Last week at 6.5 weeks pregnant I began to bleed. I thought I was having a miscarriage and went to A and E where they said they couldn't scan me until the following day. I explained I'd had a previous self resolving ectopic at 5 weeks and they said it wasn't relevant. The following day I was scanned and was told there was no evidence of a pregnancy and i was given the usual advice - wait 3 months etc. 6 days ago I went to the toilet and felt a seaing pain in my abdomen which would not go away. I called NHS Direct who told me to take a paracetamol and have a bath, the pain didn't go away and I got very panicky and felt something was really wrong, called the out of hours doctor who advised me to go to A and E. When I arrived at A and E I felt faint so they lay me down and said some women feel faint when they miscarry. I felt very poorly at this point and began to pass out - i screamed for someone to help me and was ignored until they saw me, put me on a drip and lowered my head. I stabilised then passed out again and when i came round a surgeon was there and said I was bleeding internally and had had a ruptured ectopic. They didn't take me seriously becuase my scan said all clear. I went into surgery and had lost 2 1/2 litres of blood - all internally - and have lost my left tube and had to have a blood transfusion. Now in bloody agony. My message is Do not ignore your instinct and make sure you double check when you are scanned - I had light bleeding and no pain with the 'miscarriage' which was not really a miscarriage at all I now know.
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