3 years ago I had an ectopic pregnancy. I had no symptoms until my fallopian tube ruptured and I almost died. Afterwards my GP told me that if I got pregnant in the future I should get an early scan to make sure it wasn't ectopic.
I'm now 5 weeks pregnant. I had to wait 8 days to see my GP (it's a different one this time, I've moved). I've just got back from my appointment. I told her how traumatic it was and she just wouldn't take me seriously at all. She was so dismissive. She said "you were very unlucky last time, you'd have to be incredibly unlucky for it to happen again". I told her there was a 1 in 10 chance of a repeat ectopic and she shrugged and said "well, that's 9 in 10 chance of it not being ectopic". She said she would refer me for a scan if I had symptoms, even though I told her that last time I had no symptoms until the tube ruptured.
She repeatedly said that nothing could be seen until 7 weeks. I know full well it's possible to see a sac at 5 weeks, she kept telling me that you couldn't see the heartbeat until 7. But I kept answering that I didn't care about the heartbeat yet, I just want to know it's in my uterus.
I just feel so frustrated. I don't know what to do. As soon as I walked out of her office I burst into tears and I haven't stopped crying since. What if my other tube ruptures and I'll never be able to conceive naturally? I'm absolutely terrified.
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GP has just refused to refer me to EPU
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gargalesis · 15/07/2014 18:02
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