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TTC following an ectopic pregnancy

913 replies

PinkElephant · 01/01/2007 18:35

Hi, My DH and I have been TTC for the last 8 months and finally found out I was pregnant before christmas. Since then I have been in hospital and have been treated for an ectopic pregnancy. I was given a hefty dose of Methotrexate which has made me feel rotten and should induce a miscarriage soon. We can't start TTC for 3 months now which is really hard to take as it took us a while the first time - but everything will have to be on hold until the summer now. Has anyone experienced this?

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cedar12 · 04/06/2007 08:20

Any news Lissie? Good Luck this afternoon I hope you get some good news. I have got a course for work all day today so wont be able to log on until this evening.

lissie · 04/06/2007 08:25

thanks cedar, still no news. still dont feel periody iykwim. am really worried now! will log on after my appt, might ask for a scan, cant they see fluid round the tube at 4w if its an ep?

cedar12 · 04/06/2007 17:39

Any news Lissie? have you retested?

cedar12 · 04/06/2007 17:54

Sorry Lissie just read other thread. What a bastard. Are you ok?

lissie · 05/06/2007 07:56

sorry cedar. am ok today. got to to to hospital in a bit for yet more bloods still, every little helps. so relieved that i can still have the HSG. its about 1w before i ov again too, so am taking that as a good sign re fate iykwim

cedar12 · 05/06/2007 13:25

Hopefully the dr will be a bit more helpful next time and will be able to give you a better idea of what going on. I ve got to go and have some blood test done this afternoon aswell before Ivf appointment next week.

lissie · 05/06/2007 15:52

what day is your appt again? (am rubbish with dates) are you nervous?

cedar12 · 05/06/2007 18:28

My appointments next wednesday 13th, Not really nervous just want to get on with it.
I am fuming at the moment, My dr surgery managed to phone me and my mil to say my blood forms were ready. We both are at the same surgery and have the same initials. We hadn't told her about the ivf as shes not been very sympathetic in the past. So dh got a phone call tonight asking why I was having blood tests. Bloody cheek
He fobbed her of and said he was having his tea, She figured out it was something to do with ttc and asked him if I had thought about eat more greens! She probably think shes trying to help but she just pisses me off. Just needed to rant.

cedar12 · 05/06/2007 18:29

I am fuming at the moment, My dr surgery managed to phone me and my mil to say my blood forms were ready. We both are at the same surgery and have the same initials. We hadn't told her about the ivf as shes not been very sympathetic in the past. So dh got a phone call tonight asking why I was having blood tests. Bloody cheek
He fobbed her of and said he was having his tea, She figured out it was something to do with ttc and asked him if I had thought about eat more greens! She probably think shes trying to help but she just pisses me off. Just needed to rant.

lissie · 05/06/2007 20:49

cedar, thats awful!! are you going to complain? surely that breaches patient confidentiality?

am also shocked at your GP, honestly, why do these people join the medical profession? its supposed to be about the patient ffs!

cedar12 · 06/06/2007 08:46

Yes I ahve complained the superviser is going to phone me back at some point

lissie · 06/06/2007 09:11

good! fecking docs and their god complexes!

cedar12 · 06/06/2007 12:21

Superviser phoned blamed it on the dr. dr on holiday so will have to take it up with her when shes back.

lissie · 08/06/2007 09:55

no excuse tho!

how long did you have to hang around for with your HSG?

cedar12 · 08/06/2007 10:13

All in all took about an hour. 1/2 an hour for the hsg and 1/2 waiting about. Is yours next week? Ask them to show you the screen to see the dye going through.

lissie · 08/06/2007 10:14

yes, its on monday morning at 8.45. tbh im really nervous about it now!

cedar12 · 08/06/2007 10:18

I am sure it will be fine. Remember to take some pain killers, I got my gp to prescribe some antibiotics just in case. To cover the possibility of infection. Mine wasnt to bad painful when the dye went in, But felt fine afterwards.

lissie · 08/06/2007 10:20

did you do that before or after?

cedar12 · 08/06/2007 10:23

Started antibiotics a day or so before. Sorry I should have said sooner. Could you get a Gp appointment today

Original poster
PinkElephant · 08/06/2007 12:27

Hi ladies,
Just popped to in to see how you both are. Good luck with the HSG Lissie. I got some antibiotic cover there and then, but had gone the GP's the day before like Cedar did just incase they didn't provide any. I took brufren and hour before also. I didn't hang around after, so in total it took about 30mins.
Cedar - thats awful regarding the surgery and your private info going to your MIL!!!
Things are going weel so far my end....don't want to rattle on about it to you though as that would be so insensitive of me!!

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lissie · 08/06/2007 13:16

cant get an appt at docs will ask on mon for some.

how are you doing PE?

are we the only ttc after an ep-ers then?

Genidef · 08/06/2007 14:14

Cedar12 I saw that you replied to me re your tube - sorry to not have noted and also sorry to hear about MIL and the bl*** cock up. nosey woman.

Lissie - no we are TTC too, just had HSG on Monday am. Dr was supposed to call Weds with teh results, didn't yet. Same woman who when i called to say how much pain was in after surgery for the ectopic, didn't botehr to ring back. Anyway, have put another call through. dr doing it said remaining tube was "filling beautifully" but now I'm panicing because what if he's got it wrong? What's with this delay "AIBU?!" HSG okay by the way - cramps do come on a bit strong when the dye goes in, but then I have NO pain threashold.

Good luck ladies XX

lissie · 08/06/2007 14:17

thats ridiculous! honestly, the nhs is just getting worse! did you see my thread about our specialist making me cry?

Genidef · 08/06/2007 14:22

I'm actually going private, BUPA agreed to pay probably because the lady who was assessing the request had it done and took pity on me. So, she's coining it and delivering this service.

No, I didn't see that re your consultant. I'm sorry to hear that - did you complain?! They can be really blunt and also pretty darned mixed in terms of skills. Went to another shocker in Dec (also private) who failed to pick up on my ectopic - was in the hospital bleeding and in agony two hours later. Same guy who has been given recommendations on this site over the last few weeks. Being the paranoid type, I've kept quite as guess what one of his sidelines is - advising doctors on legal matters?!

lissie · 08/06/2007 14:25

here it is! they missed mine too. scanned me 1w before my tube ruptured, no baby in my womb, but BFP didnt think to check my tubes did they