Hi
I have been lurking here for the last three weeks whilst I have been experiencing an EP. The site has been an amazing support and I first discovered it using my mobile the day after I was admitted to A&E. It meant I was armed with all the right questions and I am still getting tons of comfort from all of your posts.
My story so far is this…
I’m 32 (nearly 33) and had been TTC with DH for nearly 18 months with no success. In the early hours of May 14, I was admitted to my local A&E with severe right sided pain and dark bleeding. The nurse I saw asked if there was any chance I was pregnant and as I had finished what I had assumed to be a period two weeks before I answered ‘no way’. She tested anyway and it immeiately came back BFP. DH and I were in total shock. I knew straight away there was a good chance it was an EP.
I was admitted to the Gynae ward and scanned the next day where they couldn’t find anything in my womb. As my pain had settled, they gave me a couple of days to test my blood again and to see if it might resolve itself. No such luck and the numbers had gone up again. I was given methotrexate that day and sent home.
Though the injection showed signs of working during that week, my numbers then went back up and following a new scan and a good chat with the consultant, we decided to go for another shot.
Three days later my pain went through the roof and I was admitted back into A&E and then back to the ward. The next day’s blood test showed that my count had come right down but a scan showed I had experienced an internal bleed - hence the pain which I will never forget! I was given a laproscopy that evening and my right tube was removed. Apparently the left one looks OK so fingers firmly crossed.
Reading this back I sound totally rational and calm about the last three weeks but in reality they have been the worst of my life and I feel totally shocked and in pieces about the whole experience. I have been really lucky to find this site and with the amazing support from my family and friends and especially DH who has been brilliant. Even with all of this and the efficient & kind treatment from the hospital, life will never be the same.
Thanks for reading if you’ve got this far, I’m sharing your pain, hopes & fears.
AJ