Hi I had an ectopic in may 2024. Started trying 3 months later. It’s been 7 months now but no luck yet. I had a ruptured tube. Any tips on how to cope???
Hi Fd,
I’m so sorry that you have suffered an ectopic pregnancy and loss. The experience and trauma can leave us with many feelings and questions. I’m not medically qualified to comment on your specific experience, but will do my best to help.
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.
When a person has only one fallopian tube 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. Conservative estimates suggest that an egg produced on the tubeless side manages to descend the remaining tube around 15 to 20% of the time. This means that rather than your fertility being halved it has been affected by around 30% or, looking at it another way, it means we have around a 70% opportunity of conception with each menstrual (period) cycle.
We naturally assume that we will ovulate from alternative ovaries each month (left ovary, right ovary, left, right etc.) This is not true and varies from woman to woman. Some women will ovulate from the same side each month with occasional ovulation from the other side, while others will ovulate randomly from side to side.
Both ovaries compete each month to produce an egg, and usually the one that is ‘pulling ahead in the race’ continues while the other one gives up (but not always – sometimes women will ovulate from both ovaries in one cycle or twice from one ovary but these are rare events that explain how we get non-identical twins naturally). It depends on which ovary contains the egg that is at the right stage of development at the point in time when the woman is due to ovulate and has nothing to do with a set pattern.
The side we ovulate from does not strictly matter, as an egg from one ovary can travel down the tube on the other side.
Please know we are here to answer any questions and provide any support you need.
With good wishes,
Michele
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Hi @Fd we have just started trying again after losing my tube last year in July. Periods luckily seem back to normal but no luck this month 
just wanted to say you are not alone x