I was admitted to hospital last night with a suspected ectopic. I'm 6+1 and have had cramps throughout my pregnancy so far. Had a niggling pain on the left but had decided to try and be positive and ignore. Then on Friday I had some spotting of very watery light pink - not enough to put a liner in literally just 7/8 spots. Cramps were there as well. Spotting stopped then yesterday afternoon started again and the cramps got worse with a distinct pain on my left. Came to a&e with DP and was sent to GAU. Saw someone quickly and was given a speculum exam and a finger exam(don't know what that's called). My OS was closed and there was a very small amount of blood but my left side was definitely tender. They took bloods and said they wanted to keep me in overnight and reassess today. Depending on blood results they will try to scan today although it being Easter Sunday might be hard pushed to find sonographer. Then will make decisions about what next. Surgery has been mentioned and I am nil by mouth. They are also pumping me with fluid (2l over 12 hours).
I'm scared. I'm not in agony but it is uncomfortable and doesn't feel quite right but it has felt this way on and off throughout. There has been no more bleeding and it was no more than a thimble full each time.
They are being fantastic, taking really good care of me, have let DP stay (I've been lucky enough to end up in a private room) and I have much to be thankful for right now.
My question is - has anyone got this far through, been told surgery may be needed and been so closely monitored only to find out all is well? I want this baby so much. At the same time I've already begun to detach myself from it all. I haven't cried since I was admitted. What are my chances of being ok? I know no one can really answer but would love to hear some experiences. Thank you for reading this far. Just writing it down has helped.
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Suspected ectopic - is there hope?
H0p3 · 27/03/2016 06:37
Hi h0p3, just wanted to give my experiences of both angles - with my first pregnancy I had cramps from around 5-7 weeks, quite severe at times. I also had multiple days of light spotting and one episode of bright red blood. I was given an early scan at 6 weeks and all was absolutely fine. Ds is now 2! So the symptoms you describe absolutely can all turn out well.
Earlier this year I was pregnant again, had cramps again - more severe this time - but I stupidly assumed all was fine and got on with things. Unfortunately in my case it was ectopic and it ruptured meaning I had to have emergency surgery. I didn't have any bleeding beforehand whatsoever and no specific pain in my left side, it was more in my back.
I will be crossing my fingers very tightly for you. If it does turn out to be the worst please do feel free to pm me for any advice. Have they mentioned an injection rather than surgery? I believe an injection can be offered if they don't suspect imminent rupture but the scan will confirm this. Also if they do go down the surgery route then having planned surgery as opposed to emergency usually means much less pain afterwards and better healing. I just wanted to mention this so that you can hold on to some positives, while you're going through such uncertainty.
The ectopic trust website is also extremely helpful and informative, should you find that any use at this point.
for you.
Morning hop3
I've had two eptopics, one ruptured. They can be deadly so your in the right place.
My first was after ten years of trying to conceive I had a couple of bouts of severe sharp pain and went for a scan as I knew my tubes where damaged. 6w1d with a little heartbeat. They operated on me the next day. That was tough.
The second I thought the pain was my endometritis and a heavy period. It had ruptured and I remember crawling in to the GP for some strong pain killers and she did an pg test and I was positive. I was rushed to hospital as my blood pressure was very low (it had ruptured and was bleeding out) and ended up having two injections of morphine after a dick head dr gave me an internal and left me rolling around on the bed crying in the most horrendous pain of my life. An amazing woman dr came running in and really sorted me out.
If this pregnancy is eptopic - it's serous. It's life threatening. So you have to think of yourself here. I know it's bloody hard.
It really is not the end of the road I went on through IVF and had dd (3) and now pregnsnt with no.2.
Hang on in there. Also get some peppermint tea for after the operation if you have one. The wind pains are something else 
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