No HB but hCG levels still rising

[~mamaspice~]

Thankyou for your stories everyone. I am hopeful my friend is one of the lucky ones. Will keep you posted.

[scarypinkfairy]

sunflowa_girlie, just wanted to say that even though it may have said abortion it does not mean it in the sense that your friend got rid of her healthy baby. it may have said missed abortion, which is where an intrauterine pregnancy is present but is no longer developing normally. hope your friend is ok.

[lauren22]

this made me feel completely sick about how many babies could of been fine and were DnCed. I hope that bub is ok.

[butterfly_warrior]

In order to give people, especially your friend SG, some reassurance I double checked this situation with a friend of mine who is an obstetrics registrar.

At 14 weeks the heartbeat is very clear. Around 6-7 weeks it can be hard to find, but any diagnosis of foetal death is made by two people. If one person has made a mistake, there's always someone to double check.

In med-speak, the term "abortion" refers to any situation where the feotus leaves the body prior to 20 weeks, whether this be spontaneous or otherwise. Miscarriage is officially known as "spontaneous abortion" but a lot of medical professionals won't use the term because of the connotations attached to the word.

Direct quote from doctor friend:

I think what has probably happened is either the doctor performing the procedure has written the word abortion on the notes referring to it in its medical term (removal of the fetus after it has died) and that is what has scared her. IF it was on any printed literature it is because often the computer programs that generate post op orders and discharge stuff have preset terms to use, one of which would be abortion.

I hope this helps put everyone's mind at ease.

BW

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Thanks for that BW - I'll share this with her, and hopefully it will give her some peace