[RUNNER25]

I always wished JM had a board just for ectopic pregnancies. Since they don't, why don't we all share our experiences here?

I got pg with my ectopic in January. My first pregnancy. I was 5 weeks along when I started spotting. No pain...ever. I was monitored for about 3 weeks, my HCG's just kept hovering in the 50's. Then I was given the meth shot - no help. One week later I had another U/S and a mass was found in my right tube. Went in for surgery, lost tube. I never had any pain through the whole process.

I have no reason why it happened. It took us about 6 months to get pg. Now I am in the 2WW of cycle 3 since the surgery.

My DR said I only had to wait 1 month to TTC, even with the shot.

My cycles are like clockwork.

My hopes in sharing with each other is maybe we can compare situations, offer hope, etc.

For some Hope for us: My friend's sister in law was infertile, had IVF, got an ectopic, had surgery to remove tube and went on to have 3 children on her own.

Thanks for sharing...

[princesskate]

:hugs: i am sorry to hear of your loss

here is my story...sorry its a bit long


i started getting cramps not long after i discovered i was pregnant. I went to the hospital (it was a thursday) where they examined me and confirmed my pregnancy, they also took bloods just as a routine check.They then sent me home and told me not to worry as pains/cramps can be normal in early pregnancy. They made me an appointment to go back for repeat hcg in 2 days time. apprently this is just routine

So on the saturday i toddled off to the hospital for the bloods doing and they told me they would phone me with the results. I wasnt too worried at this point.
I then got a phone call a couple of hours later and they told me that the hcg had risen, but it hadnt doubled, and was very low. it had gone from 90 to 130. they told me to go back in another 2 days. the next set of hcg was only 170, when it should have been alot higher. i then had to have a scan and more bloods done.

When i had the bloods and scan done about 5 days later, the hcg had only gone up to 218. and they had seen something on my ovary - which all pointed to ectopic. but, they also saw something in my womb that looked like a small sac, but turned out to be something called a pseudo sac (sp?) that occurs in many ectopic pregnancies and is often mistaken for an early pregnancy sac.

A few days later my partner had to phone an ambulance as i had bad pains and i was rushed to hospital. In hospital i had the methotrexate. A few hours later i started cramping really bad and a day or so later i started bleeding really heavy (tmi sorry ).

i was allowed home but had to return to the hospital 3 days later to have hcg done - they had actually risen, but not much. Then i had to return 4 days later for hcgs done again - this time they went down - alot!! i had to have bloods done 1 last time, and on that day the fell to 'non pregnant' levels.

i am now nearing the ends of the 3 month wait until i can TTC again. I have a check up with the doctor in july so im going to ttc after i have seen him and got the all clear

[Brittanie]

In the Pregnancy Loss forum there IS a subforum for miscarriage/pregnancy loss experiences. There's a section for ectopics there, where women have posted their stories.


It's not very busy but it's located here

http://www.justmommies.com/boards/in...?showforum=610


eta: Not saying that you can't/shouldn't post it here, but I just wanted you to be aware that it was there!

[.x~KAT~x.]

I have requested an ectopic board twice now and ive offered to host it but the mods dont think it will take off.....

Ok my first ectopic story

In september 2007 we began to ttc our second child i tested the first cycle at 10, 11,12,13,14,15,16 dpo all were BFN and then on 17dpo (3 days late) i began to bleed. oh well i thought, on to the next cycle/ i continued to bleed as a normal period for 4 days then stopped. 2 days later i began spotting again so i did a test BFN so i figuered AF was just messing with me. the spotting continued for over a week. and i began to use opks to try again. I was shocked when the first opk i had ever used in my life! came back positive straight away...i began looking on line and discovered that opks are bfp it your pregnant and so i tested and OMG BFP! i was so excited but also freaked by the bleed. 2 days later i was scanned it the preg clinic where they confirmed my THEN worst fear that i had miscarried they also spotted a 'cyst' on my right ovary. They took hcgs which were at 77 (i believe) and then again 2 days later and they had creapt up slightly. My hcgs were checked for over a week and then they hit 271 (or something like that) and then i had methatrexate 3 weeks later my hcg hit 0 but i felt very unwell for a long tiime after....The main thing i learnt from my experience is that i can never fully trust tests. I was 9 weeks pregnant

And on to my second ectopic
We began TTC again in March 2008 and got preg right away....i was over the moon with my faint BFP at 14DPO....but then again 2 days after AF was due i began to bleed....i was distraught, i just couldnt stop crying everywhere i went...i honestly thought i was gonna go insane with grief t 4 weeks and 3days i was scanned but they saw nothing my betas came in at just 21....i thought it was just a miscarriage again...but then for the next 6 days my levels continued to double! the midwife thought it was a healthy preg and told me wed scan at 6 week....i was so relieved when the bleeding had also stopped! When 6 weeks came i laid there whilst the midwife scanned i thought for sure shed say 'Yep there it is, healthy heartbeat' but to my disapointment there was nothin just a pool of fluid My betas were checked and came in lower than the 192 thery were the week before so we assumed this was a standard miscarriage again. 2 days later my betas shockinly began to rise again! the midwife was speechless i was again distraught because i knew what this meant....methatrexate. my hcg continued to rise for 4 days until they were 303 and so on monday 12th may i had methatrexate again My hcg were at just 72 a week later and i am officially on the mend!

What will happen in the future i have no idea...i can only hope that my next BFP will be a happy one