Patent tube and trying 4 months after ectopic

Preparing For Your Next Pregnancy
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Hello all good night

I’m confused and I need some help. I had an ectopic in june and I lost my right tube . After surgery I began to understand my body more and know when I ovulate I will feel pelvic pain and back pain sometimes.

My partner and i decided to try for a baby so i did an HSG test in early september and the results came out that my left tube is patent which is great news. We decided to try in early October for a baby, my FLO app told me that I would ovulate from sept 30 to october 7 and my highest fertile days was from 3 to 7 so my partner and I had sex on october 3 and 4. I watch signs of ovulation and I felt that I ovulated either on the 4 or 5 of october.

I have been waiting for almost 2 weeks to do a pregnancy test and now I’m 4 days early before my period is to arrive, took a first response test and its says negative :frowning:

My question is …is it possible to see signs of ovulation and still not able to get pregnant due to the fact that I had one tube making it a little difficult? I just don’t understand why I’m not pregnant . I knew I ovulated yet I’m still not pregnant. Its very frustrating and I’m asking you all for prayers.

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Hi Shanny,

I am so sorry to hear of your ectopic pregnancy and loss, It is quite common for your periods to take a few months to get into a rhythm that is more normal for you.

Generally, when a person has only one fallopian tube and both ovaries, they are still able to get pregnant from an egg at the opposite ovary as an egg from one ovary can travel down the tube on the other side. The fallopian tubes are not attached to the ovaries and, at the point of ovulation, some very delicate structures called the fimbriae to begin to move gently creating a slight vacuum to suck the egg toward the end of the tube it is nearest to (like lots of little fingers waving and drawing the egg towards it). So, if you have only one tube then there is only one set of receptors working and one set of fimbriae creating a vacuum and so the egg is much more likely to find its way to that tube, whichever ovary it is produced from. Conservative estimates suggest that an egg produced in the tubeless side manages to descend the remaining tube around 15 to 20% of the time.

While generally, it is possible to conceive after an ectopic pregnancy, the amount of time it takes varies from couple to couple. Factors include age, general health, reproductive health and how often you have sex, among other things. It may be comforting to know that 65% of women are successfully pregnant within 18 months of experiencing an ectopic pregnancy and some studies suggest this rises to around 85% after two years.It’s fine if you wish to continue to monitor your ovulation, however, in terms of TTC, the Trust recommend having regular sex, which means having sex every 2/3 days throughout the month. Guidance from the UK’s National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence advises that having sex around the time when the woman ovulates causes stress and is not recommended. We here at the EPT suggest having intercourse 2/3 times between days 10-20 of their cycle when trying to conceive.

Making the decision to begin trying to conceive is an emotional rollercoaster compounded by our sad loss. Again, you are not alone. We here emotional support whenever you need us.

With good wishes,

Michele

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Dear Shanny,

I’m sorry to hear about your loss.

I’ve been trying to get pregnant for a year and 2 months and we were successful 2 months ago. Sadly it was an ectopic pregnancy and we had to end it just under a week ago, very fresh and raw.

Personally from my experience I can only advice you to keep trying and don’t get caught up stressing about it.

With my partner we’ve been having sex every single day, I also had an app and knew when I’m ovulating. It sadly doesn’t mean you get pregnant automatically if you have sex when you ovulate.

I wish it would be that easy.

I’ve gone through some stressful months, I cried and was sad when my period arrived.

What I found very useful is to get ovulation tests. Thanks to them I learnt how my body works and when I ovulate as my app was showing differently.

After my period I peed on a stick every day to understand my cycle and we were pregnant the 2nd month after counting. Whoohoo, this worked for me and also I stopped worrying and being obsessed about wanting to get pregnant, kept my mind busy with other things. This is very important.

Law of attraction, once you let it go it will return as a miracle when you dont expect it.

Once I recover we will try for another baby too.

I wish you the best of luck and hope it will happen very soon for you.

Lots of love.

Valerie