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04/14/2003
The downward spiral
This morning's hCG level seems to have plummeted from 4,583 to an astonishing 317.
Can this be right?
I'd thought it should take approximately as long to come down as it did to go up. I found an interesting note here, though:
No major change on the pain front: Still hurts like a motherfucker. I'm experiencing general abdominal cramping, with special bonus throbbing on my lower right side. The nurse assured me this is expected as the pregnancy detaches from the tube. Don't let anyone tell you Tylenol 3 will do the trick, though; hold out for the Percocets. This really hurts. And I assure you I am no piker when it comes to pain tolerance.
I'm also sprinting to the bathroom every half-hour or so, but yielding only these ridiculous little trickles. I unbuckled my belt for that? I'm told that the increased urinary urgency is a result of blood in the peritoneum — I guess that's not supposed to sound as alarming as it does, because the nurse didn't seem concerned.
The bleeding appears to have stopped for the moment. Since this morning I've had only scant spotting, quite a change from yesterday. Overall, I appear to be holding my own, except for the minor matter of abdominal agony, inadequate pain relief, and the complete denial I seem to be luxuriating in.
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I feel for you. I've had an ectopic pregnancy in November,1996. Talk about pain. I would rather go through my younger daughters natural 3 hour birth again than to experience that kind of pain from an ectopic pregnancy,., physicaly, emotionaly, and mentaly. In which that ectopic left me with 3/4 of my uterus and one fellopian tube left to be able to become pregnant again in the future. It took my husband and I 5 years to become pregnant with our son and 3 years after that with our daughter.
Mind you, that 2 ob/gyn's and 1 fertility spec. told us that IT IS NOT POSSIBLE for us to become pregnant on our own. IVF was our only hope for any babies to be produced in our family (yeh, right what the hell do they know).
I love the way you say thinks. (Ex. motherfucker) You are so true of what you say.
And in closing I must admit that your son is beautiful.
I feel for you. I've had an ectopic pregnancy in November,1996. Talk about pain. I would rather go through my younger daughters natural 3 hour birth again than to experience that kind of pain from an ectopic pregnancy,., physicaly, emotionaly, and mentaly. In which that ectopic left me with 3/4 of my uterus and one fellopian tube left to be able to become pregnant again in the future. It took my husband and I 5 years to become pregnant with our son and 3 years after that with our daughter.
Mind you, that 2 ob/gyn's and 1 fertility spec. told us that IT IS NOT POSSIBLE for us to become pregnant on our own. IVF was our only hope for any babies to be produced in our family (yeh, right what the hell do they know).
I love the way you say thinks. (Ex. motherfucker) You are so true of what you say.
And in closing I must admit that your son is beautiful.
dear sir
my wife fellopian tube is closed. we want son. please inform me what medcine given for opening the tube.
thanking you
your sincerely
Dr. R.P.Patel
college of horticultur,mandsaur,M.P.