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Two ectopics, looking for stories of hope.

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Aurorapat · 22/10/2023 16:21

This is my first post on mumsnet, little bit about me - I have had one healthy pregnancy resulting in my nine year old dd. Got pregnant without trying and had a very uneventful pregnancy. Fast forward to last June where I fell pregnant on my first try again (different father) that pregnancy unfortunately ended in a chemical pregnancy. Fell pregnant again the cycle after with no period in between and ended up with a ruptured ectopic losing my left tube in surgery. Exactly one year after my chemical pregnancy I had another chemical! I thought surely I can’t be unlucky to have another ectopic so we went for it and turns out we were. I had another ectopic in my remaining tube exactly one year to the day after my last ectopic. I was treated with methotrexate this time and am still in the three month wait to try again.

The reason for my post is that I am really struggling to find many stories of anyone having a successful pregnancy after two ectopics, we don’t qualify for any IVF on the NHS because of my child from a previous relationship. It’s just a generally miserable time and I am still reeling from everything that has happened in such a short space of time. I have been offered a HSG procedure to check my remaining tube but have read that it can just give false hope.

Has anyone been in the same position as me and ended up with a pregnancy in the right place naturally?

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Outliers · 23/10/2023 11:23

Just to provide you with a bump and response. I have heard of two situations:

  • My friend had a similar, went on to have a stillborn, a child and few unwanted pregnancies. So essentially no issues getting pregnant.
  • My neighbour also had a similar story and conceived years after giving up on parenting and has one child.

So I imagine it differs person to person, which is of little comfort.

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