/OT Molar Preg

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....I will do my best to explain it " briefly " . Basically,

the cells that are forming the baby, don't " split " correctly. (It

is thought to actually come from the sperm...maybe 2 sperm

fertilizing the same egg and the wall of the egg allowing more than

one sperm). You get the spike in HCG (the preg hormone) have

symptoms of pregnancy etc...but there may or may not be an actual

fetus. In a partial molar, there is a baby, a heart beat can be

seen, but then the baby dies. In full molars, there is basically

just tissue that can grow. There are cases where there is a

twin...a baby and a molar that grows together. At times the baby is

born and is okay. When this type of preg occurs and the fetus has

died, there must be a d & c to remove all of the tissue. If there

is any tissue left and the body does not get rid of it, it will grow

and at times turn into coriocarcenoma, a form of cancer that is

easily treated with chemo, but if left untreated can go to the

persons brain and die. To monitor after d & c, a person needs to have

weekly blood draws to test for the preg hormone. If it rises, you

know there is tissue left and must be dealt with thru chemo or

another d & c. Most docs feel that if your hcg drops quickly, you

need only wait six months before trying to conceive again. (three

months with a partial molar). If it takes several weeks for the hcg

to drop, docs recommend waiting a year and having monthly blood

tests for several months. Anyway, this is probably more than you

wanted to know....but if you want to know more, you can find it by

looking up gestational trophoblastic disease.

Sorry this is so long!

HTH,

Kat

> Kat, what is a molar pregnancy?

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> Re: Dan/ OT Soy, not a Health

Food..

> from Dr. Mercola's site

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> > Dan, I had a molar pregnancy 3.5 years ago. At that time, it

> > seemed there was little info about molar pregnancy / outcomes

> > regarding cancer (Coriocarcenoma?) that can sometimes result from

> > mp. (I did know all of the stats etc...but could not for the

life

> > of me find them in the fog) I read that mp were certainly

higher in

> > Asian countries...but yet, at that time they did not know what

> > caused them. I received a lot of info from Dana Farber Institute

> > and had a consult with a doc a Duke....I basically had to do my

own

> > research and know what I was dealing with as my doc had only

treated

> > one other person. Very intersting stuff....There will always be

a

> > part of me that wants to know the cause. Most people have never

> > even heard of them, I had not until I was diagnosed. I also

believe

> > that the incidence of mp may be higher as there are so many

> > spontaneous miscarraiges where tissue is never tested.

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> > Anywho....I know this is not technically thyroid related...buy

hey,

> > you brought it up.

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> > Kat