AboutMohamed Kandeel Expertise I can answer questions about antenatal care, medical problems associated with pregnancy, labor and delivery and postpartum care.
Experience Currently I am working as a Professor of Obstetrics gynecology, Menofyia University, Egypt. Since 1987, I worked in many university and private hospitals with a high load of pregnant population averaging 7-9,000 deliveries/year. This exposed me to all problems associated with pregnancy, labor and delivery. I had my doctorate degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1996 in the use of Doppler ultrasound in high risk pregnancies.
Organizations Menofyia University, Egypt
Publications -British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kandil M)
-Egyptian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kandil M)
-Ain Shams Journal of Medicine (Kandil M)
Education/Credentials -Master's degree in obstetrics and Gynecology 1989
-Doctorate degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology 1996
Awards and Honors Editorial advisor: Fetal monitoring section of the international website www.obgyn.net
Question HI
i have a question about my pregnancy. I had a period on the 11/05/2008 and it was 3 days early. it was lightish and lasted for 3/4 days. it wasn't a normal period. about a week after my period i had these really bad cramps that keep me awake all night, very odd as i never had pains like that before. I was due for my period and it never arrived. i had sex 3 times that month and none around the ovulation date. They were unprotected (as we used the pull out method). so i am very confused when i actually fell pregnant. I thought i was a month ago but i got a weird period. now its come positive. Was the may period a real period?? thanks for your advice
Answer Dear Sally
Actually, the issue here is to role out ectopic pregnancy rather than to calculate the duration of your pregnancy.
Atypical period (lightish than usual and 3 days earlier) together with severe cramps and pain as the ones you described and 3 sex events away from the time of ovulation (may thus date pregnancy back to the previous cycle)..all 3 criteria together raise the pssoibility of an ectopic pregnancy.
I urge you to seek a consultation and examination by your caring obstetrician. I advise a transvaginal ultrsonography as soon as you can together with beta human chorionic gonadotrphin level determination in blood for accurate diagnosis.
Dating your pregnancy is hard to calculate based on the info u provided. However, if proved to be a normal intrauterine pregnancy, serial ultrasound scanning in the first and second trimester would be the best to make accurata calculation.
