Re: question from client re possible miscarriage

[Guest guest]

Do we have

any experts in the area of adoptive breast-feeding? . . . ? I

have a woman who has been trying to get pregnant for years now. She is on short notice for an adoption

that may occur as early as the first week of October (the baby’s birth

date). Anyway, she would like to prepare

for adoptive breast-feeding. I

told her I thought she would need more than a few weeks to prepare but that I

am not an expert and that I would check this out. Does anyone have any good information?

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V. Picella, NP, PhD Student

The Saint Gerard Fertilty Care Center

819 Buena Vista Street

Duarte, CA 91010

eMail: fertilitycare@...

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-----Original

Message-----

From: Ilene Richman

Sent: Wednesday, September 08,

2004 7:28 AM

To:

nfpprofessionals

Subject:

question from client re possible miscarriage

Hi all. A client wrote me today regarding her possible

miscarriage, but

I don't know how to reconcile the continued high temps w/the other

evidence of miscarriage. Does anyone know what might be happening here?

Thanks,

Ilene

> Well, since that time I've been trying to get pregnant and conceived

> on Aug. 12, 2004...thanks to charting I knew the date :-)

>

> I recently had some bleeding and my doctor is thinking it's a

> miscarriage. She did an ultrasound but could not find the egg

sac,

> but I am barely 4 weeks pregnant, so maybe there is a chance the baby

> is there, but just can't be detected yet. Anyway, I guess time

will

> tell but in the meantime I am baffled because I still have high

> temperatures and all of the charts that I've seen with miscarriages

> show a drop in temps, like when you get your period.

>

> I don't know if this is enough info. for you to give an opinion,

but I

> was wondering your thoughts. I did pass a mass of something that

the

> doctor is testing to see if there is any tissue or if it's just a

> blood clot. But then I was reading about " vanishing

twin " and

> wondering if maybe (I think I'm holding on to the small hope that I

> could still be pregnant) that is what is happening to me???

>

> Again, I know that time will tell whether I am still pregnant or had a

> miscarriage, but not knowing what is going on is driving me crazy.

[Guest guest]

1-800-LA LECHE

ALso, it is covered nithe La Leche book, " The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding "

[Guest guest]

I suggest getting in touch with LaLeche League Int.

You can locate area reps from their web site.

Barb

RE: question from client re possible miscarriage

Do we have any experts in the area of adoptive breast-feeding? . . . ? I have a woman who has been trying to get pregnant for years now. She is on short notice for an adoption that may occur as early as the first week of October (the baby’s birth date). Anyway, she would like to prepare for adoptive breast-feeding. I told her I thought she would need more than a few weeks to prepare but that I am not an expert and that I would check this out. Does anyone have any good information?

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V. Picella, NP, PhD Student

The Saint Gerard Fertilty Care Center

819 Buena Vista Street

Duarte, CA 91010

eMail: fertilitycare@...

Web: www.santa-teresita.org/fcc

-----Original Message-----From: Ilene Richman Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:28 AMTo: nfpprofessionals Subject: question from client re possible miscarriage

Hi all. A client wrote me today regarding her possible miscarriage, but I don't know how to reconcile the continued high temps w/the other evidence of miscarriage. Does anyone know what might be happening here?Thanks,Ilene> Well, since that time I've been trying to get pregnant and conceived > on Aug. 12, 2004...thanks to charting I knew the date :-)> > I recently had some bleeding and my doctor is thinking it's a > miscarriage. She did an ultrasound but could not find the egg sac, > but I am barely 4 weeks pregnant, so maybe there is a chance the baby > is there, but just can't be detected yet. Anyway, I guess time will > tell but in the meantime I am baffled because I still have high > temperatures and all of the charts that I've seen with miscarriages > show a drop in temps, like when you get your period.> > I don't know if this is enough info. for you to give an opinion, but I > was wondering your thoughts. I did pass a mass of something that the > doctor is testing to see if there is any tissue or if it's just a > blood clot. But then I was reading about "vanishing twin" and > wondering if maybe (I think I'm holding on to the small hope that I > could still be pregnant) that is what is happening to me???> > Again, I know that time will tell whether I am still pregnant or had a > miscarriage, but not knowing what is going on is driving me crazy.

[Guest guest]

I know this is an obvious question, but I’m

assuming she is not taking any progesterone or HCG supplements? They would

keep her temp high even if the pregnancy failed.

[Guest guest]

Hi. I wanted to followup and let you know that my client's temperature

went down this morning, so we know that she miscarried. Dr. Stegman had

sent me (off-group) a very thorough explanation of what might be

happening, which I was able to pass on to her yesterday.

I would like to remind everyone to please make sure that the subject

heading of your email matches the content! Otherwise the emails cannot

be accessed by people who wish to look through the archives for

specific topics.

Thanks,

Ilene

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Ilene Richman, Director

Fertility Awareness Network

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