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Re: But life had other plans

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Post by closetnerd »

menzoic wrote: post #22
mgiampapa wrote: post #14

In the US that would be medical malpractice. A pregnancy test would be standard before this type of surgery. That said, congratulations for the best outcome.

The article mentioned it was too early to be detected

In the surgery. 5 months pregnant is VERY detectable

edit: wait sry - it also says 2 weeks, so now I dont know how to read what its saying

Re: But life had other plans

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Post by zeta0134 »

closetnerd wrote: post #52
menzoic wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article mentioned it was too early to be detected

In the surgery. 5 months pregnant is VERY detectable edit: wait sry - it also says 2 weeks, so now I dont know how to read what its saying

The 5 month figure is after the entire summer following the surgery and recovery. The embryo was two weeks old during the surgery in May.

Re: But life had other plans

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Post by silisili »

I appreciate and quite love the story, and congrats all around.

But this idea of putting awful GIFs into a rather serious and interesting story has got to stop. It did nothing but cheapen and interfere with the story being told.

Reaction GIFs are for uninteresting or ineloquent people. Just write how you feel!

Re: But life had other plans

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Post by Johnny555 »

mgiampapa wrote: post #14

In the US that would be medical malpractice. A pregnancy test would be standard before this type of surgery. That said, congratulations for the best outcome.

It was undetectable at the time of the surgery to remove the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.

At the time of the surgery, the embryo was young enough to not be detected but old enough to be out of the Fallopian tubes and not depend on the ovaries’ hormones anymore.

Older than one week, but younger than three. A two-week window.

And after that surgery, I could understand not suspecting pregnancy for abdominal swelling.

Re: But life had other plans

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Post by openknot »

oceanghost wrote: post #46
maz1b wrote: post #15

As a recent medical school graduate and a technical founder of a medical education startup, wow. This is an "edge case" for lack of a better phrase and is the kind of stuff that becomes widespread as lore or an interesting story - at least I'd like to think so. Thanks for sharing your story and I wish you the best with what's next.

IMHO the surest way to get pregnant is to be told by a doctor that you can't.

This is an interesting thought to entertain, but it sounds like sampling bias [0]. It's less remarkable if a doctor tells a patient that she can't get pregnant, and she doesn't.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

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