Pregnancy after Ectopic

Pregnant After Ectopic Pregnancy
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Hi - This is my first post - I have just discovered this page.

I fell pregnant earlier this year with our first child - unfortunately it was ectopic - no warning signs other than a little bit of bleeding. The Dr’s originally said on the Wednesday it was a miscarriage, 2 days later I went for more routine bloods only to be told it was ectopic. Anyway, they had to remove my right tube but while the Ob/Gyno was inside my tummy - she checked my other tube, my ovaries and my uterus - everything was perfect she said.

She then went on to say that I can easily conceive again. She repeated this in my follow up appointment 6 weeks later. Her words were “It is a myth that you can only conceive every other month and that your chances of conception are reduced by 50%. The healthy tube has fingers on it which will sweep around until it finds the egg”. She also confirmed this in writing to me along with my GP. Her last words to me in my meeting with her where “Next time I see you it will be in my ante-natal clinic”. In my letter from her, she says “I look forward to seeing this lady in my antenatal clinic”. She also mentioned “it doesnt really take any longer than someone with 2 healthy tubes - the removal of 1 tube doesnt make a difference if everything else is ok” - which it is.

I suppose all I am looking for is reassurance that I can conceive naturally. I am 38 and feel like time isnt on my side - although the consultant said that isnt an issue these day - if I was 45 then she says it would be a different matter.

Any positive stories/feedback etc. would be much appreciated ladies. I am doing the wrong thing by googling all the time and reading horror stories :frowning:

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Howdy! Here’s a positive. You may have seen my posts before with my story. Basic jist is dec had left tube removed and methotrexate before this so double whammy. Could start trying again in May. We started properly in June. like you told that one tube is just as good as the other but even the doc couldn’t explain how this vacuum effect worked so well given the distance. So I couldn’t get my head round the egg making the epic round the world tour of my body to get into the healthy right tube. Anyway! I’m still working as I’m now 6wks and waiting for me my first scan next Thursday. I’m 35! I really hope this sticks so I can be a mum at 36. So yep! We do still work. We baffle science but we do it! The only thing working against us is our own thoughts and time. But the body knows what it’s doing…eventually. :wink: x x

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Thank you for that! My consultant tried to explain it to my that our tubes have fingers. She went on to say, if I threw you a ball now what would you do? Catch it-using 2 hands but only 1 would get it. Put 1 hand behind you back and I will throw the ball again-what would you do-still catch it with that 1 hand. She said that is exactly what our tubes do. My GP scares me by saying I could only conceive every other month, consultant went crazy-it’s a myth she said. She took his name etc and wrote to him correcting him. She said it doesn’t make any difference at all as long as everything else is fine. I think my problem is I want it so bad-I keep thinking about it, googling it etc. it’s so easy for others to say forget about it and it will happen but they aren’t going through what we are. I hope everything goes well at your scan-keep is posted. X