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Conference moira::parenting

Title:Parenting
Notice:Previous PARENTING version at MOIRA::PARENTING_V3
Moderator:GEMEVN::FAIMANY
Created:Thu Apr 09 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1292
Total number of notes:34837

904.0. "Mole Pregnancies" by ABACUS::ALBERT () Tue Feb 14 1995 12:05

    If this is under another title, please feel free to move it. I'd like
    to know if anyone in this notesfile is familiar with a "mole Pregnancy"
    I recently miscarried and I was told I had this type of pregnancy. They
    tell me it's very very rare and usually asian woman are prone to having
    them.... I would be very appreciative of any information anyone has out
    there.... thanks
    
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904.1LJSRV1::BOURQUARDDebTue Feb 14 1995 12:236
I believe there's some information on this (maybe a paragraph
or two) in the What To Expect When You're Expecting book.
In the edition I read, it was near the back in one of those
chapters about when things don't go as expected.  From what
I recall (and this could be incorrect), a mole pregnancy
is a growth but not an "organized" one that develops organs.
904.2POWDML::AJOHNSTONbeannachdTue Feb 14 1995 13:1211
    From several texts at home [including "What to Expect When You're
    Expecting"] I've seen a molar pregnancy described as one where the
    placenta never develops properly into something that can function.
    Instead of a normal placenta, what forms is a collection of grape-like
    nodules of granular tissue. This structure will not support fetal
    growth for a variety of reasons -- most notable is that the transfer of
    nutrients across the placental barrier is grossly diminished to absent.
    
    As you were told, it is not common.
    
      Annie
904.3Another storyMKOTS3::HENMUELLERVickieMon Feb 20 1995 12:526
    My girlfriend's sister had a mole pregancy.  She had a D&C went
    through some type of treatment and had to wait about six months or 
    a year before conceiving again.  She went on to deliver a healthy son
    and daughter (two separate pregnancies).
    
    
904.4Another onePCBUOA::LPIERCEDo the watermelon crawlThu Mar 16 1995 11:3714
    
    Some of you might of just read about my D&C and the trouble I had with
    my Dr.  He called me lastnight to inform that I had a mole pregancy. 
    He also told me I had to have my blood work done every week, and if my
    hormon does not get to 0 - I *might* have to have Chemo (that is a
    worst case seniro) the mole was benine(sp).
    
    I called my primary Dr, I want to talk to him about all of this and I
    have a ton of questions - I am awaiting his call.  Does anyone else
    have any more info on this?
    
    Thanks
    
    Louisa 
904.5CSC32::P_SOGet those shoes off your head!Thu Mar 16 1995 11:407
    Lou,
    
    I am so sorry about what you have gone through.  I would 
    encourage you to ask your primary doctor for a referral
    to another OB/GYN for further treatments.
    
    Pam