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Thanks to Andrea and Marilyn for your help with
this one.
Jo Hunter
Homebirth mum to 4
HAS Coordinator
Innate Birth CBEducator and Doula
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:10
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] question for a
friend
I'd say that she was very likely carrying twins and has lost
one. It is not uncommon to bleed very heavily at this time and to then go on
and have the other one without incident. As for her dates being wrong well the
ultrasound people often get it wrong in my book. Of course its not much of a
worry when they think your less than them as they tend to leave you alone and
not worry about post dates and stuff so let them think what they want and
encourage the woman to quietly go about what only she can do and that is grow
a healthy baby and look after herself.
Andrea Quanchi
On Monday, July 7,
2003, at 11:04 PM, jo hunter wrote:
Hi there,
A
friend has asked me to post a question to the list. Please excuse my
ignorance if this is a common phenomenon.
My
friend has recently found out that she is pregnant after many years of
trying and 18 months of seeing a naturopath to help her conceive.
From
the date of her last period she is 8 weeks pregnant and she is
diabetic. She had a bleed 3 weeks ago and feared she was miscarrying but
after bed rest the bleeding stopped and all appeared to be fine. She had an
ultrasound a few days ago which showed 2 sacs - 1 empty and 1 with fetus and
by the size of the baby they have told her she is 5 weeks
pregnant......which of course does not add up according to the date of her
last period. Could she have been carrying twins and miscarried one and the
live baby just be small for dates? The second sac is attached to the first
empty sac which is attached to the wall of the uterus and they tell her they
are worried that if the first sac comes away it may take the second one with
it. She's understandably pretty worried - anyone had any experiences with
this kind of thing?
Thanks
in advance.
Jo
Hunter
Homebirth
mum to
4
HAS
Coordinator
Innate
Birth CBE and
Doula
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