Pregnancy Concerns: Rash and Uterus Size - 9 Week Concerns

Question
Age 20   Children 1   January 2004.

I have some concerns concerning my daughter's pregnancy.  According to her menstrual cycle, she is roughly around 9 weeks pregnant.  She has already grown out of her regular street clothes.  She developed a rash on her abdomen and the doctor ask her to come in to be checked.  While she was there, the ob did a check of her uterus and said it was bigger than it should be at her projected length of pregnancy.  He said that it was either that she was further along or that she had more than one baby.  He set her up an unltrasound for three weeks later.  In the meantime, she developed some sort of virus and had vomiting and diahrrea for a couple of days.  Again to the doctor.  He admitted her to the hospital saying that she was dehydrated and had a bladder infection and admitted her to the hospital.  Her stomach is now almost flat.  I don't understand.  Could the uterus have shrunk or some reason or is this normal.  Maybe something else is going on.  She did not have a miscarriage or anything. This seems very strange to me that she had a stomach of what looked like at least for months and now she looks as though she is truly 9 weeks or so pregnant.

Answer
Most likely, your daughter is only 9 weeks pregnant (based on the first day of her last period). Certainly, if she was admitted to the hospital, a sonogram could have been done and it would have confirmed the pregnancy and told you exactly how far pregnant whe was. She may have appeared to be farther along due to bloating in her abdomen due to a viral illness or to a sequestration of gas in her intestines. In any event, a viral illness or a urinary tract infection or bladder infection will not harm the pregnancy and it is a good thing it was picked up. A sonogram will tell you what is going on and will confirm her dates. There is no reason to wait three weeks. Do a sonogram now.