Hello,
I have had three failed pregnancies in a row. First, due to extreme hydrops the pregnancy did not flourish(4/16)- medical d&c. Second, left ectopic pregnancy which resulted in surgery and removal of left tube (10/16). Third, left cornual pregnancy (3/18) resulted in csection and uterus wedge resection AFTER taking one round of methotrexate that failed. I have no living children. I work at a radio pharmacy. BUT both ovaries and my right tube are ok. Apparently, I’m a fluke because I fit none of the typical indicators for ectopic. I’m not sure if the radiation exposure is the issue or maybe my mate. Anyone else work in a radio pharmacy or around ionizing radiation? Anyone like me and have had success conceiving and carrying to term? Also, I’m stateside and feel much hidden despair about the losses, but what can I do?
Hello,
I am really sorry for what happened to you, but thank you for sharing it. I also underwent emergency laparoscopy for a cornual pregnancy, last December, and they removed my left tube as well. It was my first pregnancy and the doctor did not notice anything strange that could have caused it, so I am very worried for when I will start to try again (was told to wait 6 month before TTC), as I cannot “cure” it . I was interested in your question as, while I do not work in a radio pharmacy, I work in an organic chemistry lab, and I keep asking myself whether I accidentally went into contact with something that might have caused it. It is probably just me being paranoid, and it is not my fault, but I keep wanting to find a reason for it and this comes back a lot. Especially because I did not know I was pregnant until it ruptured (had bleeding for implantation which I thought was my late period as all tests I did were negative), so I have been working in the lab without worrying too much. I do not know if this is real or not, but as I am a point in my life in which I can do it, I decided that I do not want to work in a synthetic laboratory anymore. I saw some colleauges who worked in the same lab during the full pregnancy and everything was perfectly fine, but just as many for which it was not. I do not know really what the effects of being in such enviroment have on our bodies and I, personally, decided that I do not want to take that much risk, for as much as i love this job. I love chemistry, and I am proud to be a woman in chemistry, but at the same time I think that I wished somebody had warned some years ago me about all this risks about being a woman in my job. Sorry for the long and maybe boring reply, but, as sad as it can be, apart from my husband, I do not have anybody to talk about what happened and the rest…