeks and
i saw the baby crystal clear... but when
we did one on my tummy 3 days later it was
hiding behind my overy and my doc couldnt
see it. which kind of ultrasound did they
do? That could help us know what exactly
might be happening.
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_tanya_
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Posted: 05-04-08 16:21pm
I had my first ultrasound when I was just
over 7 weeks. They attempted to do the one
on my stomach and she could tell something
was going on but couldn't see anything
clearly (I drank all that water for
nothing!) So they did a vaginal ultrasound
and the baby was tiny but you could see
both the sac and the baby clearly. At this
point I would think they would be able to
see something on the ultrasound...
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FlowerMom_03
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Posted: 05-04-08 17:07pm
Hunny, I feel like if your not in any PAIN
& your numbers keep going UP, don't
take the shot. I wouldn't! Your baby might
be small, their is something called "small
for gestational age".....maybe thats what
is wrong. Who knows?! If your not in any
pain, I don't believe your ectopic, I
heard it is very painful! So, why flush
out a baby that might be healthy??
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DarkAngel
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7weeks nd nothing showed up Posted: 05-14-08 09:19am
im 7 weeks pregnant and i went for a scan
and to get blood taken today however wen
it scanned nothing showed up. the doc said
that either it had jst stoppd growin or it
was ectopic. im a bit freaked out to be
honest and jst wanted to find people in
the same boat. if anyone has any info bout
this kinda stuff pls let me no and ill do
the same
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