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December 2014 Moms
ebilbao
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Ever hear of a heterotopic pregnancy? I just had one.
ebilbao
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This means that you have one uterine, normal pregnancy and one ectopic pregnancy. We were at Lowe's Saturday evening shopping for flowers, and the "gas" pains I had been feeling all day became so strong I started to faint as we were leaving. The ambulance came and took me to the hospital, and I kept swearing I probably just had a stomach virus. They checked on my baby and it looked great, but I had some "free fluid" in my abdomen, which meant I was bleeding. I was transferred to a larger local hospital and my RE met me there. The pain and pressure were so awful. My Fallopian tube ruptured from the ectopic pregnancy, and my RE performed surgery in the middle of the night to remove the ruptured tube and stop the bleeding. I had to have two units of blood as well.
The scary thing is the first hospital assumed I just had a ruptured cyst and were about to send me home. Luckily, they got a hold of my RE who said "Helloo? Female presents with abdominal pain has an ectopic until proven otherwise!" And he was right. If I hadn't it gone, I could have continued bleeding and died. It was so scary and I can't believe this all happened.
Apparently, the chance of this happening after IVF is 1 in 1,000.
Update: Just saw the baby this morning and he/she is measuring 8w5d, which is even a couple days bigger than it should be, with a heart rate if 168. My RE said everything looked great, thank god. Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and support!
The scary thing is the first hospital assumed I just had a ruptured cyst and were about to send me home. Luckily, they got a hold of my RE who said "Helloo? Female presents with abdominal pain has an ectopic until proven otherwise!" And he was right. If I hadn't it gone, I could have continued bleeding and died. It was so scary and I can't believe this all happened.
Apparently, the chance of this happening after IVF is 1 in 1,000.
Update: Just saw the baby this morning and he/she is measuring 8w5d, which is even a couple days bigger than it should be, with a heart rate if 168. My RE said everything looked great, thank god. Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and support!
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Re: Ever hear of a heterotopic pregnancy? I just had one.
Mom to DD(4), DS(2) and # 3 Due 12/14/14
Our #2 is on the way!
I'm not hungry, I'm HUUUNNNNNGGGRRRRRYYYY! NOW!
Dec 2014 Dec Siggy, Free For All
Big E- 2008
Miss M- 2011
Baby Z- 2012
Baby Smoosh, Due Dec 2014
omg, I hope you and the baby are alright now!
BFP #2 5/7/13 EDD 1/14/2014 Ectopic discovered 5/21/13, lost left tube
Referred to RE, blood work done August 2013, AMH 0.27, all else normal, HSG clear
DS1: 12/17/2014
DS2: born sleeping at 26 weeks on 8/8/2016 due to chromosomal deletion
Pregnant with baby 3 - EDD 9/14/2017
Sounds like your RE saved your life. Sorry you had to go through that.
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BFP #1 5/12/12; EDD 1/20/13; Eliana Grace born 1/25/13
BFP #2 12/11/13; EDD 8/23/14; M/C 6 weeks
BFP #3 4/3/14; EDD 12/13/14
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IVF cycle 1 (Nov 2013)- freeze all d/t OHSS
FET #1-BFN
FET #2-BFP baby girl born Dec 2014
FET #3-Sept 2017 BFP but miscarried at 6 weeks
IVF cycle 2 (Oct 2017)- freeze all again d/t OHSS
FET #1 BPF, pregnant with a singleton due Sept 2018