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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.
by mgiampapa 5y ago
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.
- menzoic 5y agoThe article mentioned it was too early to be detected
- closetnerd 5y agoIn 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
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- zeta0134 5y agoThe 5 month figure is after the entire summer following the surgery and recovery. The embryo was two weeks old during the surgery in May.
- WA 5y agoA standard urine-based pregnancy test turns positive ~10-12 days after conception. So the embryo must’ve been even younger. Probably 3-6 days. Conception happens in the Fallopian tube, it takes 2-3 days for the fertilized egg to reach the uterus for nidation. From a hormonal level, a pregnancy is undetectable, because literally nothing happens in the woman’s body at first. The increase in progesterone happens after every ovulation. The embryo isn’t connected to the mothers blood stream yet. And you can’t see on an ultra sonic scan whether the egg is fertilized or not. What a crazy story.
- MarcoZavala 5y ago
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- Johnny555 5y agoIt 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.