Pregnant after ectopic

Pregnant After Ectopic Pregnancy
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Hi,

I had an ectopic pregnancy in April this year and ended up having my right tube removed. We waited to start trying again and I am now 4 weeks pregnant. My head is a mess, I can’t help but think the worst. Previous to my ectopic I had 2 misscarriages so my mind set is this one will also be heading towards the same or ectopic.

I’ve had some very light bleeding today but only when I wipe. I have called the early pregnancy unit and have a scan booked for when I am just over 6 weeks.

It’s hard to not pick up on every twinge I have. Or to see some light spotting. I’ve never had a “normal” successful pregnancy so I have no idea what normal is. I literally feel like I can’t cope with this. Not even sure what I’m asking for here but just needed to try and get some form of glimmer of hope. Any advice or positive stories? Thank you x

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Dear Vik,

I am so sorry to hear of the worrying time you are going through,

Whilst spotting in early pregnancy can be completely normal and many women and people go on to have healthy pregnancies, I would suggest as you have had a previous ectopic pregnancy and are now experiencing some spotting, the EPU, should really be reviewing you. Whilst they may not yet be able to see anything on scans yet, they would be able to complete serial hCG blood tests. Although these are not used to diagnose ectopic pregnancy, they can give a picture as to what is happening. I would advise speaking to them again and asking them to complete this for you.

Although I do not wish to alarm you, please seek urgent medical advice with any worsening bleeding or pain, you develop shoulder tip pain or you feel dizzy and unwell.

Sending much love and positive thoughts,

Karen x

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Hi Vic, a quiet congratulations to you.

I’m in the same possession as you. I have booked an early pregnancy scan via a private scan company who have said they can scan at 5 weeks to see if the ‘sac’ is in the right place. Although this isn’t a viability scan it sure will offer some peace of mind as two weeks is quite a long wait x

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Hi Vik.

I am in exactly the same boat as you ,an ectopic in April and currently 4+5 weeks pregnant and I have all of the worries and feelings you mention in your post.

Glad you have contacted EPU and got your scan booked in, but I know how anxious this 2 weeks wait is before the scan… almost as anxious as the two week wait to find out if weve successfully conceived.

I figured after researching so much that theres no such thing as a normal pregnancy when it comes to symptoms but its hard not to analyse isnt it, when you have been through so much.

Some advice from a post I got this week was you are pregnant, and no matter what symptoms you have now, if its ectopic, the outcome cannot be changed, so just to relax and pray in hope that things are different for us both this time. This gave me some reassurance so hope it does for you also.

Congratulations and hope its a positive journey for you this time. It would be nice to keep in touch :slight_smile:

Charlotte.

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Hi all,

I’m in a similar situation, currently 4+5 and so nervous. I’m booked in for a scan next week to check if the sac is in the right place. I had an ectopic in feb this year and had my right tube removed.

Just wondering how you all got on with your new pregnancies? X