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1st visit and I'm devastated.
I started spotting yesterday and it continued today so I went in to see the Dr. They did an ultra sound and could not find a baby. She suspects a eptopic pregnancy. I was devastated. We have been ttc for over a year and were super excited to get a BFP. Now, I'm just in shock. They are testing my HCG levels and doing another ultrasound Fri. Hoping for a miracle.
Has anyone had a eptopic pregnancy and conceived after it?
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Re: 1st visit and I'm devastated.
I wish I had more words to say than I'm sorry. Thoughts and prayers to your family!
GL hun!
First, I am so sorry. I will be praying.
Second, a girl I work with had an ectopic pregnancy. She concieved about 3 to 4 months right after and now has one healthy, happy little boy.
I had an eptopic pregnancy many years ago and about a year later, but I was not trying in the meantime, I had a healthy pregnancy. The main issue is making sure that you do not lose the tube, GL
I am so incredibly sorry that you're going through this. Take good care of yourself!
A friend of mine had an ectopic pregnancy about a year ago. She's currently about 16 weeks pregnant and so far things are going well.
All the best!
Thank you all. I'm glad to hear friends getting pregnant afterwards. I'm hoping my tube will not rupture before I get more help. I do have my little boy and am trying to focus on him to help me through....
i'm so sorry.
i'm so sorry hon. i know how awful a loss is. not only is it emotionally devestating, but it's physically challenging as well. i pray that your body will heal quickly from this, and that your heart will mend itself soon.
if you haven't checked it out, i highly recommend posting on the loss board since those women have been through it all. there may be some women who can give you some really useful insight on what to expect from an ectopic. they can give you the support you need to help keep you as calm and sane as possible through this time. also, the success after a loss board or parenting after a loss board may also be able to give you encouraging information on getting pregnant after an ectopic.
you are in my thoughts and prayers. if you need anything or want to talk, drop me a pm.
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First of all I am so sorry to hear you are going through this.
Second, I had a ectopic following IUI last fall. Be sure to get all the information first. My RE wanted to remove the tube, then they said I could take two injections (of a very nasty medication). My OB asked them to draw my HCG and my body was already clearing the pregnancy, no need for surgery or the nasty medicine. Make sure you ask questions, I know its a hard time but you don't want to go through more than you need to.
Thirdly; the ectopic did cause scarring on the tube which ended up blocking it. This was shown on a HSG a couple of months later. We went ahead with IVF because there was good evidenece that my other tube was jacked up as well. But now I am 12.5 weeks.
Good Luck, Palan
T&P to you.
A friend of mine had an ectopic pregnancy. She actually had to be rushed to the hospital. They didn't catch it early enough until it became a problem.
She conceived again several months later (within 6 months, I believe) and she now has a healthy 3 year old.
My BF had an ectopic actually her anniversary is Oct. 31'st and lost a tube, she wasn't ablt to ttc for 3 months and got pg on the 1st month trying, she is now due any day now, so unfortunatley if it happens there is a silver lining.
I have found great support on the miscarriage/loss board and then when I was able to ttc again, fantastic support and a lot of laughs on the TTCAL board.
I truly hope you don't have an impending loss, but if you do, I hope you are back quickly with a BFP, one thing that helped both me and my BF have a small glimmer of hope is that once your pg, your body is more accepting and typically most people get pg soon after a loss.
Thoughts and prayers!
I had surgery for mine in January. We didn't catch it in time so I lost the tube (actually, my dr will not do the surgery to remove just the baby and not the tube since it leads to scarring and increased chance of another ectopic in that tube). I had no pain at all beforehand which is why it took us so long to find it. The only indication something was wrong was that I bled the entire time (over 2 weeks from bfp to surgery) and hcg levels weren't rising correctly. Going into surgery my dr was just going in to try to find out what was wrong, she hadn't been able to confirm the ectopic. I was in shock when I came to and found out my tube was gone!
I am pregnant right now (although we haven't confirmed it's where it belongs) and I actually ovulated on the "wrong" side this month so we really weren't expecting to get pregnant. There is a very small chance that the tube on one side can catch the egg the other side releases and apparently it happened for us!
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