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A 33-year-old female asked:

My progesterone levels are 5.41 and numbers isnt doubling so they're thinking a tubal and want me to get shot to stop pregnancy hcg keeps rising?

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Dr. Marsha Davis
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
To save tube: A tubal pregnancy can never survive and if it keeps growing so big where the tube ruptures your life could be at stake too. This way only the inevitable loss of the baby will happen and your tube should stay good for future pregnancies
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