Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 619 Location: United States
Chemical Pregnancy Posted: 10-10-04 11:38am
Does anyone know what it's like to go
through one of these? My tummy is
growing and since my last positive hpt I
haven't had any more positives. I'm
wondering if I were to have a chemical
pregnancy would I know it by now.
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love1984
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Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 31 Location: UK
Goodluck Posted: 10-11-04 15:01pm
Sorry I know nothing abt it, just wanted 2
say good luck with ur apopointment. Let
us know how it goes.Tc
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pitterpatter
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Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 619 Location: United States
Posted: 10-11-04 15:20pm
Thanks love! How are you doing?
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Girrly
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Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 Location: canada
Posted: 10-11-04 15:31pm
Hey,
i've never had a checmical pregnancy that
I know of. I've read up on them a bit
in the past. Apparently most chemical
pregnancies will end in miscarriage before
you even know your pregnant or even miss a
period for that matter. However in some
cases a women will take a test and it will
come out positive followed by a negative
or followed by a Dr. Visit with low hgc
levels. Then the Dr. Will tell you
to come back with in a week or so to check
the levels again and if they are still low
or not doubling then they will usually
tell you to wait a week and if your period
doesnt start to go back so they can do a
dnc to clean you out. One of the main
symptoms of a checmical pregnancy is
loosing your pregnancy sypmtoms. So to
answer your question. You may not know
it. Only your Dr. Can tell you for
sure.
I would definatly talk to your dr about it
though. I'm just telling what i've read
online and in books and its probably not
the whole story but its the just of it.
Hope everything goes well
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pitterpatter
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 619 Location: United States
Posted: 10-11-04 22:11pm
Thanks girrly! I don't know what's going
on, but i'll find out soon. I'm not
terribly worried about it because I still
have some symptoms. I think a may be
farther along than I thought though. My
tummy is growing and i've gained two
pounds so far. Hopefully, i'm not going
crazy!
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sdwood2
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 645 Location: KY
Posted: 10-17-04 11:04am
Good luck hun let us know what you find
out
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silverlou
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 124 Location: Toronto
Posted: 10-19-04 10:10am
Hey pitterpatter
a chemical pregnancy is an early pregnancy
that ends in miscarriage, really early, so
early that there is no ultrasound to
confirm that there was a pregnancy, only
the raised hcg levels. That's why it's
called chemical, it can only be confirmed
chemically, the baby is too small to be
seen on an ultrasound.
Since you're so far along you wouldn't
fall into the category of chemical
pregnancy, but it would be a good thing to
get checked out by your doctor.
Here's a description I got of a site:
a chemical pregnancy is the clinical term
for a pregnancy that is confirmed by a
pregnancy test, but not by clinical signs,
and is lost before clinical signs can be
observed through means such as an
ultrasound. The pregnancy test is often
"faintly" positive or blood hcg levels are
low. It is believed that fertilization
occurs, but that the egg never implants.
And like in my case, hcg levels can be too
low to register on an hpt. Hpt's need a
hormone level of anywhere from 50 to
100...My levels didn't get past 29 or so.
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