advanced maternal age

kids · Jan 17, 2003

Don't ya love it...I had an 'them' INSIST I have a pregnancy test before anything else when I ended up in the ER with incredible sudden onset abd pain (couldn't even walk).

Hello! what part of total-abdominal-hysterectomy-in-1996 do you not understand?

(turned out to be adheisions from the TAH)

bagladyrn, RN · Jan 17, 2003

Just a comment here re: mandatory pregnancy test (not the one after a tah). I worked with an ER doc who believed the mid 40's woman who said she "hadn't been exposed" (stated regular periods and no intercourse in the past year) ordered an abdominal x-ray for severe pain - tech came out and said "Doc, you need to see this". Bingo - perfect x-ray of a term fetus!

mother/babyRN, RN · Jan 19, 2003

Not so long ago I had a troubled teenager walk in and insist she was having some contractions...She was a big girl and told me she thought she was about 5 months or so. She wasn't sure. So, I check her abd and it seems to have a little pouch. Put her on the monitor and get no fh....Check with the fetone, for quite some time and call the doc, who tells her after a sve that her cx doesn't show signs of being pregnant..She is adamant and we do an us, which shows nothing. She continues to insist and becomes hysterical....Then, of course, we have to call a psych consult..Her poor boyfriend was crushed....But, I have to say that in the long run, I hope the fact that she wasn't works out for the best for both of them. She was cursing me bigtime and I was just happy we didn't have a fetal demise....Was kind of a weird night all around...