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Jennifer Lorenz
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Is anyone pregnant after an ectopic?
Jennifer Lorenz
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Hello. I was trying to find a discussion about pregnancy following an ectopic but had trouble finding one. Decided to start my own. I had an ectopic pregnancy in late October and ended up having methotrexate injections and eventually surgery. Three months later I am now 5 weeks 4 days pregnant. I feel grateful to be pregnant again so quickly but I am nervous and at times extremely anxious. I was 7 weeks along when I found out about my ectopic pregnancy and it was devastating. Although I would never want to go through that again, the experience made me stronger and hopeful that I could get pregnant again. I grieved a little while recovering from surgery but for the most part I felt at peace and ready to move on. Now that I'm pregnant, all of the anxious feelings and sleepless nights are back again. I find myself crying for the baby I lost months ago and scared that this baby will not be viable. I spent every day last week worrying that the baby was growing outside of my uterus. In my mind, I figured it would just be a matter of time before I'd find myself in surgery again. This morning I had my first ultrasound and almost passed out in the waiting room. I'm sure the elderly woman scanning Reader's Digest across from me could sense the fear I was emitting... The tech called my name and grabbed my husband from the other waiting room. Within five minutes, the tech was able to locate the yolk sac in my uterus and did some measurements. She couldn't see anything besides the yolk sac but explained that it was normal considering how early I was. That was reassuring and I was on top of the moon. My hGC looks good and my doctor is bringing me back March 12th to check for the heartbeat. Any symptom of pregnancy that I feel makes me happy... the fatigue, the sore boobs, the peeing and even the gas (sorry). Even with the happy feelings that come and go, for the most part I am feeling like I'm in purgatory. Somewhere in between total elation and complete distress. I haven't told many people about this pregnancy. My cousin, my best friend and a coworker. They are very supportive but I still feel like no one can truly understand with how I'm feeling. Does anyone else out there feel this way with their current pregnancy? Or have felt this way in the past?
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Re: Is anyone pregnant after an ectopic?
Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
Three days later, to everyone's surprise, my HcG rose again, and they still couldn't locate the pregnancy on ultrasound. So they gave me two methotrexate injections.
This pregnancy is completely viable and in the right place. But I know exactly what you're feeling. All that fear and anxiety came right back when I got that positive test. This is my third child, and even though I had two healthy pregnancies before, I can't seem to grasp that this one is okay.
Before the ectopic, I truly had no idea how horrible ectopic pregnancies can be. The fear of feeling like you're a ticking time bomb waiting to rupture, the MONTH LONG blood tests every two days, constantly being poked and prodded. It was like I could just never be done with it and grieve. It just kept going on and on and on.