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We're in the Coventry paper today, re: molar pregn
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RStar | Report | 22 Jun 2007 13:41 |
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Eek! Have got page 9 to ourselves, with big picture, thought we were getting a teensy bit in a corner! I contacted the 'mums bit' in the Evening Telegraph to alert women to potential molar pregnancy, which I had in 2002. Basically it starts as a miscarriage but there are abnormalities with the placenta. For 18 months after a molar pregnancy, there is the risk of developing a cancerous tumour, so regular check-ups are needed. If you get pregnant again, theres the risk of developing another molar pregnancy, and one check up is needed after the babys birth. Many women are told by their GP's, 'Its only a miscarriage, dont bother going to hospital'. Well if I hadnt ignored that 'advice', I'd have bled to death as I lost 50% of the blood in my body and needed a transfusion, but also I would never have known it was molar. Just wanted to alert women to the risks. |
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~irishgirl~ | Report | 22 Jun 2007 13:42 |
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Blimey how scary, i've never heard of it. |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 22 Jun 2007 17:53 |
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Romany My SIL suffered a molar pregancy in 1981 and was told she must not conceive for ten years. She obeyed that - and then had another four healthy children. She was not diagnosed till the seventh month of her pregnancy and almost died as a result. (Molar pregnancy = hyatididiform mole) OC |
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Deanna | Report | 22 Jun 2007 17:53 |
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The first time I have heard of this too. Worth all you young ones knowing about though. Deanna X |
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RStar | Report | 22 Jun 2007 18:14 |
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OC, that must have been so traumatic for her! Im so glad she had children in the end :-)) |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 22 Jun 2007 18:25 |
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It is a cruel thing of the medical profession, to call it a pregnancy, because it isnt really.This particular cancer mimics pregnancy and tries to develop an embryo. The developing embryo is not a viable child, it is a cancerous growth (a mole) which, because it is in the womb, has some of the features of a baby - bones, skin, hair, etc, and dangerously, veins and arteries which attack the lining of the womb and 'connect' to the mother, causing uncontrolled bleeding if the 'pregnancy' is allowed to continue. MY SIL was devastated when they operated as she thought they were terminating her pregnancy, but of course this 'pregnancy' could never have resulted in a living baby. Fortunately it is extremely rare and would almost certainly be picked up at a routine scan, these days. OC |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 22 Jun 2007 18:38 |
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Karen I had never heard of this when my SIL had it. As a family, we were completely bewildered and I asked my GP to explain what it was. He was very unhelpful and told me it was very rare, and I didnt need to know anything about it. Of course, all we heard was the 'cancer' word and we thought she was going to die. It would have been so simple for the GP to explain that once the 'pregnancy' is ended, then all risk is over - the cancer has gone, but he didnt and we went through months of worry, never mind what my SIL went through. OC |
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